Getting To Kensal Green Cemetery
Kensal Green Cemetery is located in west London, on a 72-acre (29-hectare) site bounded on the north by Harrow Road, on the east by Ladbroke Grove, and the south by the Grand Union Canal.
There are two gates in daily use on Harrow Road, and a door leading to Ladbroke Grove.
The Top Gate (just to the west of Kensal Green Underground Station) admits both cars and pedestrians during regular opening hours. This gate also leads to the independent Roman Catholic cemetery of St Mary.
The Main Gate, to the east near the junction of Harrow Road with Ladbroke Grove, is for pedestrians only, and generally closes an hour before the Top Gate. This monumental structure also houses the offices of the General Cemetery Company.
The door on Ladbroke Grove, adjacent to the Dissenters' Chapel, allows access for tose attending activities organised by the Friends and is not open on a regular basis.
Buses to the Cemetery
The Cemetery can be reached using bus services:
- 18 (Top and Main Gates)
- 52 and 316 (alight at Kilburn Lane for Main Gate)
- any other service to Sainsbury's Ladbroke Grove (23, 452, 70) for the door on Ladbroke Grove or a short walk to the Main Gate.
Kensal Green Cemetery Concise Guide offers a brief history of the cemetery, with biographical notes of the most famous people buried here and how to find them - available here