Green Spaces Project of
the Month
February
2004 - Abney Park
Cemetery, Hackney, London
Contact: Kirsty Peterkin
tel.0207 7275 7557 abney-park@geo2.poptel.org.uk
OR: Kenneth 'Monty' Montgomery, tel. 0141
956 6816, mobile 07885 962614
Abney Park Cemetery in London's East
End is remarkable in that it is at once a
nature reserve and a recreational
facility for Hackney's incredibly diverse
communities – at the last count 224
languages were spoken in the borough.
One of only two non-conformist
cemeteries in London and one of the
oldest garden cemeteries in the capital,
Abney Park is Hackney's first Local
Nature Reserve, consisting of 13 hectares
of woodland, important for its ecology
and its architecture. It is also
classified as a nature reserve of
metropolitan importance and as such
figures highly in the Local Biodiversity
Action Plan.
High profile events attract visitors
from many of the ethnic communities in
the neighbourhood, and culturally
relevant activities are helping to secure
the engagement of two significant local
communities – the Orthodox Jewish
and Turkish communities.
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