| Highgate Cemetery |
| Highgate's West Cemetery is an extraordinary Victorian jumble of mausoleums, catacombs, elaborate headstones, thick inpenetrable vegetatation and steep defiles. It is quite the scariest place in London and it's no wonder that Bram Stoker based part of his novel Dracula in the cemetery. |
The cemetery was created in 1839 and its famous residents include scientist Michael Faraday, lesbian author Radclyffe Hall, dog show founder Charles Cruft, the whole Rossetti family and wild animal collector George Wombwell (his tomb is pictured). |
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Archway is a 15 minutes walk to Swains Lane. |
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The centerpiece of the cemetery is the Circle of Lebanon, a collection of catacombs built around a large cedar tree. |
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Entry is by guided tour only, run by the Friends of Highgate Cemetery. |
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