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Wild Norwood: Winter Birds in West Norwood Cemetery

Saturday, December 9, 2023

9.30am-11am
FREE, but booking essential as places limited, please click on the headline for more info and the booking link.
Join West Norwood's best known birder, Lev Parikian, for a special seasonal bird watching session in the cemetery.
This is a FREE event, but booking essential as places are limited, click on the headline for more info and booking link ...

Wild Norwood: Winter Fairytales

Sunday, December 10, 2023

6.30pm-8.30/9.00pm
As the finale event to the Wild Norwood FREE community festival this year, this extra special festive event will begin with a magical lantern lit walk through the cemetery (make your own lanterns at our Glowing Cemetery fair earlier the same afternoon), followed by winter fairytales by candle light in the chapel, then (weather permitting) star gazing through telescopes outside, before everyone is guided back to the cemetery gates.
This is completely FREE, but booking essential due to limited seats. Click on the headline for more info and the booking link ...

Wild Norwood: Trees and the Afterlife

Sunday, December 10, 2023

1.30pm-3pm
This extra special guided walk will explore the cultural and mythological beliefs surrounding the magnificent trees in our cemetery.
This is a completely FREE walk, but booking essential due to limited numbers, please click on the headline for more info and the booking link ...

Wild Norwood: Glowing Cemetery

Sunday, December 10, 2023

2pm-6pm
Join us for a final Wild Norwood festive event in the cemetery with stalls hosting all kinds of activities with something for all ages to enjoy, along with Morris Dancing from the Tatterjack Morris and carol singing - all lit with fairy lights. This event is run in partnership with our good friends South London Botanical Institute. They cannot run their usual 'Glowing Garden', so we are hosting them and running a 'Glowing Cemetery' instead! All the activities are FREE - just drop-in for some festive fun. 
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Mambista in the Chapel

Sunday, December 17, 2023

3pm-6pm
Gerry Lyseight and Mambista bring you an extra special afternoon of live music in the unique setting of the Chapel in West Norwood Cemetery.
This is a completely FREE event, but pre-booking is essential due to limited seating, brought to the community as part of the current National Lottery Heritage Fund project.
Click on the headline for more info and the booking link ....