The latest from Arnos Vale
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April 25, 2022
Ash die back during work nesting season is carefully managing to protect birds, graves, and people.
April 4, 2022
We’re currently on the look out for a Landscape Volunteering Officer, an Estate Supervisor and a Weddings and Events Manager. Our Values are Community, Conservation, Compassion, […]
January 18, 2022
It might be chilly outside but as many of the trees are bare and the hopefully your feeders are full. Right now its a great time to join in with the RSPB's Great British Bird Watch. If you live locally to the cemetery then many of the birds visiting your garden, will also visiting the cemetery. This fantastic montage by photographer Ian Coombes was sent to us as a useful guide to our birds and we'd love to encourage you to try and spot them in your garden, or the cemetery.
October 14, 2021
Elisha Smith Robinson the paper bag king. An Entrepreneur, Politician & Philanthropist. Early years Elisha Smith Robinson was born on 12th March 1817 in Overbury, on […]
August 8, 2021
A walk around Arnos Vale Cemetery will give you lots of lovely epitaphs and sentiments to read. However there is a whole other language on these […]
July 28, 2021
Arnos Vale: An Arcadian Landscape? This week we have a guest blog by Dr Lindsay Udall. Dr Udall explains why the Bristol General Cemetery Company chose […]
April 4, 2021
An ‘oosful’ girl Todays blog says Happy Birthday to Mary Carpenter; amazing social reformer, abolitionist, educator, suffragist (and secret feminist). Mary was born in Exeter 3rd […]
February 27, 2021
During lockdown, while the shop is closed we are selling fabulous gift sets from MargaretMaySoaps from the Gift Shop using an “email and collect” service. These […]
February 7, 2021
If you have recently visited Arnos Vale you will have noticed some changes in the landscape. This is due to Chalara ash dieback, a fungal disease […]
January 26, 2021
This week, Jo our artist-in-residence explores transforming grief and loss through art. Why I made a decision to become an artist who doesn’t sell work (and […]
January 25, 2021
Our air seasoned logs will next be available to buy in the Autumn 2022. The logs are from ash and sycamore trees that have been self […]
December 9, 2020
The art of Ash trees Our artist in residence, Jo, has been spending time observing the changes happening in the landscape as we begin to chop […]
November 26, 2020
Well, WHAT a year! Arnos Vale Cemetery Trust has always been a charity willing to fight for the things that matter. This year we have fought […]
November 25, 2020
Gold is the colour of Autumn. Watery sunlight filtered through honey. A return of shimmering birdsong in brave defiance of the cold. Ephemeral leaves nearing the […]
November 20, 2020
We asked Elle Ashwell, a singing coach, to describe what Arnos Vale meant to her: “I remember standing in the Anglican Chapel on one sunny December […]
November 9, 2020
350 servicemen remembered at the Memorial Approximately 900 WW1 casualties are buried in Bristol cemeteries and graveyards. There are over 350 at Arnos Vale cemetery and […]
September 22, 2020
When you visit the cemetery, one of the most prominent tombs is the ornate Grade II* memorial of Raja Ram Mohan Roy. But who was he […]
September 17, 2020
Getting married over the last few months has been a challenge. When lockdown began on 23 March, weddings were banned affecting 73,600 ceremonies across the UK. […]
