Swanscombe Cemetery
Open Every Day
8am – 7pm 1st April – 1st October
8am – 4pm October – March
The Swanscombe Burial Ground was opened in 1885 and purchased at a cost of £493; the first burial being Ada Ayra Cleaves on 3 April 1887.
Within the Cemetery is a small but charming chapel built in 1905.
The well maintained 4.5 acre site features an avenue of mature trees, shrubs and rose beds with an informal lay out.
Entrance at the Swanscombe Street end is via a traditional lychgate opposite the historical St Peter & St Paul’s Church.
There are 16 war graves and Henry Stopes, the father of Marie Stopes, buried in 1902, can be found in the cemetery.
