A Grade II listed Victorian Cemetery with six listed monuments within 39 acres of green space. From the inscriptions on the monuments to beautifully crafted sculptures, Cemetery contains the biography of our community.

With grassland untreated by chemicals since 1857 and Further Information woodland providing a habitat For more information about Weaste � �

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The grassland in the cemetery would once have reflected the traditionally managed meadows surrounding it. At Weaste the surrounding countryside has long since disappeared, but the grassland 1 saved over fifty 2 The monument to Sir Charles 3 Ferdinand Stanley road in the 4 Joseph Brotherton was Salford’s first people from drowning Halle is Grade 2 listed Charge of the Light Brigade MP – His monument is grade 2 listed surviving in the cemetery today is an important relict meadow. Weaste Cemetery is primarily a Heritage Because the majority of the grassland is place to respect and unimproved by chemicals and has been Weaste Cemetery was Salford’s first managed as a grassland for at least as commemorate the loved ones we municipal cemetery. Before the long as it’s been a cemetery (since have lost. People also visit cemetery opened in 1857 most burials 1857), a wider range of flowers can survive. Throughout the year you can cemeteries for exercise and took place in churchyards. Salford Corporation was one of the first already see: daisy, dandelion, creeping relaxation and to study nature municipal authorities to recognise that and meadow buttercup, lady’s smock and local history. It is our aim to churchyards could no longer provide (also known as cuckoo flower), bluebell, sufficient burial space and so the plans self-heal, thyme-leaved speedwell. Can offer a fitting environment for the for Weaste were made. In the Victorian you identify any others? bereaved and also to enhance the age cemeteries were considered to be life of the community. amenities like parks and gardens and We are managing the cemetery for were usually designed in a similar way. wildlife as well as for its other uses and interest. We are working to increase the Bereavement Services and Friends of the Weaste Cemetery was no exception and species diversity of the grassland Cemeteries would like to offer Weaste Cemetery its beautiful design made it the most through sympathetic as a peaceful place for visitors, schoolchildren desirable final resting-place for well to management. and their teachers to learn about Salford’s do Mancunians and Salfordians. We are leaving some areas a history and some of the fascinating individuals little longer so you can see who lived in Salford in the past. Since 1857 over 330,000 interments have taken place at the cemetery. These the flowering plants. There include Joseph Brotherton, a leading is also a wide range of trees

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How to get there By Car Weaste Cemetery is on Cemetery Road just off the A57, Eccles New Road between Eccles and .

Bus Eccles New Road is serviced by the number 33 Bus, which runs from Manchester to Wigan

Tram Access A57 Eccles New R Motorway The nearest stop is Weaste Metrolink Unfortunately the longer ecology trail d Station. Upon Arrival walk in an eastbound through the woodlands is not accessible direction (the opposite direction to Eccles) to visitors who use wheelchairs or have SALFORD down Eccles New Road. Cemetery Road is mobility issues because of the grass path.

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Please remember to lock all valuables out Cemetery Safety The Quay

of sight. Visitors must remain on paths at all times. s Churchill Way Traford It is advisable to wear suitable footwear and Trafford Park Rd Ecological outer-garments. Please do not run in the Park cemetery and remember that respect and Trafford Wharf R quiet must be maintained. d

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