St Pancras and Islington Cemetery

St Pancras and Islington Cemetery in East Finchley, North London while situated in the London Borough of Barnet is actually two cemeteries, owned by two other London Boroughs, Camden and Islington. The fence along the boundary which runs west to east between the two parts of the cemetery has been removed, although the line of it is still marked.

Although Brookwood Cemetery in Woking, Surrey, is the country's biggest cemetery by surface area with over 2,000 acres, followed by City of London Cemetery and Crematorium, St Pancras and Islington, although technically two cemeteries, form the third largest single cemetery serving London and in burial numbers, is the largest in the UK with around one million interments and cremations. St Pancras and Islington Cemetery is designated Grade II* on the English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England.The cemetery was the first publicly owned cemetery in London.