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Norwood Forum Wellbeing Walks

Wednesday, December 4, 2024

12.30-1.30pm 
This is completely FREE, no booking required, but for your first time, please arrive 10mins early to allow for registration.
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Getting Out There: Stroll and a Cuppa

Friday, December 6, 2024

12.00noon-12.40pm
Getting Out There: Stroll and a Cuppa run by L'Arche - for people of all ages, with and without learning disabilities.
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Balkan Fairytale Party – Sally Pomme Clayton and The Magic Violin Trio

Sunday, December 8, 2024

5.30pm - 8.15pm
This year our winter celebratory event will be a Balkan story party, swirled through with enchanting songs, music and sparkling spoken word, taking the audience into a fairytale world! This joyous performance combines live music, storytelling, dancing, mulled apple juice and mice pies! Two stories will be performed by The Magic Violin Trio and local storyteller Sally Pomme Clayton (do call her Pomme!). There will be an interval between for Christmas treats.
Please click on the headline for more info on this FREE event and details on how to book your places

Winter Birds in West Norwood Cemetery

Sunday, December 8, 2024

9.30am-11am
Our final seasonal bird walk of the year. Please join our Winter Bird Walk led Lev Parikian, as we listen for bird song and look for birds in West Norwood Cemetery.
Perhaps we will see our only migrant bird who has flown to our corner of West Norwood all the way from Iceland, the Faroes or Scandinavia - the Redwing!
This is a FREE event, but booking essential as places are limited, click on the headline for more info and booking link ...

Norwood Forum Wellbeing Walk

Wednesday, December 11, 2024

12.30-1.30pm
This is completely FREE, no booking required, but for your first time, please arrive 10mins early to allow for registration.
Please click on the headline for more info and details of where to meet

Getting Out There: Stroll and a Cuppa

Friday, December 13, 2024

12.00noon-12.40pm
Getting Out There: Stroll and a Cuppa run by L'Arche - for people of all ages, with and without learning disabilities.
Please click on the headline for more info and details of where to meet

Annual Memorial Service

Saturday, December 14, 2024

11am-12.30pm
You are all invited to our Annual Memorial Service
This community event for those of all faiths and none, will celebrate the joy and hope of this time of year with glorious live music, communal carol singing and readings as we commemorate those whose funerals have taken place with us in West Norwood Cemetery, as well as all our loved ones that we especially miss at this time of year.
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Christmas Comedy at the Crematorium

Saturday, December 14, 2024

7.30pm-10pm
Join us for a festive variety show at one of the most unique venues in London: the crematorium of West Norwood Cemetery, one of the Magnificent Seven Victorian Cemeteries. This live event is for over18's only and booking is essential.
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Winter Open Day

Sunday, December 15, 2024

11am-3pm

Sunday 15 December sees another of our popular Open Days, this time with a festive theme.

With lots of completely free activities for all ages to join in with, there will be all kinds of new things to try out.

You will find us in the entrance area of the cemetery just on the corner of Norwood Road and Robson Road.
Come and join us!

Trees, Soils and Rocks of West Norwood Cemetery – How to be a Landscape Detective

Sunday, December 15, 2024

12noon-1.15pm
This is your chance to investigate the underlying rocks and soils in our cemetery with Dr Iain Boulton (you may already have been on one of his famous bat walks!) - and learn about how they influence the hydrology (movement and distribution of water) and ultimately our trees and other flora. We will be looking at maps - and also doing some sampling - come prepared to get a little bit muddy!
Booking is essential, please click on the headline for more info and booking link ...

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