The Treemendous Trees of Spital Cemetery

Spital Cemetery is always open to the public for leisure and quiet contemplation. During the period of Heritage Open Days, our Information Boards will be on display containing background information about the opening of the Cemetery and some of the interesting stories of people buried there. Spital Cemetery was designed as a Victorian Garden Cemetery and, as such, was intended to be a place for leisure as well as for visitors to mourn the loss of their loved ones. They were, therefore, parks and were planted as such with trees – many of which were brought from further afield than our native Britain. We are fairly confident that one tree, an ash, was present in the field when the cemetery was opened and it’s possible others were too. However, several were brought from foreign parts. We have managed to identify some of these, but others remain to be confirmed. In particular, we appear to have a number of different types of pine trees. Feel free to wander using our map of discoveries so far and /or join us on Sunday 8th September at 10am to help us identify the remainder and maybe work out where they all might have come from. Join us, to help us with this identification and see how far some of our trees have travelled in order to have taken up root here. Our findings so far can be found in the attached downloadable map.

Timings & Tours

Sunday 08 September:

1000 - 1200 | Cancelled

Friday 13 September:

1100 - 1300

Location & directions

Spital Cemetery Lodge, 19 Hady Hill, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S41 0DZ

Directions:

Spital Cemetery is located to the east of Chesterfield town centre off the A632, Hady Hill, to Bolsover. Parking is available using the second entrance on the right further up the hill before Cemetery Road or on Spital Lane. Buses from the town centre to the hospital frequently travel up Hady Hill and there are bus stops nearby.

Contact on day:

Margaret Hersee

Booking information

Pre-booking requirement:

Pre-booking preferred

Booking conditions:

Book by using the following link: https://ti.to/spital-cemetery-tours/heritage-open-days-copy

Booking contact name:

Margaret Hersee

Booking email:

[email protected]

Booking website:

https://ti.to/spital-cemetery-tours/heritage-open-days-copy

Booking opens:

01 Jun 2024 12:00 AM

Accessibility details

Please note there are no public toilets in the cemetery. Nearest toilets are at the train station, The Riverside Hotel down the road, the town centre or the hospit

Additional information

There are two entrances to the cemetery, both on the right hand side going up Hady Hill away from the town centre.

Max no of people per tour:

12

Est. tour duration:

2 hour(s)

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