Sights and Attractions near Highgate Cemetery

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Summer Mon to Fri 10am-5pm, Weekends & Bank Holidays 11am-5pm | Winter Mon to Fri 10am-4pm, Weekends & Bank Holidays 11am-4pm | Tours hourly during opening times

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£3 (East Cemetery), £7 (West Cemetery)

BBC Broadcasting House
London > Attractions > Sights
2-22 Portland Place, London, Fitzrovia, London W1A | 3.5 miles from Highgate Cemetery
BBC HQ and home, in particular, to the BBC's famous Radio Theatre, Broadcasting House is an iconic building in Portland Place. This purpose-built broadcast centre,...More

Speakers' Corner
London > Attractions > Sights
Hyde Park, London, Hyde Park, London W2 | 4 miles from Highgate Cemetery
Not strictly classed "entertainment", this bastion of British free public speech and free assembly can prove one of the most absorbingly unique, theatrical activities the...More

Trellick Tower
London > Attractions > Sights
5 Golbourne Road, London, Kilburn, London W10 | 4 miles from Highgate Cemetery
Towering over Golborne Road, the famous Trellick Tower has become a much talked about landmark, loved and loathed in equal measure but protected from any...More

Piccadilly Circus
London > Attractions > Sights
Piccadilly Circus, London, Soho, London W1J | 4.1 miles from Highgate Cemetery
Right in the middle of the West End, Piccadilly Circus isn't a circus at all, but an enormous road junction where Piccadilly itself Regent Street,...More

Nelson's Column
London > Attractions > Sights
Trafalgar Square, London, Westminster, London SW1Y | 4.3 miles from Highgate Cemetery
Master tactician, inspirational leader, patriotic martyr, Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson is one of England's great heroes. His Nelson's Column statue is at the very heart...More

The Fourth Plinth
London > Attractions > Sights
Trafalgar Square, London, Westminster, London WC2N | 4.3 miles from Highgate Cemetery
The Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square remained empty after its completion in 1841 - it was designed for an equestrian statue of one of Britain's...More

Cenotaph
London > Attractions > Sights
Whitehall, London, Westminster, London SW1A | 4.4 miles from Highgate Cemetery
Standing solemnly in the middle of Whitehall, visitors could be forgiven for passing the Cenotaph by unnoticed. But every November it becomes the focus of...More

Wellington Arch
London > Attractions > Sights
Hyde Park Corner, London, Belgravia, London W1J | 4.6 miles from Highgate Cemetery
A landmark triumphal arch set opposite the Duke of Wellington's residence at Apsley House, Wellington Arch was built in 1830 to commemorate the victories won...More

London Eye
London > Attractions > Sights
Jubilee Gardens, South Bank, London, South Bank, London SE1 | 4.6 miles from Highgate Cemetery
The London Eye elbowed its way onto the capital's tourist scene as one of the statement pieces to mark the turn of the century (see...More

Albert Memorial
London > Attractions > Sights
Kensington Gardens, 27 Princes Square, London, South Kensington, London W2 | 4.8 miles from Highgate Cemetery
This 180ft Victorian bronze gilt statue in Kensington Gardens is a tribute to Queen Victoria's husband, Prince Albert, and was erected following his death through...More

The Monument
London > Attractions > Sights
Monument Street, London, City, London EC3R | 4.8 miles from Highgate Cemetery
Following an 18-month closure which began in 2007, The Monument reopened in February 2009 revealing the effects of a £4.5 million renovation. If you're feeling...More

The Shard
London > Attractions > Sights
, London, SE1 | 5.1 miles from Highgate Cemetery
Opening in June 2012, The Shard will become the tallest building in the European Union and the 45th tallest building in the world when it...More

BBC Television Centre
London > Attractions > Sights
Wood Lane, London, W12 | 5.3 miles from Highgate Cemetery
Wander the corridors, visit the studios, spot celebs, rummage around the dressing rooms and star in your own recording on a tour of the iconic...More

City Hall
London > Attractions > Sights
110 The Queen's Walk, London, Bankside, London SE1 | 5.3 miles from Highgate Cemetery
It may look like a pile of CDs tilted at a precarious angle so it's about to fall over, but this attractive Norman Foster building...More

Battersea Power Station
London > Attractions > Sights
188 Kirtling Street, London, Battersea, London SW8 | 6 miles from Highgate Cemetery
This riverside power station, the masterpiece of architect Giles Gilbert Scott, Grade II listed Battersea Power Station has taken on an iconic status in the...More

Maggie's Centre
London > Attractions > Sights
Fulham Palace Road, London, W6 | 6.4 miles from Highgate Cemetery
Maggie's Centre next to Charing Cross Hospital in Hammersmith is the first cancer care hospice in England (there are several more in Scotland) for this...More

