Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park
The Friends of Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park are a group of locals who came together in 1990 because they were concerned over the increasing neglect by successive owners. Their main objectives are to encourage greater use of this inner urban green space as a sanctuary for people and a place of biodiversity.
The cemetery now resembles natural woodland, with many bird and insect species making it their home.
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