Highgate cemetery drops controversial maintenance building in £18m revamp plan
Grave owners at north London cemetery, where many well-known figures are buried, fear ‘ploy’ by its managementHighgate cemetery has axed plans to build a controversial maintenance and toilet block as part of an £18m revamp of the graveyard, after grave owners warned they would exhume the...
<p>Grave owners at north London cemetery, where many well-known figures are buried, fear ‘ploy’ by its management</p><p>Highgate cemetery has axed plans to build a controversial maintenance and toilet block as part of an £18m revamp of the graveyard, after grave owners warned they would exhume the remains of their loved ones if the building went ahead.</p><p>Grave owners at the north London cemetery cautiously welcomed the removal of what they called a “bunker” from a planning application that sparked dozens of objections, including from <a href="https://camdocs.camden.gov.uk/CMWebDrawer/Record/11111333/file/document?inline">Jeremy Corbyn</a>, the actors <a href="https://camdocs.camden.gov.uk/CMWebDrawer/Record/10977747/file/document?inline">Jonathan Pryce</a> and <a href="https://camdocs.camden.gov.uk/CMWebDrawer/Record/11000165/file/document?inline">Bertie Carvel</a>, and <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/may/24/families-oppose-highgate-cemetery-toilet-block-plan-redevelopment">the widows of</a> the actor Tim Pigott-Smith and the sociologist Stuart Hall.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/aug/19/highgate-cemetery-london-revamp-plan-bunker-gardeners-building">Continue reading...</a>
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