🪦 Two options available: Standard Tour (4 hrs — Bunhill, St Pancras, Brompton & Kensal Green) or Extended Tour (6 hrs — adds Highgate East & West). Tube tickets not included in either option.
The Magnificent Seven & Beyond
Some of the most incredible cemeteries in the world — and the extraordinary people buried in them
London’s Victorian cemeteries are world-class — genuinely among the most beautiful, gothic and architecturally extraordinary burial grounds anywhere on Earth. Built to address the catastrophic overcrowding of London’s churchyards during the industrial revolution, the Magnificent Seven cemeteries were designed to be as much parks and places of reflection for the living as resting places for the dead. This tour visits the best of them — and tells the stories of who lies within.
The Standard Tour takes in four magnificent cemeteries in four hours. The Extended Tour adds Highgate East and West — the most famous of all, and a full day’s journey through the lives and deaths of the people who built the modern world.
One of the stops on the London Cemetery Tour
Victorian gothic architecture — as much park as cemetery
Grand Victorian funerary architecture — from the Vatican to ancient Egypt
More Than Just Graves
A tour through the lives of the people who made the modern world
This is not a morbid tour — it is a joyful one. The cemeteries of London are extraordinary places of beauty, wildlife, history and quiet contemplation. To walk through Kensal Green or Highgate is to walk through the full sweep of Victorian Britain — its inventors, its writers, its reformers and its royals, all in one extraordinary landscape.
The architecture alone is worth the visit — from Egyptian revival gateways to grand mausoleums modelled on the Vatican, from simple Quaker graves to the spectacular catacombs of Highgate West. These are genuinely among the greatest Victorian achievements in London.
⏰ Choose your experience — the Standard 4-hour tour covers four magnificent cemeteries. The Extended 6-hour tour adds Highgate East and West for the complete experience.
Two Options — Choose Your Experience
Both tours depart 9:30am. Entry fees & tube tickets not included. Child prices on request.
Standard Tour
4 Hours
Bunhill · St Pancras · Brompton · Kensal Green
Extended Tour
6 Hours
+ Highgate East & West Cemetery
Book via the calendar below, by email, or through Viator.
Frequently Asked Questions for the London Cemetery Tour
Standard Cemetery Tour Bunhill, St Pancras Old Church Cemetery, West Brompton and perhaps Kensal Green
Departure Time:9.30 am
City Location: London
Duration of Tour: 4 hours
(Approximate times as all tours are bespoke, tube tickets not included)
“There are more dead people than living in London. On this tour we visit the graves and tombs of the people who made Britain and the modern world what it is today.”
Extended Cemetery Tour visiting Bunhill Fields, St Pancras Old Church, Brompton, Kensal Green and Highgate East and West Cemeteries
Departure Time:9.30 am
City Location: London
Duration of Tour: 6 hours
(Approximate times as all tours are bespoke, tube tickets not included)
Standard Adult Prices per person excluding entry fees (child prices available upon request).
How to book the London Cemetery Tour
To make a booking please use our automated calendar booking system below or send us an email above.
Alternatively you can book by using the automated booking process with Viator.
