The Hyde Park pet cemetery (originally the London Hyde Park Dog Cemetery and advertised as The Secret Pet Cemetery of Hyde Park) is a disused burial ground for animals in Hyde Park, London. It was established in 1880 or 1881 in the garden of Victoria Lodge, home of one of the park keepers. The cemetery became popular after the burial of a dog belonging to Sarah Fairbrother, wife of Prince George, Duke of Cambridge.
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- Another dog buried in the pet cemetery is a fox terrier called Topper who belonged to Hyde Park Police Station.
- ...the London Hyde Park Dog Cemetery and advertised as The Secret Pet Cemetery of Hyde Park) is a disused burial ground for animals in Hyde Park, London.
- Hyde Park pet cemetery was one of the first in England but they became quite a popular idea across the country in the 19th century.
- Most people are not aware of Hyde Park’s Pet Cemetery, and of those people I have not heard of one who has been lucky enough to actually make it inside.
- The cemetery sits inside Hyde Park’s 350 acres – which have been open to the public as parklands since 1637 – tucked away by the gatekeeper’s cottage.
- I was excited to visit, and even saw this cemetery marked on the maps in Hyde Park. ... This is the tiny Victorian Hyde Park Pet Cemetery.
- The History of London’s Secret Pet Cemetery. As a nation of pet-lovers, it’s no surprise that Hyde Park’s unofficial pet cemetery boomed between 1880 and 1915.
- the clustered together gravestones of hyde park pet cemetery as seen through the road-side railings. Credit: Flickr - Photo by Pedro Cambra.
- Hyde Park’s pet cemetery is not open to the general public, but special one-hour viewings can be arranged by contacting The Royal Parks.
