Events | West Norwood Cemetery

	Visitor Centre OPEN Monday 1, Tuesday 2, Wednesday 3 June 12noon-3pm The Visitor Centre will be open all three days! Come and say hello to our volunteers, visit our brand new exhibition, watch our new video all about the cemetery, pick up a copy of our new leaflet - it might show you something you didn't know about the cemetery - and use our loo's!
	Walking with Words - a free creative course exploring nature and inspiring writing Wednesdays 3, 10, 17 and 24 June 10.30am-12.30pm This creative workshop combining walking, tea and writing is spread over four sessions - one per week - and is entirely free, but booking is essential due to number limits - please read on for details: Led by local writer and storyteller Sally Pomme Clayton, each session starts with a gentle guided walk through the cemetery. Pomme will then guide you with simple, fun and playful creative writing prompts based on the beautiful natural surroundings. Explore…
	Weekly Wellbeing Walks Wednesday 3 June 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 It’s almost impossible not to feel good when we’re walking outdoors – it’s a natural mood-booster! And the great news is we don’t need to walk far or fast to feel its effects on our health and wellbeing. Simply getting out is a tonic for our minds and bodies, and it can be sociable too. Almost all of us can manage a stroll, and…
	Friends of West Norwood Cemetery - WWII Graves at West Norwood Cemetery Saturday 6 June 10.30am-12noon Guided walk Donation requested There are commemorations of 70 service personnel and over 160 civilian fatal casualties from the Second World War in West Norwood Cemetery. This walk, lasting some 1.5 hours, will visit 20 monuments including those of civilian victims of the Blitz and V1/V2 attacks, and those of service personnel from all services and theatres of war, including prisoners of both the Japanese and Germans. The aim of the walk is to discover what these memorials tell us about the…
	Friends of West Norwood Cemetery - WWI Graves at West Norwood Cemetery Saturday 6 June 3pm-4.30pm Guided walk run by Friends of West Norwood Cemetery Donation requested There are commemorations of over 600 service personnel fatal casualties from the First World War in West Norwood Cemetery. This walk, lasting some 2 hours, will visit 20 monuments, including those of several civilians, with the aim of discovering what these memorials tell us about the way the war was fought and the technological advancements that enabled the stalemate to be broken, as well as aspects of the human tragedies…
	Walking Tour of West Norwood Cemetery Sunday 7 June 2.30pm-4pm NOTE the Friends 'first Sunday of the month walks' are currently in the afternoons The Friends of West Norwood Cemetery are experts on the cemetery, with research continued over thirty years into its social history, and the characters buried here. Advance booking is by donation (£10) and essential due to limited places …
	Visitor Centre OPEN Monday 8, Tuesday 9, Wednesday 10 June 12noon-3pm The Visitor Centre will be open all three days! Come and say hello to our volunteers, visit our brand new exhibition, watch our new video all about the cemetery, pick up a copy of our new leaflet - it might show you something you didn't know about the cemetery - and use our loo's!
	Weekly Wellbeing Walks Wednesday 10 June 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 It’s almost impossible not to feel good when we’re walking outdoors – it’s a natural mood-booster! And the great news is we don’t need to walk far or fast to feel its effects on our health and wellbeing. Simply getting out is a tonic for our minds and bodies, and it can be sociable too. Almost all of us can manage a stroll, and…
	Summer in the Chapel - music concert Saturday 13 June 2pm-4pm Please join us for a wonderful afternoon of alt-folk, rootsy music from local musicians and songwriters. Space Cat Vincent - 2pm www.spacecatvincent.com Space Cat Vincent are a ragtag bunch of songwriters who have come together to create an exciting new alt-folk band collaboration. Expect…
	Spring Open Day Sunday 14 June 10am-1pm We would like to welcome you to West Norwood Cemetery's Spring Open Day to celebrate our wonderful cemetery and green space. We will have stalls with information about all things local, free children's activities, a Flora and Fauna walk and Tours by Friends of West Norwood Cemetery. The Visitors Centre will be open for everyone to find out about the history of this wonderful cemetery and the work carried out by the recently completed National Heritage Lottery Project 'A New Beginning'. No need to book - just come and join us! …

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