04 / On the walk90 minutes · 1.2 km · lanterns provided

You'll hear
about...

  1. 01 /

    The iron gate

    Why the north gate was welded shut in 1904, and who keeps opening it.

  2. 02 /

    The bell grave

    Safety coffins, a pull cord to the surface, and the night the bell rang.

  3. 03 /

    The stone choir

    Seven carved singers on the chapel wall. Count them on the way in, and again on the way out.

  4. 04 /

    Resurrection men

    The body snatchers of 1820 and the watch house built to stop them.

  5. 05 /

    The lantern woman

    A figure with a lamp, seen on the east path by three groundskeepers since 1911.

  6. 06 /

    The quiet field

    The 1849 cholera ground. Nobody mows it. Nothing grows taller than your ankle.

  7. 07 /

    The raven count

    Why the staff still count the ravens at dusk, and what happened the year they stopped.

  8. 08 /

    The last tram

    The 11:52 to Hollinsmoor stopped running in 1958. Mostly.

    Thursdays to Sundays, 9 pm. Twelve people a night.

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