Who’s here

With over 170,000 people in 53,000 graves, Highgate Cemetery is a place to remember the people who have gone before us and to celebrate their achievements

Douglas ADAMS

(1952-2001) Author of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

Patrick CAULFIELD

(1936-2005) Pop artist

George ELIOT

(1819-80) Novelist

William FRIESE GREENE

(1855-1921) British portrait photographer and prolific inventor

Anna MAHLER

(1904-88) Austrian sculptor, daughter of composer Gustav Mahler

Malcolm MCLAREN

(1946-2010) Impresario, rock-artist, clothes designer and boutique owner

Christina ROSSETTI

(1830-94) Poet

Who else is here?

East Cemetery

East Cemetery

W H CROSSLAND (1835–1908), architect of Akroydon, W Yorkshire, and Royal Holloway College [Memorial only]
Frank MATCHAM (1854-1920) Theatre architect; designed London Coliseum and Hackney Empire
Charles J PHIPPS (1835-97) Architect of theatres around UK, incl. Her Majesty’s, London
Rowland PLUMBE (1838-1919) Architect; work incl. Queen’s Park Estate and Noel Park, Haringey
Sir Lawrence WEAVER (1876-1930) Civil servant and architectural writer
Sir Colin St John WILSON (1922-2007) Architect; known for new British Library at St Pancras

West Cemetery

Sir Herbert BARTLETT (1842-1921) Contractor. Endowed Bartlett School of Architecture, University of London
Edward BLORE (1787-1879) Architect who completed Buckingham Palace
James Bunstone BUNNING (1802-63) Architect to Highgate Cemetery; designer of the Coal Exchange and Holloway Prison
Frederick DOVE (d. 1923). Director of Dove Brothers, major building contractors
Stephen GEARY (1797-1854) Architect to the London Cemetery Company and founder of Highgate Cemetery
Edward Buckton LAMB (1806-69) 'ROGUE' Architect
Alfred MEESON (1808–85) architect and engineer

East Cemetery

Patrick CAULFIELD (1936-2005) Pop artist
Martin COLNAGHI (1821-1908) Picture dealer and collector
Lewis Foreman DAY (1845-1910) Designer and writer
Mario DUBSKY (1939-85) Painter and teacher
Ernest FENOLLOSA (1853-1908) American art historian; specialised in Japanese art
George FRIPP (1813-96) Watercolour artist
Anthony FROSHAUG (1920-84) Progressive typographer, printer and exhibition designer
Michael KENNY (1941-99) Sculptor and artist
Anna MAHLER (1904-88) Austrian sculptor, daughter of composer Gustav Mahler
Sir Sidney NOLAN (1917-92) Australian painter famous for the ‘Ned Kelly’ series
Hewitt RAYNER (1902-57) Australian-born British printmaker; known for pictures of the blitz
Berenice SYDNEY (1944-83) Artist
Feliks TOPOLSKI (1907-89) Polish-born British painter and stage designer

West Cemetery

J W Comyns CARR (1849-1914) drama and art critic, gallery director, author, poet, playwright and theatre manager
John CROSS (1819-61) History painter. His ‘Assasination of Thomas a Becket’ is in Canterbury Cathedral
George DALZIEL (1815-1902) Founder of the prominent Victorian engraving firm
Frederick GOODALL (1822-1904) genre painter
Andrew Garrick GOW (1848-1920) History painter
Henry GRAVES (1808-82) printseller and fine art publisher
George HERING (1805-79) landscape painter
Joseph Paul Hodin (1905-95) art historian, aesthetician and critic
Frank HOLL (1845–88) painter and illustrator
Georgiana HOUGHTON (1814-84) SPIRITUALIST MEDIUM AND ARTIST
George JONES (1786–1869) army officer and painter
Sir Edwin LANDSEER (1802–73) animal painter [memorial only]
Thomas LANDSEER (1793-1880) artist
Walter NEURATH (1903–67) publisher and founder of Thames and Hudson
George Pinwell (1842-75) painter and illustrator
Lizzie Siddal (1829-62) painter; wife of Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Alfred STEVENS (1817-75) sculptor and designer

