Lottie

It's not for Lewisham people, it's a Southwark cemetery. The gradual reduction of park space for burial at this site has long been a bone of contention for local Lewisham residents, but to no avail. Burial is still demanded by some, and Southwark believe that this is an appropriate site. I remember meetings with Southwark to argue about this at least 8 or 10 years ago, and I'm sure Horniman ward councillors will also have done what they could.

The real problem is not that burial is intrinsically unenvironmental, but that there is a reluctance in this country to re-use burial space.

I hope Roz is right that the ground stability issues were properly considered - but I wonder given that the movement was not predicted. Also, I'm not sure Roz is right about the existing cemetery being very close to the railway. It's at least 25 or 50 metres away, and the railway cutting will tend to baffle noise.