Description
Feltham Burial Board purchased land called The Long Pightle in 1885 for a new cemetery, which was consecrated in 1886; part of the land was later fenced off and temporarily used for allotments. There used to be a mortuary here, and the main entrance on Ashford Road has more recent gates, with older ornamental gates on the corner opposite St Dunstan's Church. The cemetery is surrounded by low walls that have lost their original railings. Mature yews line the path from the entrance with mature conifers along the boundary with Sunbury Road where there is an early C20th lych-gate. The cemetery is laid out on a grid pattern and has graves set among grass and scattered trees.
Practical Information
| Site location | Sunbury Road/Ashford Road, Feltham |
|---|---|
| Postcode | TW13 |
| What3Words | ///nods.facing.faster |
| Type of Site | Cemetery |
| Borough | Hounslow |
| Open to Public | Yes |
| Opening Times | 9am - 4pm (Nov-Feb); - 5.30pm (Mar/Oct); - 7pm (Apr/May/Aug/Sept); - 8pm (Jun/July). Xmas Day 9am-2pm |
| Events | Walks led by Feltham History Group |
| Public Transport | Rail: Feltham then bus. Bus: 235, 117, H21 |
| Research Updated | 1 November 2005 |
| Last Updated | 18 October 2026 |
Full description
The picturesque lych-gate was built in memory of E L Benyon of Oak House, Feltham Hill, erected by his wife and sister in 1903. Near the lych-gate are nine war graves where children from Feltham Hill School place flowers every Armistice Day. Among those buried in the cemetery are A W Smith and his father. A W Smith developed market gardening in Feltham, which became famous for supplying London markets with fruit and vegetables after the railway opened and enabled easy distribution. Smith had the largest tomato greenhouses in the world at the time and developed new varieties such as the 'Feltham First' pea.
Further Information
| Grid Reference | TQ097721 |
|---|---|
| Size in hectares | 2.74 |
| Site Ownership | LB Hounslow |
| Site Management | Continental Landscapes Ltd |
| Dates | 1886 |
| 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 | Hounslow |
| In Conservation Area | No |
| Tree Preservation Order | No |
| Nature Conservation Area | No |
| Green Belt | No |
| Metropolitan Open Land | No |
| Special Policy Area | No |
| Other LA Designation | Local Open Space |
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Nearby parks and gardens
St Dunstan's Recreation Ground was opened in 1951 on land originally owned by the adjacent St Dunstan's Church, the Feltham UDC paying £1 on the understanding that it would be opened as a public recreation ground. By the 1930s the old village of Feltham around the parish church was becoming built up with new housing. It had became known as Lower Feltham after the area to the north became built up from the late 1840s after the opening of Feltham Station.
Although a church dedicated to St Dunstan may have been erected here in 988 AD, the year of his death, the first reference to a church at Feltham was in the C12th. The medieval church was rebuilt in the early C19th, and later enlarged. The churchyard is largely enclosed by high brick walls and has a number of C18th chest tombs and urn-topped monuments, with cedar, yew and holly among the churchyard trees.
Feltham Green is a remnant of Feltham Common; the village of Feltham was previously centred around St Dunstan's Church. The area remained agricultural until the 1920s and was important for growing food to supply London. In the C20th the centre of Feltham moved from the church to nearer Feltham Green and the station. On one corner of the Green is the Red Lion pub, one of Feltham's oldest buildings. A drinking trough donated in 1899 is in the south corner of the Green, which has a large pond fed by water from the Longford River. Feltham Pond (or Duck Pond) is the orginal and oldest village pond out of the three remaining ponds in Feltham and was mentioned in the licensing of 'The Red Lion' in 1722.