Join us for a guided literary tour of Kensal Green Cemetery on Friday 1st August 2025. The tour will include a visit to Anthony Trollope’s grave, which the Society hasn’t visited for several years. Before the tour we invite you to join us for a buffet lunch at The William pub.

Kensal Green Cemetery is the final resting place of Anthony Trollope, he is buried alongside many other literary figures, including Wilkie Collins, author of The Woman in White and The Moonstone, and William Makepeace Thackeray, best known for Vanity Fair. The cemetery also has strong connections to Charles Dickens, with several of his friends and family members, including his biographer John Forster, buried within its grounds. The literary tour will explore these and many other literary connections.

Lunch at The William pub

• Lunch will be at The William pub, 786 Harrow Road, London NW12 5JX, at 12 noon.
• The nearest station is Kensal Green station, about a 10-minute walk away.
• A buffet lunch will be provided, but drinks must be paid for separately on the day.

Kensal Green Cemetery guided literary tour

• The address is Kensal Green Cemetery Main Entrance, Harrow Road, London W10 4RA.
• The tour will start at 2pm and will last about two hours and will be followed by a cup of tea.

Booking

You must book and pay for your place in advance, both for the lunch and guided literary tour.

• The cost for lunch and the tour is £35 per person.
• If you can only join us for the tour, the cost is £18 per person. Please ensure you arrive in plenty of time to meet the group before the tour begins at 2pm.

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