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WAR GRAVES WEEK 2-11 May 2025

We can't wait for you to visit one of our War Graves Week events! 

We've broken down our events by region and countries below - find out more details about what's happening near you and remember to reserve a ticket as spaces fill up fast.

 

OUR EVENTs AND TOUR PROGRAMME

There is a wealth of world war history across all four corners of the United Kingdom. From large CWGC war cemeteries and memorials to single headstones in remote churchyards, you're never too far away from one of our sites. Here is a list of our current war graves tours and events by region and country. Please check the list regularly as we are currently arranging and adding new events.

SCOTLANDNORTH ENGLANDEAST ENGLANDWEST ENGLAND AND MIDLANDSWALESSOUTH EAST ENGLANDSOUTH WEST ENGLANDBELGIUMITALYMALTANETHERLANDS

SCOTLAND

Aberdeen (Trinity) Cemetery, AB24 5PP

BOOK TOUR

East Kilbride Cemetery, G74 4GG

BOOK TOUR

Edinburgh (Comely Bank) Cemetery, EH4 2DL

BOOK TOUR

Edinburgh (Eastern) Cemetery, EH7 5NB

BOOK TOUR

Edinburgh (Grange) Cemetery, EH9 1TT

BOOK TOUR

Edinburgh (Piershill) Cemetery, EH8 7BN

BOOK TOUR

Edinburgh (Portobello) Cemetery, EH15 2PD

BOOK TOUR

Edinburgh (Rosebank) Cemetery, EH6 5RA

BOOK TOUR

Edinburgh (Seafield) Cemetery, EH6 7LD

BOOK TOUR

Glasgow Cardonald Cemetery, G52 1SB

BOOK TOUR

Glasgow (Riddrie Park) Cemetery, G33 2QS

BOOK TOUR

Haddington (St Martins) New Cemetery, EH41 4BF

BOOK TOUR

Hamilton (Bent) Cemetery, ML3 6PY

BOOK TOUR

Kirkintilloch (Auld Aisle) Cemetery, G66 3UR

BOOK TOUR

Kirkwall (St Olaf's) Cemetery, KW15 1SB

BOOK TOUR

Lerwick Cemetery, ZE1 0AX

BOOK TOUR

Lochgelly Cemetery, KY5 9HP

BOOK TOUR

Peebles (St. Andrews) Cemetery, EH45 8JJ

BOOK TOUR

Perth (Jeanfield and Wellshill) Cemetery, PH1 1PD

BOOK TOUR

Stirling (Mars Wark) Cemetery, FK8 1ED

BOOK TOUR

Strathaven Cemetery, ML10 6LF

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Whithorn Cemetery, DG8 8NZ

BOOK TOUR

Wigtown Cemetery, DG8 9JP

BOOK TOUR

NORTH ENGLAND

CWGC at the IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM NORTH, The Quays, Trafford Wharf Road, Manchester  5 May 2025
PUBLIC EVENT - NO BOOKING/TICKET REQUIRED

Beverley (St Martin's and St John's) Cemetery, HU17 8NB

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Beverley (St Mary) Church Cemetery, HU17

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Bootle Cemetery, L20 6ET

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Cottingham Cemetery, HU16 5YQ

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Dishforth Cemetery, YO7 3JT

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Fulford Cemetery, YO19 4QG

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Harrogate (Grove Road) Cemetery, HG1 5EW

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Harrogate (Stonefall) Cemetery, HG3 1DE

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Hull (Hedon Road) Cemetery, HU9 5LT

BOOK TOUR

Hull Northern Cemetery, HU5 4AY

BOOK TOUR

Kirkby Wharfe (St John the Baptist) Churchyard, LS24 9DD

BOOK TOUR

Leeds (Armley) Cemetery, LS12 3QA

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Leigh Cemetery, WN7 2NT

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Liverpool (Allerton) Cemetery, L19 5NF

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Liverpool (Anfield) Cemetery, L4 2SL

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Liverpool Naval Memorial, L3 1BY

BOOK TOUR

Morpeth (St Mary the Virgin) Churchyard, NE61 2QF

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Ripon Cemetery, HG4 2HF

BOOK TOUR

Rotherham (Moorgate) Cemetery, S60 2BA

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St Helens Cemetery, WA10 6DF

