Opening Times
Sunday to Thursday
8:30am to 4.45pm
Friday
8:30am to 3.15pm
Jewish Festivals closing times
Sept 18 1.15 pm-Sept 20 8.30am
Sept 23 1.15pm -Sept 26 8.30am Sept 30 1.15pm – October 3 8.30am
Visitors are kindly requested to arrive no later than 30 minutes before the gates close.
Hoop Lane Cemetery: A brief History
By the late 19th century, West London Synagogue needed a larger burial ground and approval was given to establish a new cemetery on farmland near the hamlet of Golders Green. The congregation purchased the site for £3,000 on 21st December 1894. The area consisted of 15 acres, 3 roods and 38 poles situated at the corner of Temple Fortune Lane and Hoop Lane.
Just a few months before the cemetery opened, on 23 April 1896 the West London congregation sold eight acres of the site to the Spanish and Portuguese Jews of London, thus creating an arrangement of sharing cemetery space between the Reform and the Sephardi communities that has persisted into the 21st century. Hoop Lane also became the primary burial ground of London’s Spanish and Portuguese community, superseding its earlier Velho and Nuevo cemeteries in the East End. The first interment was that of Frances Salaman, wife of Charles Salaman, who was born in Jamaica in 1817 and died in London on the 6th May 1897.
There are two owning communities: the S&P Sephardi Community and West London Synagogue. The Cemetery is managed by the Joint Burial Committee (JBC) which is comprised of representatives of the two communities. It meets 4 times a year.
The Crematorium is a separate organisation and details can be found here
Burial Search
Click here to search our Hoop Lane and Edgwarebury cemetery database.
Directions & Parking
Maps and details on how to find us by tube and bus, and also details of local taxi firms. Please note that parking is very restricted. The cemetery was designed in an era without cars and there is only room to safely park about 10 cars. During services, priority is naturally given to the officiating Rabbi and the Funeral Director. You can park on Hoop Lane after 9.30 am Monday to Friday, and all day on Sunday.
Daily Schedule
Contact Us
Tel: 020 8455 2569
Hoop Lane
Golders Green
London
NW11 7NJ
Cemetery Director:
Lester Harris
Site Manager: John Lang
Administrator: Linda Stone
Accountant: Mary Pearmain
Cemetery Operatives:
Gheorghe Pasraliu
Ivor Thomson
Joint Burial Committee
Chair: Daniel Ettinghausen
Vice-Chair: Anthony Stewart
Treasurer: Simon Raperport
JBC takes your privacy seriously and we will only use your personal information to administer your business with us and/or to provide the products and services you have requested from us.
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