Isolation

The perfect bench for our times in Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park.

Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park is a local nature reserve and historic cemetery in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets within the East End of London.

The cemetery opened in 1841 and closed for burials in 1966, since when other land has been added to the park, including "Scrapyard Meadow". It is regarded as one of the seven great cemeteries of the time (now known as the "Magnificent Seven"). It is open 24 hours a day.

It was originally named The City of London and Tower Hamlets Cemetery but was called Bow Cemetery by locals. The cemetery pre-dates the creation of the modern Borough of Tower Hamlets in 1965, and instead takes its name from the original, older and somewhat larger, Tower Hamlets (or Tower division) – from which the modern borough also takes its name. The historic parish boundary which defines the Mile End and Bromley-by-Bow areas runs north to south through the park, with Mile End to the west and Bromley-by-Bow to the east.