Sidcup Cemetery (Bexley)
Brief Description
Sidcup Cemetery opened in 1912, designed around a straight axial drive to a turning circle. The cemetery has no chapel but there is an interesting lodge decorated with burnt brick fragments. The planting is not profuse but includes Cedars and Araucaria as well as yew, and a hawthorn walk. The turning circle has three paths leading off asymmetrically, and across the north-east angle of the site there is a line of pollard limes. There are gardens of remembrance, and a new section of the cemetery was opened in Spring 2003.
Practical Information
- Site location:
- Footscray Lane, Sidcup
- Postcode:
- DA14 4NS
- What 3 Words:
- kind.flops.they
- Type of site:
- Cemetery
- Borough:
- Bexley
- Open to public?
- Yes
- Opening times:
- 9am - 6pm (summer: April-September); 9am-4pm (winter: October-March)
- Special conditions:
- Facilities:
- Events:
- Public transport:
- Rail: Albany Park c.100m to east. Bus: 269, B14*.
- Research updated:
- 01/04/2002
- Last minor changes:
- 29/03/2026
Please check with the site owner or manager for latest news. www.bexley.gov.uk
Full Site Description
Sources consulted:
C Webb revised ed. of P Wolfston 'Greater London Cemeteries and Crematoria', Society of Genealogists, 1994
Further Information (Planning and Conservation)
- Grid ref:
- TQ476729 (547621,172906)
- Size in hectares:
- Site ownership:
- LB Bexley
- Site management:
- Cemeteries Section, Highways and Amenities Department
- Date(s):
- 1912
- Designer(s):
- Listed structures:
- None
- On National Heritage List for England (NHLE), Parks & Gardens:
No- Registered common or village green on Commons Registration Act 1965:
No- Protected under London Squares Preservation Act 1931:
No
Local Authority Data
The information below is taken from the relevant Local Authority's planning legislation, which was correct at the time of research but may have been amended in the interim. Please check with the Local Authority for latest planning information.
- On Local List:
- No
- In Conservation Area:
- No
- Tree Preservation Order:
- No
- Nature Conservation Area:
- Yes - check
- Green Belt:
- Yes
- Metropolitan Open Land:
- No
- Special Policy Area:
- No
- Other LA designation:
- A small part (check this) is Area of metropolitan importance for nature conservation.
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