The Ascension Parish Burial Ground

The website of the Friends of the Ascension Parish Burial Ground

Welcome To

Ascension Parish
Burial Ground

To protect and enhance the Parish of the Ascension Burial Ground for the public benefit as a place of remembrance, spirituality, history and nature.
To ensure continued public access to, and to increase awareness, appreciation and enjoyment of, the Parish of the Ascension Burial Ground within the local community and the wider city.
To speak and act with Cambridge City Council and other organizations on behalf of all who care for the Parish of the Ascension Burial Ground, particularly those who cherish the memory of one buried there.

Your donation helps our charitable organisation support the maintenance of the cemetery

We hold monthly working parties to help manage the upkeep of the cemetery and to keep it a haven for wildlife

Find out about the history of the Burial Ground and the lives of some of those commemorated here

Working Parties for 2026 -dates

Working parties are on Saturdays 10am to noon

February 21; March 28; April 11; May 23; June 13; July 18; August 15; September 12; October 17; November 14; December 12