BOOK TOUR

Tyldesley Cemetery, M29 8WN

BOOK TOUR

Tynemouth (Preston) Cemetery, NE29 9NJ

BOOK TOUR

EAST ENGLAND

Carlton Cemetery, NG4 3EF

BOOK TOUR

Conningsby Cemetery, LN4 4TE

BOOK TOUR

Cranfield (St Peter and Paul) Churchyard, MK43 0DR

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Kempston Cemetery, MK43 8RJ

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Leicester (Belgrave) Cemetery, LE4 3EX

BOOK TOUR

Leicester (Gilroes) Cemetery, LE3 9QG

BOOK TOUR

Lincoln (Newport) Cemetery, LN1 3DP

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Loughborough (Leicester Road) Cemetery, LE11 2AF

BOOK TOUR

Northampton (Billing Road) Cemetery, NN1 5DE

BOOK TOUR

Northampton (Dallington) Cemetery, NN5 6AB

BOOK TOUR

Northampton (Kingsthorpe) Cemetery, NN2 8LU

BOOK TOUR

Northampton (Towcester Road) Cemetery, NN4 8LP

BOOK TOUR

Norwich City Cemetery (Earlham Road), NR2 3RG

BOOK TOUR

Nottingham Arnold (Redhill) Cemetery, NG5 8LS

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Nottingham General Cemetery, NG1 5GP

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Nottingham (New Basford) Cemetery, NG7 7FF

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Nottingham Southern Cemetery (Wilford Hill), NG2 7FE

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Southend on Sea (Sutton Road) Cemetery, SS2 5PX

BOOK TOUR

St Albans (Hatfield Road) Cemetery, AL1 4LU

BOOK TOUR

Stamford Cemetery, PE9 1BD

BOOK TOUR

WEST ENGLAND AND MIDLANDS

CWGC VE DAY 80 CONCERT, COVENTRY CATHEDRAL, Priory Street CV1 5AB  2 May 2025

BOOK TICKETS

Derby (Nottingham Road) Cemetery, DE21 6EQ

BOOK TOUR

Leek Cemetery, ST13 5PP

BOOK TOUR

Nuneaton (Oaston Road) Cemetery, CV11 6JZ

BOOK TOUR

Swadlincote District (Church Gresley) Cemetery, DE11 9QQ

BOOK TOUR

Tewkesbury Cemetery, GL20 5TQ

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Weaverham (St Mary) Churchyard, CW8 3NJ

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Chesterfield Spital Cemetery S41 0DZ, The Friends of Spital Cemetery are running tours for WGW. 4 May 2025 at 14:00 (WW1) and 11 May 2025 at 11:00 (WW2) and 14:00 (WW1)

BOOK TOUR

WALES

CWGC at CALDICOT CASTLE, Church Road, Caldicot, NP26 4NU   28 June 2025

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Abergavenny New Cemetery, NP7 9LF

BOOK TOUR

Bangor (Glanadda) Cemetery, LL57 4LN

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Barry (Merthyr Dyfan) Burial Ground, CF62 8BP

BOOK TOUR

Cardiff (Cathays) Cemetery, CF14 3QY

BOOK TOUR

Llandudno (Great Orme's Head), LL30 2XE

BOOK TOUR

Llantwit Major Cemetery, CF61 1WX

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Milford Haven Cemetery, SA73 2RS

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Newport (St Woolos) Cemetery, NP20 3PY

BOOK TOUR

Penarth Cemetery, CF64 3QY

BOOK TOUR

SOUTH EAST ENGLAND

OPEN DAY at RUNNYMEDE AIR FORCES MEMORIAL, Cooper's Hill Lane, Surrey TW20 0LD 
5 May 2025

BOOK TICKETS

CWGC at the TANGMERE AVIATION MUSEUM, Gamecock Terrace, Tangmere, West Sussex PO20 2ES  11 May 2025

BOOK TICKETS

Alton Cemetery, GU34 2EB

BOOK TOUR

Benson (St Helen) Churchyard, OX10 6SF

BOOK TOUR

Bexhill Cemetery, TN39 5HT

BOOK TOUR

Bletchley (Manor Road) Cemetery, MK2 2HW

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Brompton Cemetery, SW10 9UG

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Brookwood Military Cemetery, GU24 0JD

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Buckingham Cemetery, MK18 1JA

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Chatham Naval Memorial, ME7 5DQ

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Clymping (St Mary) Cemetery, BN17 5RB

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Dover (St James) Cemetery, CT16

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Easebourne St Mary's New Churchyard, GU29

