FONC’s Open Day in May is our biggest event of the year.
The next FONC Open Day is 18th May 2024,
from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
We run tours of the cemetery, visits to the chapel and crypt – not usually open – guidance on family history, plus delicious food and drinks at our café. Please volunteer to help with our stalls, tours and of course setting up and packing away.
Email the Organisers – all help gratefully received!
FONC Open Day has many stalls run by local groups and other cemetery friends. Booking has closed for this year but please contact us if you would like to book a stall for your group next year.
Special attractions for the young ones include Badge Making and the famous Bug Hunt. We look forward to seeing you.
New this year, Surrey Docks Farm is a working city farm and charity that enables the whole community to learn about farming, food production and the natural environment. We run a range of educational projects targeted to engage those who would benefit most and are supported by hundreds of dedicated volunteers who attend on a weekly basis.
Schedule of events
Performances
These will take place adjacent to the chapel, no booking needed
| 11:00 | Rye Poets |
| 11:30 | Motor Hearse Chug! |
| 11:40 | Telegraph Hill Choir |
| 12:05 | ‘Victorian’ Hearse & Horses Promenade on the main avenue |
| 12:20 | One Tree Hill |
| 12:30 (appx) | Black Swan Morris Dancers |
| 12:50 | Motor Hearse Chug! |
| 13:00 | Nunhead Folk Circle |
| 13.40 | Nunhead Community Choir |
| 12:50 | ‘Victorian’ Hearse & Horses Promenade on the main avenue |
| 14.20 | Peckham Theatre – Glee |
| 14:30 | Motor Hearse Chug! |
| 15:00 (appx) | Black Swan Morris Dancers |
| 15.00 | Dulwich Folk Choir |
| 15:25 | ‘Victorian’ Hearse & Horses Promenade on the main avenue |
| 15.40 | Dulwich Folk Choir |
| 16:20 | Strawberry Theives |
Tours
Book your place at the FONC information desk (sorry, no pre-booking)
The general Cemetery Tour takes about 50 – 60 minutes.
| 11.15 | Crypt visit | ||
| 12.00 | Guided cemetery tour | 12.00 | Crypt visit |
| 12.45 | Crypt visit | ||
| 13.00 | Guided cemetery tour | ||
| 13.30 | Crypt visit | ||
| 14.00 | Guided cemetery tour | ||
| 14.15 | Crypt visit | ||
| 15:00 | Guided cemetery tour | 15.00 | Crypt visit |
| 15.45 | Crypt visit | ||
| 16:00 | Guided cemetery tour | ||
| 16.30 | Crypt visit |
Confirmed stalls include:
Friends of Nunhead Cemetery stalls: Café; Plant Stall; Publications Stall; Information Desk; Monument Inscription Recording;
Bug Hunt (Collect a pot, search for a bug, get it identified by expert Bugman Jones, and get a certificate. Suitable for all ages!)
Badge makers – Mary Anne Bonney, Bee Urban, Black Swans Morris Dancers., Bodgers, Camberwell Gardens Guild, Chapel – Choirs., Christadelphians, Crypt tours, Dulwich Horticultural & Chrysanthemum society, Dignity funerals (Francis Chappell & Sons), East Surrey Family History Society, Face painting – Anna Probert (until lunchtime)., Free Film Festival., Friends of Crystal Palace Dinosaurs, Friends of Brockley and Ladywell Cemetery, Friends of Peckham Rye Park, Global Justice, Goldsmith College, Hearse (vintage motor), LWT – London Wildlife Trust, Lewisham Local History Society and Telegraph hill society (sharing stall), Napoleonic revolutionary war graves charity, Nunhead Art Trail, Nunhead’s Voice, Peckham Vision, Art workshop – Rebecca Buckley, South East London Humanist Group (SELHUG), Southwark, Stuart Road allotments, Surrey Docks Farm, The Green, Letter carving – Tim Whitton, W.I. Honor Oak, Woodland Trust., Woodwool willow – Ellie Morgan basket weaving.
Please keep dogs on leads throughout the Cemetery during Open Day
More photographs from the open day can be seen below.
Last Updated on 10th May 2024
