General Cemetery

An historically important Victorian cemetery, which is the final "home" for 87,000 people, including influential Sheffielders such as steel manufacturer Mark Firth and Chartist Samuel Holberry. The 19th century class system is evident in the range of memorials, with great mausoleums, modest stones and unmarked paupers' graves (some with 40 or more burials in one plot) jostling for space. When you pass through the imposing arched gateway from Cemetery Avenue, you very much know you're entering a necropolis. The neo-gothic Anglican chapel and contrastingly neo-classical nonconformist chapel are hauntingly derelict. All in all, this is a beautiful and fascinating spot, where visitors can enjoy some atmospheric wildness near the centre of town.

• free
• history

Address

Cemetery Avenue, S11 8NT

Getting there

Bus: 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 88 to Ecclesall Road; get off by or just before the small Berkeley Centre shopping precinct. Walk down the appropriately named Cemetery Avenue

Hours

Open all day

Price

Free

Website

gencem.org (opens in a new tab)