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Eastbourne (Langney) Cemetery, BN23 8AE

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Epsom Cemetery, KT18 5JX

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Faversham Borough Cemetery, ME13 8BJ

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Gosport (Ann's Hill) Cemetery, PO12 3JZ

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Halton (St Michael) Churchyard, HP22 5PA

BOOK TOUR

Haslar Royal Naval Cemetery, PO12 2AZ

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Hastings Cemetery, TN34 2AE

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Isle of Wight Crematorium, PO32 6NJ

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Herne Bay Cemetery, CT6 7HB

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Lodsworth (St Peter's) Churchyard, GU28

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London Tower Hill Memorial, EC3N 4DH

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Midhurst Cemetery, GU29 9LF

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Netley Military Cemetery, SO31 4BU

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Oxford (Botley) Cemetery, OX2 0LX

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Portsmouth (Kingston) Cemetery, PO1 5PQ

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Sheerness Cemetery, Isle of Sheppey ME12 3AR

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Shorncliffe Military Cemetery TOUR 1, CT21 5RX

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Shorncliffe Military Cemetery TOUR 2, CT21 5RX

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Sittingbourne Cemetery, ME10 4HG

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Southampton Old Cemetery, SO15 7NN

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Tangmere (St Andrew) Churchyard, PO20 2HA

BOOK TOUR

Teddington Cemetery, KT12 2ED

BOOK TOUR

Walton-on-Thames Cemetery, KT12 2ED

BOOK TOUR

Windsor Cemetery, SL4 3DB

BOOK TOUR

WEST NORWOOD CEMETERY WORLD WAR I WALKING TOUR SE27 9JU, The Friends of West Norwood Cemetery are running tours for War Graves Week  10 May 2025

BOOK TOUR

WEST NORWOOD CEMETERY WORLD WAR II WALKING TOUR SE27 9JU, The Friends of West Norwood Cemetery are running tours for War Graves Week  10 May 2025

BOOK TOUR

SOUTH WEST ENGLAND

CWGC at the REME MUSEUM, Calne Rd, Lyneham, Chippenham SN15 4XX  10 - 11 May 2025

BOOK TICKETS

Bath (Locksbrook) Cemetery, BA1 3PD

BOOK TOUR

Bovey Tracey Cemetery, TQ13 9PH

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Chippenham (London Road) Cemetery, SN15 3RD

BOOK TOUR

Durrington Cemetery, SP4 8AS

BOOK TOUR

Exeter (Higher) Cemetery, EX1 2PX

BOOK TOUR

Falmouth Cemetery, TR11 4ED

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Heanton Punchardon (St Augustine) Churchyard, EX31 4DQ

BOOK TOUR

Penzance Cemetery, TR18 3DX

BOOK TOUR

Plymouth (Efford) Cemetery, PL3 6NG

BOOK TOUR

Plymouth Naval Memorial, PL1 2HJ

BOOK TOUR

Plymouth (Weston Mill) Cemetery, PL2 2BJ

BOOK TOUR

Portland Royal Naval Cemetery, DT5 1JN

BOOK TOUR

Sutton Veny (St John) Churchyard, BA12 7AP

BOOK TOUR

Tavistock New Cemetery, PL19 8DP

BOOK TOUR

Tidworth Military Cemetery, SP9 7JR

BOOK TOUR

Torquay Cemetery, TQ2 7QG

BOOK TOUR

Wimborne Minster Cemetery, BH21 1EX

BOOK TOUR

BELGIUM

Leopoldsburg War Cemetery in Cooperation with Liberation Garden Museum
Guided tours (1, 2 and 3 May at 10h, 13h and 15h; 4 May at 10h and 18h 2025).
Book via visitorcentre@cwgc.org

BOOK TICKETS

Mendingham Military Cemetery
Guided Tour "Waar de stenen fluisteren: verhalen van een verdwenen hospitaal.", in cooperation with local guides;
4 & 11 May at 10h; 6 and 8 May at 17h. Book via visitorcentre@cwgc.org

Tyne Cot Cemetery In cooperation with "Genootschap Passchendaele Society 1917 vzw"
Guided tours (3 and 4 May 2025) Guided Tour "In the footsteps of the ANZACs" from 10h until 17h (can be combined with the other cemeteries in the tour) (visitors can drive from one site to another).
Book via visitorcentre@cwgc.org

 

