This week I want to highlight Highgate Cemetery, London's most famous Victorian cemetery. Pictures: Dr Norman Cahi.
Published Feb 6, 2025
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London remains one of my all time favourite cities in the world. Britain's capital still ranks as one of the world's greatest destinations and millions of tourists flock to London for its history, tradition, pomp and ceremony, cool culture and iconic architecture.
This week I want to highlight Highgate Cemetery, London's most famous Victorian cemetery. Pictures: Dr Norman Cahi. The exquisite entry gate of Victorian wrought iron and stone signifies that one is about to enter a place where the dead are certainly resting in peace and beauty.
A restful seating space for reflection and prayer.The neighbourhood of Highgate is a typical North London location with leafy lanes, pubs, trendy shops and of the ubiquitous fire brigade red obsolete telephone boxes which have become symbols of quintessential British life.
I am endlessly fascinated by the magnificent architecture throughout London. This is the Chiltern Firehouse building in Marylebone now housing a top notch restaurant.The beautiful church on site at the Highgate Cemetery.Enchanting entrances of the homes in Hampstead and Highgate.Locals love walking around the cemetery exploring its flora and fauna and finding an appealingly atmospheric, not to mention, beautiful place of worship and solitude.It's the final resting place for countless people of great importance and distinction such as Karl Marx, George Eliot and Malcolm McLaren.Highgate Cemetery is best known not only for its famous inhabitants but for the exquisite quality of its funerary architecture... from ornate headstones, impressive tombs, and mostly its view. From its summit, the circle of LEBANON built around ancient Cypress and Cedar trees holds supreme! George Michael is also interred here.
