We are open until 5pm every day. Last entry 4.30pm.

Our future

We are securing Highgate Cemetery’s future, to ensure it remains a historic and sustainable cemetery

 

Unlocking Highgate Cemetery

We are preserving Highgate Cemetery as a sanctuary for heritage, nature and community, supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Highgate Cemetery Act 2022

Other old cemeteries have closed to new burials, and begun to lose the connections to people living around them. Highgate Cemetery has a different future.

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. Download our handy map (pdf).

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

Read the full set of our rules (pdf). 

© 2026 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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