East Cemetery

Sir Albert BARRATT (1860-1941) Director of Barratt & Co confectioners
Marthe BESSON (c.1852-1908) Anglo-French musical instrument maker
Baron DALZIEL of Wooler (1852-1928) British newspaper owner and Conservative politician
William FOYLE (1885-1963) With brother Gilbert founded the famous bookshop in 1903
William FRIESE GREENE (1855-1921) British portrait photographer and prolific inventor
John LOBB (1829-95) Maker of bespoke boots and shoes
Sir Sigmund NEUMANN (1857-1916) South African financier and racehorse owner
Thomas POCKLINGTON (1860-1935) Property developer; founder of the Thomas Pocklington Trust
Richard ‘Stoney’ SMITH (1836-1900) Miller who patented Hovis high wheatgerm flour process
1st Baron STRATHCONA and MOUNTROYAL (1820-1914) Scottish-born Canadian financier and politician

West Cemetery

Sir Herbert BARTLETT (1842-1921) Contractor. Endowed Bartlett School of Architecture, University of London
John BRINSMEAD (d. 1908) Founder of John Brinsmead & Son, piano manufacturers
William COLLARD (1776-1866) Piano manufacturer
Charles CRUFT (1852-1938) Founder of the dog show (1886)
Herbert CUTBUSH (d. 1918) Director of the Cutbush Nurseries, Highgate and Barnet. Poplularizer of topiary in the 1890s
George DALZIEL (1815-1902) Founder of the prominent Victorian engraving firm
Frederick DOVE (d. 1923). Director of Dove Brothers, major building contractors
Sir Rowland HILL (1795-1879) merchant and local politician; established penny post [memorial only]
John MAPLE (1815-1900) Founder of the furniture business
Walter NEURATH (1903–67) publisher and founder of Thames and Hudson
Bernard Quaritch (1819-99) bookseller and publisher
Peter Robinson (1804-74) Founder of the department store
Frederick Warne (1825-1901) bookseller and publisher; pioneers of coloured picture books for children

East Cemetery

Thomas ASHFORD (d.1882) Fireman died in Alhambra Theatre fire
Henry BERG (1858-82) Fireman died in Alhambra Theatre fire
Commonwealth war graves
Robert GRANT (1837-67) Awarded Victoria Cross during Indian Rebellion of 1857
‘Fireman’s corner’ LONDON FIRE BRIGADE erected by LFB Widows and Orphans Fund in 1934

West Cemetery

Commonwealth war graves and screen wall memorial

East Cemetery

Douglas ADAMS (1952-2001) Author of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
George ELIOT (1819-80) Novelist
Pat KAVANAGH (1940-2008) Literary agent; wife of Julian Barnes
Henry Crabb ROBINSON (1775-1867) Lawyer and diarist
Anthony SHAFFER (1926-2001) Writer famous for 'Sleuth'
Sir Leslie STEPHEN (1832-1904) Author; first editor of 'Dictionary of National Biography'
Lucien Stryk (1924-2013) American poet; translator of Buddhist literature and Zen poetry

West Cemetery

J W Comyns CARR (1849-1914) drama and art critic, gallery director, author, poet, playwright and theatre manager
Radclyffe HALL (1880-1943) Novelist
Bernard Quaritch (1819-99) bookseller and publisher
Christina ROSSETTI (1830-94) Poet
Frederick Tennyson (1807-98) poet brother of Alfred
Watts Thomas (1811-69) first superintendent of the British Museum Reading Room
Arthur Waley [formerly Schloss] (1889-1966) translator of Chinese and Japanese literature
Frederick Warne (1825-1901) bookseller and publisher; pioneers of coloured picture books for children

East Cemetery

Marthe BESSON (c.1852-1908) Anglo-French musical instrument maker
Shura CHERKASSKY (1909-95) Ukrainian-born American classical pianist
Leslie HUTCHINSON (1900-69) One of the biggest cabaret stars in the world of the 1920s and 30s
Bert JANSCH (1943-2011) Scottish folk musician
DAN KILDARE (1879-1920) pioneer of syncopated dance music
Liza LEHMANN (1862-1918) Composer
Malcolm MCLAREN (1946-2010) Impresario, rock-artist, clothes designer and boutique owner
William MONK (1823-89) Organist and writer of hymns; composer of 'Abide with me'
Harry THORNTON (1883-1918) Pianist; died in 1918 flu pandemic

West Cemetery

John BRINSMEAD (d. 1908) Founder of John Brinsmead & Son, piano manufacturers
William COLLARD (1776-1866) Piano manufacturer
Carl Rosa (1842-89) opera manager; launched opera company to produce operas in English

