Moorgate Cemetery
Owner: Rotheram Borough Council
Managed with Friends of Moorgate C emetery with Boston Park
Site Details
Walker: Steve Branch Distance 1209m Walk time: 35mins
Dating back to victorian times the cemetary with mature tree lined avenues and blocks of graves with neatly cut grass cut has many wolder thickets of Bramble, Holly and Ivy is a haven for woodland butterflies
Sections
S1 From the entrance past mature trees towards SW corner and large areas of graves where Dog Violet is often the dominant species and the stone walls covered with Ivy is largely a sunny area and well sheltered
S2 Entrance to a large open parkland area with specimen trees turn and head east in the shadow of mature trees
S3 A meandering walk underneath trees but with small open sunny areas with some scrub towards the Chapel
S4 Loops around a more planted area and a block of Buddleia bushes passes north of the chappel and then in shadow under soem mature Beech heading toowards the path with violets present where shade is not too heavy .
S5 From the path head back under the trees towards the northern boundary path and then east to the northern corner
S6 heading south in shade of mature trees on teh eastern boundary towards a clearing, circle the clearing around scrubby patch heading south
S7 head south down teh eastern boundary and around teh wide loop back towards the chapel
S8 From the Chapel returning to teh entrance