Grave & Headstone Cleaning at Postman’s Park (St Botolph Aldersgate Burial Ground)
City of London · EC1A 7BT · Council cemetery · opened 1880
Closed to new burials — but its memorials still stand, and families still visit. Older stone weathers hardest, so this is exactly the kind of ground that needs careful care.
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Postman’s Park, off King Edward Street in the City, was laid out in 1880 over the burial grounds of St Botolph’s Aldersgate and two neighbouring parishes. Its surviving headstones and chest tombs stand against the boundary walls, weathered and darkened by city air. Cleaning here is modest in scale, gentle and stone-safe, and arranged with the City of London Corporation first.
About Postman’s Park (St Botolph Aldersgate Burial Ground)
Postman’s Park opened in 1880 on the former churchyard and burial ground of St Botolph’s Aldersgate, and over the following twenty years absorbed the adjoining burial grounds of Christ Church Greyfriars and St Leonard, Foster Lane — three grounds in one. It is best known for G.F. Watts’s 1900 Memorial to Heroic Self-Sacrifice, a loggia of ceramic tablets. No burials take place now; the gravestones remain.
Access: Maintained by the City of London Corporation as a public garden, so any memorial work needs the Corporation’s agreement. The ground level was raised when the park was made: surviving headstones and chest tombs are ranged against the boundary walls, not over graves.
- Opened
- 1880
- Administered by
- City of London Corporation
Permission: memorial work here is governed by City of London Corporation. In practice the registered grave owner’s consent is what we ask for, and we work to the site’s own memorial rules — see their memorial guidance, or our guide to who needs permission to clean a grave.
Services We Provide at Postman’s Park (St Botolph Aldersgate Burial Ground)
Common Stone Types Here
How It Works at Postman’s Park (St Botolph Aldersgate Burial Ground)
Tell us the plot
Send us the section and grave reference at Postman’s Park (St Botolph Aldersgate Burial Ground). You do not need to attend — we come to you.
Free quote
We confirm the stone type and condition (a photo helps) and give a clear, no-obligation price before any work begins.
We carry out the work
Our specialist works gently with stone-safe methods, following the cemetery’s regulations — never pressure washing.
Before & after photos
You receive before-and-after photographs and a short written report, usually within 24 hours.
Postman’s Park (St Botolph Aldersgate Burial Ground) is one of many burial grounds we care for across City of London and the wider capital. We work in council, private, faith and heritage cemeteries throughout all 32 London boroughs and the M25 — see more cemeteries we cover, our grave cleaning service, or memorial care by faith and community.
For the wider area, see headstone cleaning in City of London.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Can I have a grave cleaned at Postman’s Park (St Botolph Aldersgate Burial Ground)?+
Yes. We provide professional, stone-safe grave and headstone cleaning at Postman’s Park (St Botolph Aldersgate Burial Ground), following the cemetery’s regulations. Just give us the section and grave reference and we’ll do the rest.
Do I need to be present?+
No. We only need the cemetery name and plot reference. We send before-and-after photographs and a short report when the work is done.
How much does grave cleaning at Postman’s Park (St Botolph Aldersgate Burial Ground) cost?+
A single headstone clean starts from £75 and a full grave clean from £85, depending on stone type, condition and access. We always provide a free, no-obligation quote first.
Does the Watts memorial wall have anything to do with the graves here?+
No. G.F. Watts’s Memorial to Heroic Self-Sacrifice is a loggia of ceramic tablets commemorating people who died saving others — it is not a set of gravestones, and it is looked after by the City of London Corporation. The actual burial memorials at Postman’s Park are the headstones and chest tombs ranged along the boundary walls.
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