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Bus Services: 52 98 260 266 302 460 to Willesden Bus Garage then a 2-minute walk. By Underground. Take the Jubilee Line to Dollis Hill then a 10-minute walk. Or Willesden Green on the Jubilee Line then a 15-minute walk. By rail. Willesden Junction on the Overground then buses 260 or 266, or a 30-minute walk. Car or taxi. Entrance via Glebe Road.
Willesden Jewish Cemetery has been a prestigious burial ground for London’s Jewish community since 1873. Thanks to investment by the National Lottery, the United Synagogue has opened up the cemetery for the wider public to discover and explore, including a new House of Life visitor centre.
Oct 26, 2022 · In Willesden Jewish Cemetery, you're in salubrious company. Here is the till-shaped tomb of Jack Cohen, founder of Tesco (on his first day as a grocer, Cohen turned a £1 profit ).
May 31, 2020 · Find us . Willesden Jewish Cemetery (United Synagogue) Beaconsfield Road Willesden London NW10 2JE. Contact. House of Life team +44 (0)20 8459 6107 heritageadmin@theus.org.uk
Jan 29, 2023 · Willesden Jewish Cemetery @willesdencem From the archives - 150 years of heritage July 1871-1873: Home Office grants licence The Home Office granted a licence for the site to be used as consecrated burial ground for the Jews.
The Willesden United Synagogue Cemetery, usually known as Willesden Jewish Cemetery, is a Jewish cemetery at Beaconsfield Road, Willesden, in the London Borough of Brent, England. It opened in 1873 on a 20-acre site. It has been described as the "Rolls-Royce" of London's Jewish cemeteries and is designated Grade II on Historic England's Register of Historic Parks and Gardens. The cemetery ...
People walking along a tree-lined path in a cemetery. How we deliver these aims Over a 3 year period, with support from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, the House of Life will open Willesden Jewish Cemetery up to the public, encouraging visitors to get involved with preserving the remarkable heritage and experimenting with different landscaping to increase biodiversity over the 21 acre site.
