ASHES TO ASHES A Guided Tour of Nunhead Cemetery with Keith Turpin Saturday 11th October 2025 at 11:00 am and 2:00 pm         Join historian Keith Turpin for a guided walking tour of Nunhead Cemetery, one of London’s lesser-known yet most atmospheric Victorian burial grounds. As we explore its winding paths and decaying grandeur, Keith will trace the cemetery’s history from its 19th-century origins as one of the “Magnificent Seven” to the changing attitudes toward death and burial that emerged with the rise of the cremation movement. Along the way, we’ll hear remarkable—and at times eccentric—stories of the pioneers who championed cremation as a sanitary and practical response to London’s overcrowding and limited burial space. The tour will also look at the cemetery’s 20th-century trials, from bomb damage during the Second World War to the long years of neglect that followed. A turning point came with an act of arson—destructive, yet oddly transformative—that sparked Nunhead’s slow but determined renewal. As we stand at the beginning of a new chapter, with the restoration of the East Lodge now underway, this walk offers a chance to reflect on how even places of the dead can rise again. Tickets £12 include a 20% donation to Nunhead Cemetery. Please click here to purchase.