East Cemetery

Ernest BARKER (c.1872-1912) went down with RMS Titanic
Ferdinand BARZETTI (1836-1914) British veteran of American Civil War
Arthur 'Peggy' BETTTINSON (1862-1926) Boxer and boxing promoter
Ann Jewson CRISP (1789-1894) had a faithful dog, Emperor
John GROOM (1845-1919) Philanthropist who set up a charity for disabled women and girls
Jim HORN (1976-2010) Avid reader but not a partner in the Penguin firm
Dr José Carlos RODRIGUES (1844-1923) Brazilian journalist, financial expert and philanthropist
Sir Eyre SHAW (1830-1908) Superintendent and moderniser of the London Fire Brigade
John Henderson SMITH (1826-1904) Commander of HMS Worcester, Thames Nautical Training College
Peter UCKO (1938-2007) Archaeologist and anthropologist
Issachar ZACHARIE (1827-1900) Chiropodist to President Abraham Lincoln; founder of the Masonic order of The Secret Monitor

West Cemetery

Thomas DRUCE (1793-1864) Furniture dealer falsely alleged to have led double life as the 5th Duke of Portland
Sir Charles FELLOWS (1799-1860) traveller and archaeologist
Elizabeth LILLEY (1811-1900) midwife to Queen Victoria
Sherard Osborn (1822–75) naval officer and arctic explorer
Sir Loftus Otway (1775-1854) army officer
Tom SAYERS (1826-65) boxer
James SELBY (1842-88) London coachman; a leading figure in the 'coaching revival'

East Cemetery

Catherine BOOTH-CLIBBORN (1858-1955) Founder of Salvation Army in France and Switzerland
Yusuf DADOO (1909-83) South African communist and anti-apartheid activist
Paul FOOT (1937-2004) Investigative journalist, political campaigner and author
Philip GOULD (1950-2011) Baron Gould of Brookwood. Political adviser; architect of 'New Labour'
Mansoor HEKMAT (1951-2002) Iranian Marxist theorist and leader of worker-communist movement
George HOLYOAKE (1817-1906) Secularist and co-operator who coined the term 'secularism' and 'jingoism'
Claudia JONES (1915-64) Trinidadian journalist, political activist and founder of the Notting Hill carnival
Leone LEVI (1821-88) Jurist, political economist and statistician
James MARTINEAU (1805-1900) Unitarian minister and religious philosopher
Karl MARX (1818-83) German political philosopher and revolutionary socialist
Hodgson PRATT (1824-1907) Peace campaigner and co-operative movement activist
Corin REDGRAVE (1939-2010) Actor and political activist
Ernestine ROSE (1810-92) Atheist and feminist
Herbert SPENCER (1820-1903) Philosopher, biologist, sociologist and political theorist
1st Baron STRATHCONA and MOUNTROYAL (1820-1914) Scottish-born Canadian financier and politician
Edward TRUELOVE (1809-99) Radical publisher & bookseller

West Cemetery

John Singleton, Baron Lyndhurst COPLEY (1772–1863) politician and lord chancellor
Sir Charles COWPER (1807-75) Five times premier of New South Wales
Sir Fitzroy KELLY (1796–1880) judge
Frederick Denison MAURICE (1805–72) Church of England clergyman and theologian
Samuel Noble (1779–1853) engraver and Swedenborgian minister

East Cemetery

Andrew BAIRD (1842-1908) Tidal surveyor
Sir Thomas Lauder BRUNTON (1844-1916) Scottish physician; pioneer of angina drug treatment
Sir James CAIRD (1816-92) Agricultural writer and politician
William CLIFFORD (1845-79) Mathematician and philosopher; introduced geometric algebra
George CRITCHETT (1817-82) Ophthalmic surgeon
Francis ELGAR (1845-1909) First professor of naval architecture in Britain
William FRIESE GREENE (1855-1921) British portrait photographer and prolific inventor
Reginald HARRISON (1837-1908) Urologist and campaigner for street ambulances
Sir William HERDMAN (1858-1924) Scottish marine zoologist and oceanographer
David KIRKALDY (1820-97) Scottish engineer; pioneer of materials testing
Willoughby SMITH (1828-91) Electrical engineer; pioneer of underwater telegraphy

West Cemetery

Jacob BRONOWSKI (1908-74) Scientist and broadcaster known for ‘The Ascent of Man’ series
Michael FARADAY (1791-1867) natural philosopher, scientific adviser, and Sandemanian
JOSEPH HENRY GREEN (1791-1863) surgeon and natural philosopher
Sir Charles HARTLEY (1825-1915) civil engineer
Robert Gardiner HILL (1811-78) surgeon specializing in the treatment of the insane
Joseph HODGSON (1788–1869) surgeon
David Edward Hughes (1829/31–1900), teacher and telegraph engineer
Frederick Pavy (1829-1911) physician and physiologist; introduced blood sugar test for diabetes
Joseph Payne (1808-76) educationalist; first Professor of Education at the College of Preceptors in London

