Brompton Cemetery for school groups
Brompton Cemetery offers a unique, thought-provoking location for a school visit. Over 200,000 people lie in peace here, their lives commemorated with spectacular memorials – from grieving angels and ivy-clad crosses to ornate mausoleums and imposing columns.
Amidst these gothic monuments, the cemetery is teeming with life. Among its lime trees and wildflowers, your group will spot an abundance of wildlife. Birds, butterflies, bats and beetles all call Brompton Cemetery home.
Our expert Learning team offer hands-on sessions in the Cemetery, on topics including habitats, plants, sustainability, maps and orienteering. Please see a full listing below.
Can't find the session you are looking for? We are continuing to develop our work with schools at Brompton Cemetery and would love to hear your ideas for future activities and learning opportunities. Please contact us at learn@royalparks.org.uk and address your email to Alek.
Special events for schools at Brompton Cemetery
October 2026: The bulb planting sessions for KS2 and KS3 pupils at Brompton Cemetery, taking place between 15 and 20 October, are now fully booked. You can still register your interest for future events like this by emailing learn@royalparks.org.uk.
Find out more about School bulb planting in Brompton Cemetery
Self-led visits
Planning to bring a group on a self-led visit?
Brompton Cemetery regularly hosts funerals and other events so you must seek permission to bring a group in advance. Please enter your details on the form at the bottom of this page so that we can advise and support your visit.
Sessions available to book
People who help us at Brompton Cemetery
What does a park keeper do? Join Percy the Park Keeper and his animal friends to find out. We use storytelling and puppets to explore and find out about people who work at Brompton Cemetery. We work together and develop coordination through ‘real life’ tasks such as raking leaves, watering our plants or planting a seed to take home.
| Suitable for: EYFS | Duration: Half day |
Habitats
Visit the different habitats in Brompton Cemetery and find out how they provide the basic needs for plants and animals. Hunt for minibeasts under logs or in the meadow areas. Use binoculars to find a wealth of bird life. Identify, name and classify common local animals; find food chains and feeding groups amongst the trees.
| Suitable for: KS1 or KS2 | Duration: Full or half day |
Dirty hands, green fingers
From the smallest wildflower to the largest tree, discover how plants grow throughout the seasons. Identify a range of common and unique plants, explore their life cycles and delve into the hidden histories and meanings of why certain plants were planted in cemeteries. Older children take a closer look at flowers and pollination in the life cycle of plants. All levels will plant a seed and create artwork using natural resources to take home.
| Suitable for: EYFS, KS1 or KS2 | Duration: Half day |
Terrific Trees and Carbon
Discover the variety of trees that call Brompton Cemetery home. Explore the life cycle of trees, seed dispersal, and their role in tackling climate change. Students will use simple equipment to measure and record trees as carbon stores and use the information to design their own sustainable park.
| Suitable for: Year 5 or 6 | Duration: Half day |
Maps and orienteering
Learn to use a compass, map and key before setting off on an orienteering adventure around the Cemetery. Locate historical landmarks on an Ordnance Survey map as you search for the next clue. Create a key to a map of the Cemetery to take home.
| Suitable for: KS1 or KS2 | Duration: Half day |
Plan your visit
Have you chosen which sessions you’d like to join? You can take a look at our practical information or go ahead with planning your visit by filling out the form below.
If you have any questions, you can also call us on 0300 061 2286 or email learn@royalparks.org.uk.
