Description
Queen's Road Cemetery opened in October 1872 and is on a roughly rectangular site bought for £5,000 by the Walthamstow Burial Board, who then invited six architects to submit designs that were to include two chapels with an entrance lodge, fence and gates at a cost ‘not to exceed £2,250'. R.C. Sutton of Nottingham gained the contract and his buildings survive: two ragstone gothic chapels joined at a right-angle by a porte-cochère set at the centre of an axial layout, and an Inquest Room as an adjunct to the Lodge, which is still a Coroner's Court. The cemetery has a ragstone wall along its boundary with Queen's Road, topped with ornamental spiked railings. There is one mausoleum and some good C19th tombs closely spaced, with a few large holly trees and small flowering cherry trees flanking the long central avenue. The cemetery is now full, except for the re-opening of family plots.
Practical Information
| Previously known as | Walthamstow Cemetery |
|---|---|
| Site location | Queen's Road |
| Postcode | E17 8QP |
| What3Words | ///known.natively.direct |
| Type of Site | Cemetery |
| Borough | Waltham Forest |
| Open to Public | Yes |
| Opening Times | Open: Mon-Sat 7.30am/Sun 10am.Closed: 4pm (Nov-Jan); 5pm (Feb, Oct + March, Sep on Sun); 6pm (March, Sept + April-Aug on Sun); 7pm (April -Aug) |
| Special Conditions | No dogs, except guide dogs |
| Facilities | toilets |
| Events | www.walthamforest.gov.uk/Pages/ServiceChild/walthamstow-cemetery-queens-road |
| Public Transport | Tube: Walthamstow Central (Victoria). Rail: Walthamstow Central; Queens Road. Bus: 58, 158 |
| Research Updated | 1 April 2012 |
| Last Updated | 18 October 2026 |
Further Information
| Grid Reference | TQ369885 |
|---|---|
| Size in hectares | 4.45 |
| Site Ownership | LB Waltham Forest |
| Site Management | Green Space Service, Environment and Regeneration/Cemeteries Department |
| Dates | 1872 |
| Listed Structures | Gates, railings, Lodge and mortuary chapel: locally listed |
| 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 | Waltham Forest |
| In Conservation Area | No |
| Tree Preservation Order | No |
| Nature Conservation Area | No |
| Green Belt | No |
| Metropolitan Open Land | No |
| Special Policy Area | No |
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Nearby parks and gardens
Thomas Gamuel Park is a small park largely set out with playgrounds and sports areas, but with an area of undulating landscaping with shrubs and winding paths. It was redesigned in the 1990s.
The London Master Bakers' Pension and Almshouse Society was founded in 1832. The foundation stone for the new almshouses in Leyton was laid on 5 August 1857. At that time the surrounding area was a small village with a few smart villas belonging to London merchants. The almshouses were designed for the London Master Bakers Benevolent Institution by T E Knightleys, a large 3-sided building around a landscaped courtyard. Described as 'one of the grand almshouses of north-east London', the building has a number of plaques recording that electric light was brought to the almshouses in 1924 and that gas was installed in 1939. The almshouses remain in residential use and are now Council housing.
St James Park is on part of the former lands of Low Hall Manor, which was sold to Walthamstow Council by the Lord of the Manor in 1877. It was opened as a public park in 1910 and consists of a rectangle of grass with a children’s playground. The mature lime trees around the perimeter and forming a central avenue were planted in c.1920. The park is adjacent to a number of other facilities to the south-west that were also part of Low Hall Manor: Cheshire Fields allotments, Low Hall Sports Ground, formerly marshlands used for pasture by the Manor, and Low Hall Wood Nature Conservation Area (0.65ha), which has been developed into a woodland nature area by local volunteers.
