Stoke Poges Memorial Gardens

The Stoke Poges Memorial Gardens are listed by English Heritage as Grade I and were designed by Edward White, a well respected landscape architect of the 1930s.

“The Gardens are intended for the repose of the ashes of cremated persons and will be designed and maintained in a fashion for which there is no existing precedent. In particular there will be no buildings, structures or monuments of any kind likely to remind one of a cemetery.”
Edward White V.M.H, P.P.I.LA. (Designer, 1934)

The Gardens have a fine mixture of mature specimens, such as Blue Atlas Cedar Blue Colorado spruce, Wellingtonia, oak, beech, Lawson cypress, and some fine juniperus. 2004 saw the completion of a two year refurbishment project to restore the gardens. The work included a restoration of the rose garden, which had not grown roses for over a decade due to poor soil, 360 replanted trees, 7,700 replanted shrubs and 2,500 herbaceous plants.

There are 500 family gardens, individually designed by Edward White to represent a ‘home-coming’, in which are interred the ashes of some well-known people. In addition there are over 3,700 individual plots providing a resting place for loved ones in a serene environment.

Recent additions to the gardens include a tree trail, a bereavement trail and the Covid Memorial Garden.
The Gardens are supported by the Friends of Stoke Poges Memorial Gardens, a registered charity, and the Garden Ninjas, the volunteer garden group.

The Gardens are open every day of the year, 8.30-19.00 during British summer time and 8.30-16.30 in winter.

Disabled access is available to most areas, weather permitting, but check on the map available in the porch by the office. At weekends access is via the church and the side gate entrance – follow the HW (Heritage Walk) signs.

Postcode

SL2 4NZ

Accessibility/terrain/walk info

The Gardens are open all year round dawn to dusk. Disabled access is available to most areas, weather permitting, but check on the map at the entrances. At weekends access is via the church and the side gate entrance – follow the HW (Heritage Walk) signs.