FRIENDS OF
WOMBWELL CEMETERY
Registered Charity Number: 1156569
Photographs by Adrian Ashworth & Andy Hodgkinson
Opening Times
OCT - MARCH: 08:00 - 17:30
APRIL - SEPT: 08:00 - 21:00
PEACE GARDEN: 08:00 - 16:00
The cemetery is open all year including Christmas and the New Year.
COVID-19 UPDATE FROM BMBC BEREAVEMENT SERVICES
In order to help us keep the cemeteries open during the current COVID-19 emergency, visitors should always adhere to the government guidelines on social distancing.
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This means that you should not congregate with anyone outside your family within the cemetery.
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Stay 2 metres apart if you do not live together.
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Avoid coming into close contact with other visitors.
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Visit your own families graves and refrain from casually walking around the cemetery.
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If you have to use the taps provided, please wash your hands or sanitise as soon as practical.
Please follow these guidelines which are designed to help us keep the cemeteries open.
Thank you for your cooperation.
SERVICES
GUIDED TOURS
There are a lot of interesting graves, people, and stories here. Manchester United's Mark Jones, the story of the fallen angel, cricketer Roy Kilner...
Discover more on a guided tour!
CEMETREE TRAIL
Click Cyril's treehouse to go inside! He'll need a special password though, only found in our CemeTree Trail leaflet! Pick one up from the Hub on a Wednesday morning or get in touch!
"Volunteers don't get paid, not because they're worthless, but because they're priceless."
Sherry Anderson
ABOUT US
The Friends are a voluntary organisation who aim to make Wombwell Cemetery a cleaner, greener, safer place for the community.