Belfast Cemetery, Belfast, Canterbury
Location: Belfast, Canterbury
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Cemetery name: Belfast Cemetery
Address: 141 Belfast Road, Christchurch, Canterbury
GPS Coordinates: -43.45325, 172.64244
History
Belfast Cemetery opened in 1904. A new extension to the Cemetery was opened in 2018 offering full burial and ash plots for pre-purchase and immediate interment.
Originally a traditional cemetery with large traditional monumental style headstones the cemetery was redeveloped in 1985 as a lawn cemetery, catering for upright and reclining memorials.
The memorial area of the cemetery is divided into rooms using a series of hedges. There are two distinctive areas in the cemetery, the children’s area and the Orthodox Russian area.
The rural location of the cemetery is significant, and is part of the reason the cemetery has been so popular in the past. From all sides of the cemetery there are rural vistas, which help provide a feeling of openness.
There are a number of established trees in the cemetery in keeping with the memorial park nature of the cemetery. Plantings include hedges, exotic and native planting. Existing buildings include a public toilet and a shed.
Notable Monuments
Notable Interments
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Belfast Cemetery, Canterbury? Doesn't it need the city/town?