North Sheen Cemetery, also known as 'Fulham New', opened in 1909 and is our largest cemetery at over 30 acres. The cemetery is currently open to new burials. This Cemetery is where our office can be found.
Chapel
The chapel at North Sheen Cemetery is currently not in use, for burials taking place at North Sheen the chapel at Mortlake Cemetery may be used. See Mortlake Cemetery for more information on the chapel.
Visiting the cemetery
North Sheen Cemetery
Lower Richmond Road
Richmond
Surrey
TW9 4LL
Cemetery office contact details
Download a North Sheen Cemetery location map (pdf 307KB)
Download a North Sheen Cemetery layout map (pdf 352KB)
If you are looking for a grave at North Sheen Cemetery, please contact us for maps of specific sections of the cemetery.
Vehicles may use this cemetery, but please park on the main driveways and not on grassed areas or small paths.
The toilets are open during office hours (9am to 4pm) at North Sheen Cemetery. Disabled toilet facilities are available.
Nearest Tube: Kew Gardens (District Line) (approx 10 mins walk)
Bus: 190, 419 National Rail: Mortlake (approx 10 mins walk)
Memorials and notable graves
There are 110 identified graves of Commonwealth service personnel in the First World War and the Second World War and a designated memorial garden to them.
- Antoni Cwojdziński (1896–1972), Polish writer
- Gwyneth Dunwoody (née Phillips; 1930–2008), British Labour Party politician and the longest ever serving female MP in the UK Parliament
- Ferdynand Goetl (1890–1960), Polish writer and political activist who was forced to leave Poland after World War II due to his involvement in the German investigation of the Katyn massacre; he died in exile in London.
- Mateusz Grabowski (1904–1976), Polish pharmacist, owner of the notable Grabowski Gallery in London's Sloane Avenue and philanthropist who donated his majolica collection of pharmaceutical vessels to the Kraków Pharmaceutical Museum and his art collection to the Museum of Art in Łódź and the Warsaw National Museum.
- Tadeusz Grodyński (1888–1958), Polish economist
- Stanisław Kot (1885–1975), Polish economist and politician. He was a member of the People's Party; and, during World War II held several senior posts in the Polish Government in Exile, as well as Polish ambassador to the Soviet Union and to Italy. In 1947, in the wake of the communist takeover of Poland, he became a political refugee, living in France and later in the United Kingdom, where he was the leader of the People's Party in exile.
- Herminia Naglerowa (1890–1957), Polish writer
- Witold Narbutt (1900–1957), Polish engineer
- Aleksandra Piłsudska (1882–1963), Polish political activist who was married to Polish leader Józef Piłsudski. She and her daughters fled to London after the German invasion of Poland in September 1939.
- Józef Retinger (1888–1960), Polish political adviser. He was a founder of the European Movement that would lead to the founding of the European Union and also founded the Bilderberg Group, an annual conference established in 1954 to foster dialogue between Europe and North America.
- Tony Smith GC (1894–1964), chimneysweep, who was awarded the George Cross for rescuing people from a bomb-damaged building in London in 1944. He was initially buried in an unmarked grave. In 1999 a new stone was dedicated by arrangement of the Royal Marines Association and supported by the Victoria Cross and George Cross Association, the Royal Marines Historical Societies and representatives from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
- Raine Spencer, Countess Spencer (1929–2016), British socialite, stepmother of Diana, Princess of Wales
- Wiesław Strzałkowski (1909–1988), Polish poet
- Charles Wells (1841–1922), British gambler and fraudster who, famously, broke the bank at Monte Carlo
- Adam Żółtowski (1881–1958), Polish linguist
- Henry Chaney(1882 – 1919) a British sports shooter and inventor of the first practical gun camera