Stoke Newington Burials and Bodies Walk

Sun Dec 07 2025 at 01:30 pm to 03:30 pm UTC+00:00

Stoke Newington Church Street | London

Stories of our Streets
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Stoke Newington Burials and Bodies Walk
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A Stokey Hidden History walk exploring curious tales of local burial sites - and the bodies which didn’t quite make it into them
About this Event

Come explore unusual bones and burials in this Stoke Newington history tour!

This walk visits three burial grounds, reveals two further ones you probably don’t know about, explores the horrible dead house (and what replaced it) and tells tales of bodies that found themselves in the wrong place.

This is a linear walk which starts inside the Stoke Newington Church Street entrance of Abney Park Cemetery. Please meet me around the area just inside the entrance(see pics below).

The walk takes approx. 2 hours. We will need to start promptly! Recommended age: 15+.

We will be looping up to the far north west corner of Abney Park Cemetery, and then returning to weave around Church Street for the second half of the walk. The walk ends behind St Mary’s Old Churchyard to the west.

I walk in (almost) all weathers, so please do come prepared. Abney Park Cemetery has some very uneven and narrow paths and is muddy after rainfall. Unfortunately this walk is not suitable for most buggies. In the rare event that it looks like the weather will beat us (or the cemetery is closed due to high winds), I will email and reimburse you as soon as I can.

The walk is one of a trilogy of monthly walks hunting for underground buildings, lost, found and imagined objects and bodies, archaeological rivalries, unearthed treasures, cold war bunkers, rumoured tunnels, and legends, myths and things which may (or may not) exist at all – except in the imagination.

These walks complement my two local ghost walks (Stoke Newington and Newington Green) exploring uncanny experiences attached to the history of local buildings and sites. For information about all my walks and talks, please visit: www.storiesofourstreets.com.

If you are low waged, drop me an email at [email protected] and I’ll be happy to arrange a ‘pay what you can afford’ place. I look forward to walking with you!


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Stoke Newington Church Street, Stoke Newington Church Street, London, United Kingdom

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GBP 16.96

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