Buttes New British Cemetery, In cooperation with "Genootschap Passchendaele Society 1917 vzw"
Guided tours (3 and 4 May 2025) Guided Tour "In the footsteps of the ANZACs" from 10h until 17h (can be combined with the other cemeteries in the tour) (visitors can drive from one site to another).
Book via visitorcentre@cwgc.org

 

Dochy Farm Cemetery In cooperation with "Genootschap Passchendaele Society 1917 vzw"
Guided tours (3 and 4 May 2025) Guided Tour "In the footsteps of the ANZACs" from 10h until 17h (can be combined with the other cemeteries in the tour) (visitors can drive from one site to another).
Book via visitorcentre@cwgc.org

 

Graventafel New Zealand Memorial In cooperation with "Genootschap Passchendaele Society 1917 vzw"
Guided tours (3 and 4 May 2025) Guided Tour "In the footsteps of the ANZACs" from 10h until 17h (can be combined with the other cemeteries in the tour) (visitors can drive from one site to another).
Book via visitorcentre@cwgc.org

Gent City Cemetery
Guided tours (3 (14h), 8 (14h) and 10 (10h) May 2025)
Book via visitorcentre@cwgc.org

Birr Cross Roads Cemetery In cooperation with Hooge Crater Museum en Bellewaerts VZW
Guided tours (4 (10h) and 10 (10h) May 2025). Can be combined with Birr Cross Roads (not far from each other)
Book via visitorcentre@cwgc.org

R.E. Grave In cooperation with Hooge Crater Museum en Bellewaerts VZW
Guided tours (4 (10h) and 10 (10h) May 2025). Can be combined with R.E. Grave (not far from each other)
Book via visitorcentre@cwgc.org

Harelbeke New British
Guided tour (4 May 2025 (10h, 11h, 14h, 15h, 16h))
Book via visitorcentre@cwgc.org

Buttes New British Cemetery In cooperation with Hooge Crater Museum en Bellewaerts VZW
Guided tours (7 May 2025). Children's Quest - Free start between 14h and 16h
Book via visitorcentre@cwgc.org

Leopoldsburg War Cemetery VE Day 80 big commemorative event (8 May 2025)
Book via visitorcentre@cwgc.org

Heverlee War Cemetery In Cooperation with Lots Of Leuven
Guided tour (8 May 2025 at 15h)

BOOK TICKETS

Prowse Point Military Cemetery, Hyde Park Corner (Royal Berks) Cemetery, Berks Cemetery Extension & Ploegsteert Memorial. DUTCH TOURS - "DISCOVERING CWGC WAR GRAVES IN PLOEGSTEERT" (2 hours)
- in cooperation with Plugstreet 14-18 Experience 9 May 2025 (10h to 12h) ; 10 May 2025 (13h to 15h)
Book via visitorcentre@cwgc.org

Prowse Point Military Cemetery, Hyde Park Corner (Royal Berks) Cemetery, Berks Cemetery Extension & Ploegsteert Memorial. FRENCH TOURS - "DISCOVERING CWGC WAR GRAVES IN PLOEGSTEERT" (2 hours)
- in cooperation with Plugstreet 14-18 Experience 10 and 11 May, each day from 10h to 12h )
Book via visitorcentre@cwgc.org

ITALY

Minturno War Cemetery, Cycling amateur initiative in the south of Italy, for the second year they are stopping at CWGC Minturno War Cemetery. (11 May 2025)

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MALTA

Imtarfa Military Cemetery Evening guided tours by theatre actor in WW2 uniform (10 May 2025).

NETHERLANDS

Venray War Cemetery In Cooperation with Adoptiegravenstichting Venray War Cemetery & Venray Remembers
Cycling tour, linked to personal stories, starting and ending at the cemetery (2-11 May 2025).
Book via visitorcentre@cwgc.org

Holten Canadian War Cemetery Organised by "Informatiecentrum Canadese Begraafplaats Holten"
Faces to Graves Exhibition (3-23 May 2025).
Book via visitorcentre@cwgc.org

Holten Canadian War Cemetery Organised by "Informatiecentrum Canadese Begraafplaats Holten" Commemorative Event (4 May 2025).

BOOK TICKETS

Venray War Cemetery Organised by Adoptiegravenstichting Venray War Cemetery
Commemorative Event (4 May 2025).
PUBLIC EVENT - NO BOOKING REQUIRED.

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TOURS TAILORED TO YOU

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