NEW WALK! The Finest of the Magnificent Seven - Abney Park Cemetery

photo © Copyright N Chadwick.

My number is 07815009191.

MEET: Cafe Sabel Abney Park cafe, Stoke Newington High St, London N16 0LH. 10.45 for tea in the cafe
or just outside at 11.15 for the start of the walk.

Today we explore the recently restored Abney Park Cemetery in Stoke Newington. Originally laid out as a park and a chance for children to explore nature, Abney Park became London's best place to be buried by 1840.

By then funerals had become big business. Favoured by non conformists there are all sorts of people here from Abolitionists to music hall stars to lion tamers!

Come and hear the story of all of these and see Watt's Mound where all your favourite hymns were written next to babbling Hackney Brook, as we trace the history of the park and its buildings and the stories behind.

Not the easiest place to get to, the nearest station is Stoke Newington (trains run from Liverpool Street), failing that there is a bus from Finsbury Park or Dalston Junction.

Please pay £12 to my account 75471878 sort code 090128 or cash on the day.