Sat 19 Sep
Sun 13 Sep:1200-1500; Sat 19 Sep:1200-1500; Free Entry.
Wisbech General Cemetery, Northend, Wisbech PE13 1PE
Heritage Open Day: Small group guided walks in historic cemetery, and opportunity to view chapel interior. Between 12 and 3, volunteers from the Friends of Wisbech Cemetery will take people on a tour of the cemetery in small groups. Includes historical perspective, natural history, stories of some of those buried, giving aspects of social and local history. We have activity sheets for families or young people. The cemetery was founded in 1836 originally as a garden cemetery and closed in 1972. It is managed to balance variety of nature, a tranquil place to walk or sit, and respect for the gravestones and the dead. Some variety of trees wild flowers and birds. The chapel was restored a few years ago on the initiative of the Wisbech Society...
