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The Friends

We rely on the entrance charges you pay to enable us to maintain and enhance Highgate Cemetery. Unlike most cemeteries, we are not run or funded by a local council. All the funds we raise are devoted to the preservation of the cemetery: we don’t make a profit.

The Friends have three aims:

  • to preserve Highgate Cemetery as a place of historic and other interest and beauty;
  • to permit the Cemetery to be used as a public burial ground; and
  • to secure the repair, restoration and preservation of the Cemetery for the public benefit.

Our articles of association is our governing document.

Articles of association (Updated 17 December 2021) 

Conservation milestones

2012

Chapel redecoration
Restoration of Otway

2005

Repairs to damaged and dangerous monuments in East side

2004

Completion of West side north boundary wall
Rebuilding of staff facilities in East side after arson

2003

Drainage and resurfacing of Cuttings Road

2002

Terrace catacombs roof repair

2001

Completion of repairs to south boundary walls

1998

Europa Nostra award for conservation of Lebanon Circle

1992-7

Conservation of Lebanon Circle

1996

Restoration of Colonnade

1995

Staff accommodation built in East side

1993

Restoration of Julius Beer Mausoleum

1992

Conservation of Egyptian Avenue

1991

Restoration of terrace catacombs completed

1985-89

Restoration of Chapels; one used as office for the Friends

1988 

Forecourt paved with setts

1988

Small staff appointed to run the cemetery

1983-88

Manpower Services Commission project of building restoration and landscape development

1987

Strathcona mausoleum restored

1981

Freehold of the Cemetery obtained

1976

Plan to create a managed woodland rather than restoration

1975

Friends of Highgate Cemetery founded

 

Opening times

March to October

Open daily from 10am to 5pm
Last entry 4.30pm

November to February

Open daily from 10am to 4pm
Last entry 3.30pm
Closed Christmas Day and Boxing Day
 

How to get here

Please visit us by
walking, cycling, or public transport

Find out more on our Visit page.

Contact us

Email info@highgatecemetery.org

To find out whether someone is buried here, go to Searches. We have an online search tool. 

Telephone enquiries

Monday to Friday
General enquiries 020 8340 1834
Burials, memorials, grave ownership 020 8347 2471
Filming or photography requests 020 8347 2472
Group visits 020 8347 2475
Volunteering 020 8347 2474

You can download a full set of our rules here. 

© 2023 Friends of Highgate Cemetery Trust. Registered Charity No. 1058392. Company Limited by Guarantee. Registered in England No. 3157806. Registered office Swain’s Lane, London N6 6PJ

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