Date

Sunday 1 October, 1pm-3pm

Venue

Meet at the corner Karangahape Road and Symonds Street (park side)

Cost

Free

Bookings

Bookings are required. Spaces limited to 30

Contact Edward Bennett

028 460 0697

Kroadheritage@gmail.com

Event details

The Symonds Street Cemetery is Auckland’s oldest municipal burial ground, containing 15,000 burials.

This free two-hour long guided tour by Edward Bennett covers the history of the site, including the deprecations of the motorway construction in the 1960s, the stories of some of the important people buried here and an overview of Victorian attitudes to death.

Sensible shoes are advised, and the route includes stairs.

Presented by: Kroad Heritage

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