The West of London and Westminster Cemetery was the fifth of the eight private garden cemeteries to open.
Opened in 1840, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, it was originally designed by Stephen Geary, but he was replaced by Benjamin Baud who designed a more formal layout, including the central avenue and domed chapel.
Brompton Cemetery is the only Crown Cemetery and as such is managed by The Royal Parks. It is still in operation.
Amidst the bustling, affluent sprawl of West London lies an island of absolute stillness.
Established in 1840, Brompton Cemetery is one of the capital’s famed 'Magnificent
Eight' Victorian burial grounds, constructed to rescue a rapidly growing 19th-century
London from the hazardous, overflowing state of its parish churchyards.
