Camberwell cemetery already takes up quite a large amount of space and nobody is suggesting that all the bodies should be exhumed to make way for shopping malls. The question is how much more visible we need to make death and at what cost?

Centralising all the burials into Honor Oak seems unfair on other communities that do not have such sight of death, and it would be much better to have small cemetery areas in every Southwark park. I often go to Dulwich park without any reminders of the dead, surely it would only be fair to bury some people there?
Perhaps that would still not give the dead the rights and freedom of choice that they deserve. One Tree Hill would be a good spot for Buddist Sky Burials and we could arrange for a committee of vultures (or dog walkers) to be based on the hill.

Since Victorian times the dead from major cities in this country have been buried on the outskirts of the city. Once this meant Highgate and Nunhead, but now it means Bromley, Croydon, and locations close to the M25. If you live in Westminster or Tower Hamlets you cannot be buried in the borough. I'm not sure what makes them different to Southwark.

It is far more important for children to be able to play sport close to home than to walk amongst the dead.