About

Join our researchers as they take you on a tour of this historic, still working, cemetery and explore the lives of ordinary (and sometimes extraordinary) folk whose final resting place is Undercliffe Cemetery.

Following a 5-year project, a dedicated team of transcribers and researchers have created a fully researchable database of just about every soul buried at Undercliffe since 1854. This has revealed some amazing stories, particularly of those who have no marked grave. We'll be telling some of those stories on our tours.

Undercliffe Cemetery fell into disrepair in the 1970s, was sold to a 'developer', and had to be rescued from destruction by a group of volunteers who formed Undercliffe Cemetery Charity. More than 40 years on, this amazing cemetery has been restored to glory & the volunteers' hard work was recognised by the late queen in 2022, one of the last QAVS honours she bestowed.

We will be open from 10am to 4pm. and our researchers will be on hand to answer questions and guide you through this wonderful 26-acre hilltop site. There will be pre-bookable formal tours (morning & afternoon) or you can take self-guided tours of various people/themes of interest. Refreshments will be available all day in our lodge.

We look forward to welcoming you.