{"id":1011,"date":"2021-04-03T13:53:55","date_gmt":"2021-04-03T13:53:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chilloutlondon.com\/blog\/?p=1011"},"modified":"2022-03-22T13:31:29","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T13:31:29","slug":"highgate-cemetery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oldsite.c1495594.myzen.co.uk\/blog\/2021\/04\/03\/highgate-cemetery\/","title":{"rendered":"Highgate Cemetery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hidden London: Episode 24<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Opened in 1839, Highgate Cemetery was one of eight cemeteries opened in London during the mid 1800s. It is split into two sites, East and West with the East opening some twenty years later. As a great garden of death, its architectural features and the beauty of its landscape attracts many visitors including vampire hunters!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are thousands of beautifully written epitaphs, carved headstones, memorials and many catacombs too marking the importance of those buried in Highgate Cemetery. The original features and tree roots, make a great setting for movies and Halloween nights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chilloutlondon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Highgate_Cemetery.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1036\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/www.chilloutlondon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Highgate_Cemetery.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.chilloutlondon.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=1036\" class=\"wp-image-1036\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oldsite.c1495594.myzen.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Highgate_Cemetery.jpg 720w, https:\/\/oldsite.c1495594.myzen.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Highgate_Cemetery-225x300.jpg 225w, 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720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chilloutlondon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Highgate_Cemetery18.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1018\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/www.chilloutlondon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Highgate_Cemetery18.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.chilloutlondon.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=1018\" class=\"wp-image-1018\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oldsite.c1495594.myzen.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Highgate_Cemetery18.jpg 960w, https:\/\/oldsite.c1495594.myzen.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Highgate_Cemetery18-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oldsite.c1495594.myzen.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Highgate_Cemetery18-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oldsite.c1495594.myzen.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Highgate_Cemetery18-87x65.jpg 87w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chilloutlondon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Highgate_Cemetery8.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1028\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/www.chilloutlondon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Highgate_Cemetery8.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.chilloutlondon.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=1028\" class=\"wp-image-1028\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oldsite.c1495594.myzen.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Highgate_Cemetery8.jpg 720w, https:\/\/oldsite.c1495594.myzen.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Highgate_Cemetery8-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/oldsite.c1495594.myzen.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Highgate_Cemetery8-50x67.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chilloutlondon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Highgate_Cemetery14.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1022\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/www.chilloutlondon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Highgate_Cemetery14.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.chilloutlondon.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=1022\" class=\"wp-image-1022\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oldsite.c1495594.myzen.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Highgate_Cemetery14.jpg 720w, https:\/\/oldsite.c1495594.myzen.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Highgate_Cemetery14-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/oldsite.c1495594.myzen.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Highgate_Cemetery14-50x67.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chilloutlondon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Highgate_Cemetery17.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1019\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/www.chilloutlondon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Highgate_Cemetery17.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.chilloutlondon.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=1019\" class=\"wp-image-1019\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oldsite.c1495594.myzen.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Highgate_Cemetery17.jpg 960w, https:\/\/oldsite.c1495594.myzen.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Highgate_Cemetery17-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oldsite.c1495594.myzen.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Highgate_Cemetery17-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oldsite.c1495594.myzen.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Highgate_Cemetery17-87x65.jpg 87w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Many famous people are buried in Highgate cemetery; the most famous being Karl Marx, (1818 &#8211; 1883) who was not only a philosopher but a revolutionary, whose works inspired the foundation of communism for many countries. Another is Malcolm McLaren, (1946 &#8211; 2010), a British rock impresario and musician who managed punk band the Sex Pistols, who helped lead the punk culture explosion in the mid 1970s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chilloutlondon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Highgate_Cemetery16.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1020\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/www.chilloutlondon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Highgate_Cemetery16.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.chilloutlondon.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=1020\" class=\"wp-image-1020\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oldsite.c1495594.myzen.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Highgate_Cemetery16.jpg 720w, https:\/\/oldsite.c1495594.myzen.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Highgate_Cemetery16-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/oldsite.c1495594.myzen.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Highgate_Cemetery16-50x67.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chilloutlondon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Highgate_Cemetery20.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1016\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/www.chilloutlondon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Highgate_Cemetery20.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.chilloutlondon.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=1016\" class=\"wp-image-1016\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oldsite.c1495594.myzen.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Highgate_Cemetery20.jpg 720w, https:\/\/oldsite.c1495594.myzen.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Highgate_Cemetery20-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/oldsite.c1495594.myzen.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Highgate_Cemetery20-50x67.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chilloutlondon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Highgate_Cemetery15.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1021\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/www.chilloutlondon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Highgate_Cemetery15.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.chilloutlondon.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=1021\" class=\"wp-image-1021\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oldsite.c1495594.myzen.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Highgate_Cemetery15.jpg 720w, https:\/\/oldsite.c1495594.myzen.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Highgate_Cemetery15-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/oldsite.c1495594.myzen.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Highgate_Cemetery15-50x67.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chilloutlondon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Highgate_Cemetery10.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1026\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/www.chilloutlondon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Highgate_Cemetery10.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.chilloutlondon.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=1026\" class=\"wp-image-1026\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oldsite.c1495594.myzen.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Highgate_Cemetery10.jpg 720w, https:\/\/oldsite.c1495594.myzen.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Highgate_Cemetery10-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/oldsite.c1495594.myzen.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Highgate_Cemetery10-50x67.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chilloutlondon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Highgate_Cemetery9.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1027\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/www.chilloutlondon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Highgate_Cemetery9.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.chilloutlondon.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=1027\" class=\"wp-image-1027\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oldsite.c1495594.myzen.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Highgate_Cemetery9.jpg 720w, https:\/\/oldsite.c1495594.myzen.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Highgate_Cemetery9-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/oldsite.c1495594.myzen.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Highgate_Cemetery9-50x67.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Highgate Cemetery is still a &#8216;living&#8217; cemetery. Therefore if you intend to visit, please respect the privacy of those visiting the graves of their dear departed loved ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Highgate Cemetery can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.co.uk\/maps\/place\/Highgate+Cemetery\/@51.5708193,-0.1521199,15.75z\/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x48761a4e0b8f5171:0x99fecce817187bcf!8m2!3d51.5669271!4d-0.1470709\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a> at Swain&#8217;s Ln, Highgate, London N6 6PJ. The nearest tube\/underground\/metro stations are Archway and Highgate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hidden London: Episode 24 Opened in 1839, Highgate Cemetery was one of eight cemeteries opened in London during the mid 1800s. It is split into two sites, East and West with the East opening some twenty years later. 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