Written by Lauren
Rating: 5
VERIFIED
As a London Month of the Dead regular, I was chuffed to have an event around Christmas. The performance was fantastic and the atmosphere was perfect!
Description
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Something A Little Different, Theatre/Arts and Walks & Tours
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No tickets available
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Over 18
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Saturday 25th October 2025
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Multiple start times (see ticket info)
In 1549, the vast charnel house of St Pauls' Cathedral was emptied of its inhabitants and, if the stories are to be believed, one thousand cartloads of human bones clattered through the City of London to a site north of the city. Here, the piles of bones were so vast that their final resting place was known as Bunhill "Bone-hill" Fields forever more. Now one of inner London's most famous old cemeteries, Bunhill Fields continues to enthrall and inspire, and its origins cast light on how Londoners of the past viewed - or hid from - their dead.
Join Caroline as she retraces and reimagines this macabre journey from St Paul's to Bunhill Fields, examining the City's ever-changing relationship with the dead and visiting some its most celebrated and enigmatic burial grounds on the way.
Tickets £12 including a 20% donation toward a host of restoration projects at Nunhead Cemetery.
Caroline Swan is a London-based historian and qualified tour guide Walks with Caroline. Also the author of the Flickering Lamps blog, Caroline seeks out hidden, forgotten, and underappreciated places across London and beyond, telling the stories of strange street names, old burial grounds, ancient churches and much more besides. She has worked with London Month of the Dead since 2017.
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| Saturday 25th October 2025 |
Location
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St Pauls Churchyard, St Paul's Churchyard, London, EC4M 8AD
Nearest Station
St. Pauls (Tube)
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Organiser
A Curious Invitation and Antique Beat
Each year, Antique Beat and A Curious Invitation host London Month of the Dead, a festival of over 60 different events to inform, provoke and entertain on teh subject of mortality and the city.
Events include walks, talks, workshops, theatrical performances, storytelling, live-scored films, concerts, and visits to secret parts of the city.
Subjects span the cultural landscape from the forensic to the esoteric with an unparalleled range of speakers, performers, guides and experts.
Each year, London Month of the Dead donates 20% of ticket revenue to one of London's magnificent seven cemeteries.
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