Exploring Nunhead Cemetery and Telegraph Hill - a south London spectacular (4K)

A walk from New Cross Gate station up Telegraph Hill to Nunhead Cemetery and Nunhead Green.
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Our walk starts at New Cross Gate station in South London and goes along New Cross Road which is the old road to Dover. New Cross was recorded in the Domesday book as Hatcham.
We then turn up Pepys Road and start our climb of Telegraph Hill which stands 50 metres high and was originally known as Plowed Garlic Hill until a telegraph station was built at the summit in 1795. We admire the fine views from Telegraph Hill Lower and Upper Parks and visit the statue of Olaudah Equiano before heading down to Nunhead Station.
From here we turn up Oakdale Road and into Linen Grove and soon find ourselves at the imposing Portland Stone gates of Nunhead Cemetery, one of the Magnificent Seven Victorian London Cemeteries.
Nunhead opened as All Saints Cemetery in 1840 by the London Cemetery Company and was the third of the Magnificent Seven after Kensal Green and Highgate Cemeteries. It's the second largest and one of the least known. The Chapel was designed by Thomas Little and was gutted by fire in the 1970's when the cemetery had fallen into neglect. The first burial was Charles Abbott, who was an incredible 101 when he died in 1840.
There are over 300 burials in unconsecrated ground. The site was virtually full by the middle of the 20th Century and fell into neglect. It’s now a Nature Reserve and a Site of Metropolitan Importance for wildlife.

More info and related videos:
Friends of Nunhead Cemetery https://www.fonc.org.uk/
Cemetery Walks https://cemeterywalks.wordpress.com/
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