Description
Pinner New Cemetery was dedicated on 13 May 1933, and was laid out to designs by Borough Architect, S W Richardson. Its entrance is elegantly set back from the road and has stone gate piers, wrought iron gates with lanterns, and a gothic lodge. The axial drive to the chapel is lined with horse chestnut trees and, unusually, deciduous planting strongly predominates in the cemetery. There are a small number of oak trees that pre-date the cemetery and much planting of birch, cypress, sycamore, cherry and hawthorn. Among the monuments there is a notable red granite armchair grave of Susan Dunford, who 'left her chair vacant' in 1954.
Practical Information
| Site location | Pinner Road, Pinner |
|---|---|
| Postcode | HA5 5RH |
| What3Words | ///feeds.nets.shares |
| Type of Site | Cemetery |
| Borough | Harrow |
| Open to Public | Yes |
| Opening Times | Nov/Dec: 9am - 4.30pm; Jan-Mar/Oct: 9am - 5.30pm; April/Sept: 9am - 7pm; May-August: 9am - 8pm |
| Facilities | toilets |
| Public Transport | Tube: Pinner/North Harrow (Metropolitan) then bus. Bus: 183 |
| Research Updated | 1 December 2011 |
| Last Updated | 18 October 2026 |
Full description
The cemetery is situated just to the north of the colonial style white and green-roofed development of Capel Gardens and Pinner Court built in the 1930s. To the front are Boulevard Gardens (q.v.), two areas of public gardens either side of the cemetery entrance, laid out with a low retaining wall to the pavement and backed by shrubs to the private housing behind.
Further Information
| Grid Reference | TQ130893 |
|---|---|
| Site Ownership | LB Harrow |
| Site Management | Environmental Services, Cemetery Office |
| Dates | 1933 |
| Designers | S W Richardson |
| 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 | Harrow |
| In Conservation Area | No |
| Tree Preservation Order | Not known |
| Nature Conservation Area | No |
| Green Belt | No |
| Metropolitan Open Land | No |
| Special Policy Area | No |
| Other LA Designation | Open Space |
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Nearby parks and gardens
Capel Gardens and Pinner Court are a 1930s development of symmetrically-arranged colonial-style luxury flats set back from the main road, which were provided with landscaped gardens. To the front are two areas of public gardens, Boulevard Gardens, on either side of the entrance to Pinner New Cemetery. Steps lead up from the public gardens into the private courtyard gardens behind.
Tookes Green is a small triangular green on sloping land at the junction of three roads, with a few trees and seats and bordered with setts, a boulder at each corner. In the centre is a granite drinking fountain on an octagonal stepped base, erected here by the inhabitants of Pinner in 1886 to commemorate William Arthur Tooke, JP who had lived at Pinner Hill House.
St John's was a Chapel of St Mary's Harrow until 1766, when it became a parish in its own right. However it was an important place of worship by the C14th when a market and fair were first held in Pinner. The churchyard is entered through a lych-gate, and among the monuments is that of William and Agnes Loudon, parents of the celebrated garden writer John Claudius Loudon.