East Cemetery

Jeremy BEADLE (1948-2008) TV presenter, writer and producer
Hercules BELLEVILLE (1939-2009) American film producer
Dan CRAWFORD (1942-2005) Inventor of British pub theatre
Sheila GISH (1942-2005) Actor
Frank MATCHAM (1854-1920) Theatre architect; designed London Coliseum and Hackney Empire
Carl MAYER (1894-1944) Austrian writer; co-wrote the screenplay to 'The cabinet of Dr Caligari' (1919)
Charles J PHIPPS (1835-97) Architect of theatres around UK, incl. Her Majesty’s, London
Corin REDGRAVE (1939-2010) Actor and political activist
Sir Ralph RICHARDSON (1902-83) Actor
Max WALL (1908-90) Comedian and actor

West Cemetery

Jacob BRONOWSKI (1908-74) Scientist and broadcaster known for ‘The Ascent of Man’ series
J W Comyns CARR (1849-1914) drama and art critic, gallery director, author, poet, playwright and theatre manager
David DEVANT (1868-1941) magician, shadowgraphist and film exhibitor
Philip HARBEN (1906-70) television chef and writer on cookery
Samuel Phelps (1804-78) actor and theatre manager

Opening times

Open daily except Christmas day and Boxing day. Different opening arrangements apply to the East and West. The hours below are those for March to October.

East Cemetery

The East Cemetery is where Karl Marx is buried. Visitors may roam freely on this side, but there is an entrance charge.

Monday to Friday: 10am to 5pm last admission 4.30pm
Weekends and public holidays: 11am to 5pm last admission 4.30pm

We may close for short periods to facilitate funerals. In addition, for your safety, strong winds or icy weather may occasionally require us to close the cemetery to visitors.

Admission: £4 adults, children under 18 and Members free. School groups £1 per child.

Find out more about the East Cemetery including our occasional tours.

West Cemetery

Admission to the West Cemetery is by guided tour only. For further information and to book, see the 'Tours' section at Visit > West Cemetery

Planning ahead?

From March to October inclusive the East Cemetery closes at 5pm, with last admission at 4.30pm, and at weekends the last West tour of the day leaves at 4pm. From November to February inclusive the East Cemetery closes at 4pm, with last admission at 3.30pm, and at weekends the last West tour of the day leaves at 3pm.

How to get here

Our address is Highgate Cemetery, Swain’s Lane, London N6 6PJ

Download our handy map

By tube

ARCHWAY tube, High Barnet branch, Northern line. (Don’t go to Highgate tube – it's a much longer walk!). Take the Highgate Hill exit. Then either take a bus (210,143, 271) two stops to Waterlow Park or walk up Highgate Hill. It’s then a very pleasant five minute stroll through Waterlow Park to our gates.

The tube system is often affected by engineering works and station closures. Please check your journey in advance at www.tfl.gov.uk.

By bus

C2 stops at Parliament Hill Fields. C11 stops at Brookfield Park. Buses 143, 210 and 271 stop at Waterlow Park on Highgate Hill.

By road

There is no off-street visitor parking. Parking restrictions are in place on the surrounding streets between 10am and 12 noon Monday to Friday. After those times and at weekends, on-street parking is free.

Note that there is no access to Swain’s Lane from the north.

Bicycle

There is a bicycle rack outside the West Cemetery gates.

Contact us

Email info@highgatecemetery.org

To find out whether someone is buried here, go to Searches

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 should know...

The cemetery can get muddy underfoot, so do wear sensible shoes.

Photography

Still photography of graves is allowed for personal use only. We don't allow the cemetery to be used as a backdrop for unrelated subjects such as fashion shoots. No video. You can use a tripod, but not on tours.

Animals

No animals are permitted with the exception of assistance dogs.

Accessibility

Visitors to the West cemetery should be aware that the paths are steep, and the tour route also includes two flights of stairs. The East cemetery is on a gentler slope with no steps and predominantly tarmac paths and is more easily wheelchair accessible. A small amount of disabled parking is available outside the cemetery’s entrance on Swain’s Lane. There is a disabled toilet in the West Cemetery. For further information, please contact the office in advance of your visit.

More rules

You can download a full set of our rules here.

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