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Doors Open Days 2026!
02 Wednesday Sep 2026
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Friends of Warriston Cemetery Membership and Fundraising
17 Monday Aug 2026
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We have many planned future projects at Warriston Cemetery that require funding, including re-standing lots of fallen monuments, making new signage and buying seeds, plants and new tools, etc. If you would like to help us with these projects and are able to join our membership list and/or make a donation, we would love to have your support.
Membership
We have recently updated our membership process and are now using MemberMojo.
We have three membership options:
Adult: £8 per annum
Joint: £15 per annum
Lifetime: £90
You may also add a donation to your membership through this page if you wish.
To become a member, please click HERE
Members receive our newsletter (soon to be reinstated) and early notifications of open days, tours and talks.
Donations
If you would like to make a donation to the Friends of Warriston Cemetery without signing up for a membership, please click HERE
We appreciate your support!
If you have any questions, please feel free to email us at friendsofwarristoncemetery@gmail.com
Missing cat!
17 Monday Aug 2026
DOORS OPEN DAYS 2026 UPDATE
07 Friday Aug 2026
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Due to overwhelming popularity, our volunteer-led guided tour tickets for his year’s Doors Open Days event on Saturday 26th September have already SOLD OUT! However, we do have unlimited availability for self-led tours – no tickets needed for these, just show up and get a map from one of our volunteers. If you’ve ever needed an excuse to visit Warriston, here’s your chance to have a wander in our beautiful green space and discover some of our “residents”.
Self-guided tours of Warriston Cemetery with maps on Saturday 26th September only.
Visitors may take self-guided tours with free maps, at anytime between 10am-4pm, no tickets or pre-booking needed. Look for our volunteers at the “Red Lady” tomb.
Visitors can explore Warriston Cemetery on a self-led guided tour. Notable graves, Victorian funeral practices, local history and biodiversity projects can be discovered. Friends of Warriston Cemetery volunteers will also be on-site taking part in our regular workday activities and can demonstrate and instruct visitors on some of our techniques.
The Friends of Warriston Cemetery group was set up in July 2013 to care for the first garden cemetery in Edinburgh. Opened in 1843, the cemetery was in private ownership until 1994, when it was compulsorily purchased by the City of Edinburgh Council following years of abandonment. Together the Council and the Friends are working to restore the 9+ hectares of heavily overgrown cemetery, seeking a balance between family/public access and biodiversity and wildlife protection.
Please note:
The entire site is outdoors. Please dress appropriately for the weather.
There is no access from the Warriston Crematorium side.
There are no public toilets at Warriston Cemetery.
While some of the site is wheelchair accessible, most paths aren’t paved, some paths are narrow and bumpy, and inclement weather may make them muddy.
Doors Open Day 2026 at Warriston Cemetery!
01 Saturday Aug 2026
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We are delighted to announce that the Friends of Warriston Cemetery are taking part in this year’s Doors Open Days event! We are hosting guided and self-led tours on Saturday 26th September only. The guided tour tickets are free but must be booked in advance at EventBrite (no tickets needed for self-guided tours – just show up and get a map). If you’ve ever needed an excuse to visit Warriston, here’s your chance to have a wander, discover some of our “residents”, and ask lots of questions!
Click HERE to book free tickets for our volunteer-led guided tours.
Overview
Free Volunteer-led Guided Tours of Warriston Cemetery (Self-guided tours with maps also available). Saturday 26th September only.
Visitors can explore Warriston Cemetery as part of a volunteer-led guided tour. Notable graves, Victorian funeral practices, local history and biodiversity projects will be discussed. Friends of Warriston Cemetery volunteers will also be on-site taking part in our regular workday activities and can demonstrate and instruct visitors on some of our techniques. Tickets are required for our volunteer-led tours, with a maximum of 20 visitors per tour. (Tickets are free.) Meet at the “Red Lady” tomb.
Alternatively, visitors may take self-guided tours with free maps, at anytime between 10am-4pm, no tickets or pre-booking needed. Look for our volunteers at the “Red Lady” tomb.
The Friends of Warriston Cemetery group was set up in July 2013 to care for the first garden cemetery in Edinburgh. Opened in 1843, the cemetery was in private ownership until 1994, when it was compulsorily purchased by the City of Edinburgh Council following years of abandonment. Together the Council and the Friends are working to restore the 9+ hectares of heavily overgrown cemetery, seeking a balance between family/public access and biodiversity and wildlife protection.
Please note:
The entire site is outdoors. Please dress appropriately for the weather.
There is no access from the Warriston Crematorium side.
There are no public toilets at Warriston Cemetery.
While some of the site is wheelchair accessible, most paths aren’t paved, some paths are narrow and bumpy, and inclement weather may make them muddy.
Click HERE to book free tickets for our volunteer-led guided tours.
Warriston in May
22 Thursday May 2025
Merry Christmas 2022
21 Wednesday Dec 2022
Advertising disclaimer.
17 Sunday May 2020
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We would like to point out that NONE of the advertisements (ads) are placed or controlled by or financially benefits us, The Friends of Warriston Cemetery group. There may be ads that crop up that are connected with scams and regrettably we cannot do anything about them except bring this to your attention. We would ask, for your peace of mind as well as ours, that you do not click on any of the ads that may appear on our site. If you need a particular service then please perform an Internet search from the home page of your browser so that you are in control. Thank you.
February 6th, 2020. Around the cemetery.
09 Sunday Feb 2020
Posted in Views and Nature
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January 2020 Round-up.
01 Saturday Feb 2020
Posted in Headstones and monuments, Humour, Views, Work In Progress
Various days in January 2020. Not very much going on this month but there will be more activity as the year grows.
News from the cemetery Garden; bulbs are showing.
The Snowdrops begin.
A bout of breeziness brought down a huge tree branch across this path. It fell from a tree to the right of the picture, and that sawn edge is from previous work to recreate the path. A couple of hours of sawing through lots of little off-branches and the path is navigable again
Everything is coming out early again. Here are some snowdrops, daffodil buds and heather. We have crocus shoots and bluebells coming out too, but they’re not ready for their close-ups yet.
The modern equivalent of “Ten Green Bottles”! Another three were in hands or pockets.
We were asked, via our Facebook page, if we would take photos of a couple of family gravestones. Below are some of the photos we were able to send the inquirer…
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