Map and Directions (Download the PDF to your phone to access the map offline)
Introduction
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The Magnificent Seven are
seven beautiful landscaped cemeteries built between 1832 and 1840 to respond to
the overcrowded local parish cemeteries and to move the associated health
hazards further away from the city centre. The cemeteries are not only burial
grounds but also beautiful gardens, some of them are classified as nature
reserves. This walk is the seventh and last in a series of seven magnificent
walks, connecting the magnificent seven cemeteries. For an overview of the
seven walks, highlights an tips, please visit the overview page.
The walk start at Tower Hamlets Cemetery and ends at
Nunhead, following the Lea Navigation to Limehouse Basin and following the
Thames Path across the Tower Bridge. Tower Hamlets Cemetery is a nature
reserve, described as an ‘urban woodland’. Nunhead cemetery has its own charm,
located on a hill it offers panoramic views of the city. Walk Westwards to the
top of the hill to sit down and take in the view of St Paul’s Cathedral.