Up At The O2
London > Attractions > Sights
The O2, Peninsula Square, London, SE10 | 8 miles from Highgate Cemetery
Visitors to The O2 will soon be able to see the famous domed structure from an entirely new angle - from 53-metre high Up At...More

London Pleasure Gardens
London > Attractions > Sights
Royal Victoria Docks, London, E16 | 9.3 miles from Highgate Cemetery
Due to open on the Diamond Jubilee weekend, on 1st June 2012, the London Pleasure Gardens (LPG) revive a centuries old tradition when pleasure gardens...More

Chislehurst Caves
London > Attractions > Sights
Old Hill, Bromley, BR7 | 14.2 miles from Highgate Cemetery
A short walk from Chislehurst station (regularly served by trains from London Bridge and Charing Cross) lurks this amazing subterranean maze of caves. The results...More

Camden Lock Market
London > Attractions > Sights
Camden Lock Place, Chalk Farm Road, London, Camden Town, London NW1 | 1.9 miles from Highgate Cemetery
This is a huge weekend tourist attraction and a great shopping experience, as interesting for the diversity of people as for its mixed bag of...More

Highbury Fields
London > Attractions > Sights
, London, N5 | 2.3 miles from Highgate Cemetery
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Regent's Canal
London > Attractions > Sights
Off Prince Albert Road, London, Primrose Hill, London NW1 | 2.3 miles from Highgate Cemetery
Built to join up the Grand Junction Canal with the Thames, Regent’s Canal was named after the Prince Regent (later King George IV) - a...More

Gasholder No. 8
London > Attractions > Sights
Goods Way, King's Cross, London, King's Cross, London NW1 | 2.6 miles from Highgate Cemetery
The 25 metre-tall, 35 metre-wide Gasholder No 8, disused since 2001, is one of the four gasholders King's Cross is to be rebuilt as a...More

Sherlock Holmes Statue
London > Attractions > Sights
Marylebone Road, London, Marylebone, London NW1 | 3.2 miles from Highgate Cemetery
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British Postal Museum & Archive
London > Attractions > Sights
Freeling House, Phoenix Place, London, Clerkenwell, London WC1X | 3.4 miles from Highgate Cemetery
The British Postal Museum Archive (BMPA) office and Royal Mail Archive is found within the large Mount Pleasant Sorting Office complex in Farringdon. Formed...More

Clerk's Well
London > Attractions > Sights
14-16 Farringdon Lane ISLINGTON, London, Clerkenwell, London EC1R | 3.6 miles from Highgate Cemetery
A historic well situated in a low chamber accessible by stairs from an exhibition room (which includ...More

St Christopher's Place
London > Attractions > Sights
23 Barrett Street, London, Marylebone, London W1U | 3.7 miles from Highgate Cemetery
Coming across the pretty, pedestrianised streets of St Christopher's Place is like discovering an oasis of Continental cafe culture in the most unlikely place -...More

Marble Arch
London > Attractions > Sights
Oxford Street, London, Hyde Park, London W1C | 3.9 miles from Highgate Cemetery
Designed by John Nash in 1828, Marble Arch was intended to be the chief entrance to Buckingham Palace. However, when the Palace was extended, the Arch was...More

Chinatown
London > Attractions > Sights
Gerrard Street, London, Soho, London W1D | 4 miles from Highgate Cemetery
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Covent Garden Piazza
London > Attractions > Sights
Covent Garden, London, Covent Garden, London WC2E | 4.1 miles from Highgate Cemetery
This is where Covent Garden Market takes place but there's also an open-air cobbled area where miming and juggling acts can often be found....More

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What's On Today

Near Highgate Cemetery

The Big Tree Climbing Company
Sporting Events | Until 29th August 2012

Highgate Wood and Queen's Wood 22 minutes walk from Highgate Cemetery

Founded by former Army Captain Nick Cranston and now partnered with Mark Hawes, The Big Tree Climbing Company offers a ...More

Fearless Vampire Killers, FortLine, New Riot, White Powder Gold, Faith N Fury, Roughshooter, Her Maj
Concerts | On 2nd June 2012

Nambucca 1.16 miles from Highgate Cemetery

Pop-punk by the London-based band....More

Comedy Cabaret
Comedy | On 2nd June 2012

Downstairs at the King's Head 1.17 miles from Highgate Cemetery

Topical humour from Tony Dunn, plus Markus Birdman, Ben Norris, Gerry Howell and MC Dominic Frisby....More

Love Letter To London Presents RSVP: Workshop
Exhibitions | On 2nd June 2012