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Southern Cemetery

Next FREE tour: Sunday 25 February 2024, 12 noon..
Meet: Cemetery Gates (opposite James Hilton Memorials of 245 Barlow Moor Road ).(Barlow Moor Road Metrolink stop, 10 minutes walk away).
Please don’t go to: The Crematorium, Nell Lane…
Booking: Please press here to book with Eventbrite.

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New Manchester Walks will take you around Southern Cemetery, final resting place of some of the greats of Manchester history, with Ed Glinert, author of “London’s Dead” (published by HarperCollins).

We will see the graves and memories of Matt Busby, John Rylands, Joe Sunlight, Daniel Adamson, Tony Wilson and L. S. Lowry, as we explore Britain’s second biggest cemetery.

Southern Cemetery (1)Southern Cemetery - Rylands graveSouthern Cemetery - Matt Busby Grave