Highgate Cemetery: East

When i visited Highgate Cemetery I explored the East side as well as the West side. The East side is still a working cemetery and so there are a lot of newer graves than there are in the West side, there are also a few unique and interesting memorials worth seeing.


The East side is best known for being home to the tomb of Karl Marx, which is impossible to miss seems to be constantly surrounded by a swarm of tourists. It has been so well documented, though, that it didn't seem that special to me.


One of the first graves as you enter the East side of the cemetery belongs to Anna Mahler, a sculpture. The memorial on her grave is a copy of one of her own sculptures which gives it a great sense of uniqueness. Another grave close to the entrance is of Douglas Adams, writer of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'. The memorial in itself is very plain but what maked it interesting is the small toys that have been left by fans on top of the stone.


Despite still being a working cemetery with many modern graves the cemetery was unused for such a long time that there are still many graves that are enshrouded with ivy and other plant life, there are also many narrow winding paths crisscrossing the cemetery but these are so overgrown that you are unable to walk down them.