The water garden at Golders Green Crematorium
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The water garden at Golders Green Crematorium
Image: © Marathon Taken: 4 Feb 2015
London's first crematorium was built in 1902. Cremation had only been made legal in 1884 and Golders Green quickly obtained a reputation as the place for those in the arts and the media to be cremated. Almost 300,000 cremations have taken place at Golders Green, which is far more than at any other crematorium in Britain. By 1930, over a quarter of all cremations in the United Kingdom took place here, but nowadays it is about 3,500 each year. The crematorium covers twelve acres and include memorial gardens and water features. There are more familiar names here than any other cemetery or crematorium - Peter Sellers, Joyce Grenfell, Keith Moon, Marc Bolan, Anna Pavlova, Sigmund Freud, Bram Stoker, Enid Blyton amongst others. This view is of the water garden at the furthest point from the crematorium buildings. The flats behind are in Corringham Road.
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