Warstone Lane Cemetery

A visit to the catacombs with friends always gets a ‘wow’ or ‘I didn’t know this was here’- would be the perfect place for some performance arts too! Stalls, Circle, ampitheatre, it’s all there for the making of a great piece of theatre!

Your probably reading this and wondering why on earth is someone reviewing a cemetery.
It’s part of the jewellery quarter trail so it was worth having a look around.
After doing some research about who was buried here the hunt was on to find there grave stones but I have to admit that didn’t go so well there’s just so many, the cemetery is open to public but I think most people use it for a short cut and haven’t got the first clue that some of birmingham a greatest exports are resting in peace here.
Just to name three…
John Baskerville — most of us walk past his famous building most days.
Harry gem– the creator/​pioneer of lawn tennis!
And the one me and mother wanted to find the most was james cooper VC (a soldier that received the Victoria cross one of only 5 in Birmingham)
So the hunt was on and we didn’t find him after about half n hour I googled his name to find out sadly he was buried in a unmarked grave along with 34 other people :(, we did find the plaque that was placed there in his honour.
I think another journey down there in the near future to find the other famous people is in order :)

Warstone Lane Cemetery is a bit of a hidden gem within the Jewellery Quarter. It’s easy to dismiss it as another cemetery which provides a hand cut through between Warstone Lane and Vyse St, or as a place to sit and eat lunch when the weather is nice. Actually, if you take the time to walk further into the cemetery, you’ll be surprised to discover incredible catacombs which cut two storeys down into the land.
With businesses on all sides, and buses and the metro skirting alongside, people are always walking around and through the cemetery — but it’s definitely worth making the effort to go and explore the catacombs, as aside from being vaguely maudlin they’re incredibly beautiful and curious in a day and age where people can barely afford a cremation or regular burial, let alone the glamorous expense of a catacomb. In addition, the famous John Baskerville (creator of the font Baskerville!) is buried here, and if you’re curious about the historical side of this cemetery, there are guided walks every so often organised by The Friends of Key Hill and Warstone Lane —