Events Page

Please find below a list of upcoming events involving or organised by the Friends of Newtown Road Cemetery.

Midsummer Welcome
Venue: Newtown Road Cemetery
Saturday, June 20, 2026
18:00 - 22:00

Displays in the Chapel will include: moths captured overnight and labelled. Last year we counted 68 different species. Wildflowers collected that day. Books for sale.

6.30pm -7.30pm Focus on Nature. Wildflowers, birds, insects, mammals, trees, grasses in Unimproved Grassland, a rare habitat in the south of England.

7.45pm - 8.30pm New tour by Ros Clow. The Cemetery Past, Present and Future. Find out about baby farming, collapsing vaults, the fallen angel, orchids, recent burials, bees, Queen Victoria's painting teacher, stained glass...

9.30pm Help release the moths to go back to their life in our cemetery.

Organiser: Ros Clow

 

 

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