Welcome to Histon Road Cemetery

The Cemetery lies between Histon Road and Victoria Road, about one mile north of Cambridge city centre.

Gates from both these busy thoroughfares are joined by a wide path through the centre of the Cemetery.

Established in 1843 by the Nonconformist community, Histon Road Cemetery is Grade 2* listed by Historic England as one of only three in England by the leading Victorian garden designer John Claudius Loudon. Loudon was the most influential horticultural journalist of his time and one of the first professional cemetery designers. Histon Road is the best surviving example of his work in this field.

A stroll round this tranquil green space reveals familiar names associated with the City and further afield. We mark Remembrance Day every year with a service to honour the local lives lost in war.

The Cemetery is owned and cared for by Cambridge City Council, working closely with the Friends of Histon Road Cemetery.

Histon Road Cemetery is closed to new burials. For more information about this, please contact Cambridge City Council Bereavement Services at www.cambridge.gov.uk/bereavement-services