Cemeteries · London
Buckingham Road Cemetery
Buckingham Road Cemetery is a cemetery in the United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 30 min–1 h
- Nearest railway station
- Seven Kings · 0.6 km
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Buckingham Road Cemetery is a cemetery in London of architectural and local-history note. The site is a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest. It sits within the Ilford South parliamentary constituency. The nearest railway station is Seven Kings, about 0.6 km away. Postcode area IG1.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Epping Forest SSSI
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Buckingham was a railway station which served Buckingham, the former county town of Buckinghamshire, England, between 1850 and 1966.
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Background
Visiting
The first survey of the London and Birmingham Railway's main line to London plotted a course which ran through Buckingham where a large locomotive and carriage works would have been built. The route was however altered in the face of opposition from the Duke of Buckingham who feared for the future of the town, and the line took a new course through Wolverton, opening in 1838. It was to be a further twelve years before Buckingham was connected to the railway, this time on the initiative of the second Duke of Buckingham together with local landowner Sir Harry Verney who formed the Buckinghamshire Railway to construct a line between Banbury and Bletchley on a branch from Verney Junction. After…
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- Coordinates
- 51.5611, 0.0894
- District
- Redbridge
- Parish
- Redbridge, unparished area
- Postcode
- IG1 1FT
- Parliamentary constituency
- Ilford South
- Nearest railway station
- Seven Kings — 0.6 km
- Official site
- www.londongardensonline.org.uk
Sources
- osm: w17707066 (ODbL)
- commons: Ilford Cemetery - geograph.org.uk - 2141110.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- wikipedia: Buckingham railway station (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Buckingham Road Cemetery?
- Buckingham Road Cemetery is in London, United Kingdom (postcode IG1 1FT), in the parish of Redbridge, unparished area.
- Is Buckingham Road Cemetery a protected site?
- Yes — Buckingham Road Cemetery is part of the Epping Forest SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- How do I get to Buckingham Road Cemetery?
- The nearest railway station is Seven Kings, about 0.6 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode IG1 1FT.