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City Road Cemetery (Sheffield)

Description: The cemetery covers over 100 acres and was opened in 1881.

Newest Review: ... used today and it is the largest cemetery owned by Sheffield City Council. It covers an area of over 100 acres. Today there are over 1,600 cremations take place here every year. City Road Cemetery is both deceptively large and green. From its main entrance on City Road it does look somewhat cluttered but if you wander inside through the fancy stone archway then you will quickly realise that ... more

... the cemetery extends well beyond the other side of the hill, on which the crematorium stands. The archway entrance is the only way into the cemetery for vehicles, although there are several entrances available if you are visiting on foot. There is a...more

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City Road Cemetery (Sheffield): City Road Cemetery, Sheffield (738 words)
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The City Road Cemetery in Sheffield may seem like an odd place to call an attraction but as the largest of the city's public cemeteries it offers a vast area of open, recreation land, within an otherwise urban area. This Cemetery first opened in 1881 and it was originally known as Intake Cemetery since City Road, where it is located, was at that time known as Intake Road. Just to confuse things slightly there is now a different, much smaller cemetery called Intake Cemetery, which can be found about a mile further out from the City Centre. Initially the cemetery was used only for burials, but on the 24th April 1905 the first cremation took place ... Read the complete review

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