PlacesLocals’ pickWalks and outdoorsBathwick

Smallcombe Garden Cemetery

A wooded Victorian cemetery looked after by volunteers, with leaning headstones, bluebells and benches few people seem to know about.

Category
Walks and outdoors
Area
Bathwick
Where
Smallcombe, BA2
Opening
Daylight hours
Price
Free
Best time
April to May
Website
smallcombegardencemetery.org
Old headstones in long grass at Smallcombe Garden Cemetery, Bath

Photo: Mikeyp3, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Where

Where it is

The larger pin is Smallcombe Garden Cemetery. The smaller ones are other places within about 15 minutes on foot.

51.37580, -2.34310 · Open in a map

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Nearby

Near this

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Kept by handChecked Source: smallcombegardencemetery.org

Times and prices are the usual pattern, not a promise. Check their own site before a special trip.