Restoration, conservation and respectful enjoyment of Brandwood End Cemetery and Chapels

We are a charity here to promote for the benefit of the local community and others, the restoration, conservation and respectful enjoyment of Brandwood End Cemetery and Chapels. That includes the monuments, buildings, records, green spaces, adjacent pool and allotments and overall environment.

Events

From litter picks and planting trees, to helping hedgehogs and recording memorials, our events are always fun, friendly and suitable for most ages!

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Become a Friend!

 

Friends of Brandwood Cemetery is run purely by unpaid volunteers and we welcome your help!  Whether you have family laid to rest here, you are a concerned local resident or are interested in conservation, we need you!

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About the Cemetery

On 13 April 1899 George Tallis, Chairman of the Cemetery Committee, opened Brandwood End Cemetery.

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Can you spare a couple of hours?

Litter picks are a great way to get some fresh air!

Latest News

WHO LIES BENEATH?

September 13, 2024

Come along to the Civilian Garden of Remembrance this Saturday, 14th,between 11am and 2pm to hear the stories behind the names on our new Memorial. Matt Felkin will be there with all his air raid records and maps. Not to be missed if you are interested in the impact WW2… Read more

NIQ Volunteers make inroads into Section 8

September 12, 2024

This is the first time that NIQ have been on site with the Friends and we hope they will return again as they all worked very hard……..and we are pretty sure they all enjoyed themselves! The area that they were working in had a section almost completely covered with large… Read more

Ian Binnie’s ‘Walk and Talk’

September 12, 2024

Seventeen members of the public joined Ian Binnie on a fascinating walk around the cemetery to visit nine  military graves, all of whom died in 1944.  It was interesting to learn that several of them had been killed in accidents and not on active service. Read more

Welcome back Deutsche Bank.

September 12, 2024

We welcomed Deutsche Bank staff back to the Cemetery today to continue helping us to clear some of the more overgrown areas . Luckily the weather was relatively settled so we were all able to clear a large section in the time they were on site. FBEC rely on the… Read more

New Memorial unveiled by Dr Carl Chinn.

September 12, 2024

All our work came good today as Dr Carl Chinn unveiled our Memorial in the Civilian Garden of Remembrance. Now the names of those buried in this area can be read by visitors. We were also pleased to welcome Councillors John Cotton and David Barker as well as Brian Wright… Read more

Grave Gardeners/Shrubbery clearance events.

September 9, 2024

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