Guided tour - Mayors in the Cemetery
Type:Tours and Walks
Spital Cemetery, Hady Hill, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S41 0DZ
This tour will take you around the gravesites of 16 of the borough's mayors who chose Spital Cemetery as their final resting place. We will also find out about the challenges they confronted and their achievements as Chesterfield changed from a small market town in the mid 1800s to a thriving industrial centre a hundred years later. February is a beautiful time to visit Spital Cemetery, a blaze with a mass of daffodils.
Meet at the Tool House, just inside the top gates off Hady Hill. Refreshments afterwards. will be served afterwards.
Please be aware that Spital Cemetery is built on a hillside and the route we take is not wheelchair accessible.
Photo of the grave of TP Wood, Mayor in 1873, 85-86, 86-87 (inscription below that of his parents) and immediately behind the impressive Celtic cross belonging to W. Spooner,Mayor 1899-1901.
Tours are free but a £5 donation to support our work will be appreciated. To book please email: thefriendsofspitalcemetery@gmail.com and put Mayors' Tour in the subject heading.
Some parking is available in Cemetery, enter by the top gate. Parking also available on Spital Lane and Cemetery Road.
From North/South Leave M1 at junction 29 and follow A617 to Chesterfield (approx 4 miles). At traffic light controlled roundabout select middle lane and take 3rd exit. At next roundabout select right lane and take 3rd exit (A632, signposted Bolsover). At traffic lights (Bridge Inn) go straight on and, at next traffic lights go straight on again (or turn right onto Spital Lane for on-street parking). Turn right 50 yards down road into Cemetery Lodge car park.
From East Follow A617 to junction with M1 motorway, then follow route from North/South.
From West Follow A619 to Chesterfield. At traffic light controlled roundabout (Matalan) select middle lane and take 3rd exit. Keep in left lane and, at traffic lights go straight on. Keep in left lane and, at roundabout, select middle lane and take 2nd exit (A632, signposted Bolsover). Then follow route from North/South.
Nearest train station Chesterfield, approximately 1 mile
Any bus from Chesterfield town centre to the Royal Hospital - alight at Cemetery Road
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