St Marys New Cemetery, Dover

Accessed from the entrance at the bottom of Connaught Road, St Marys New Cemetery is one of four historic cemeteries at this location in the town of Dover. This site high up in an area known as Copt Hill comprises of about 10 acres of land and was opened for burials in approximately 1870. Here are interred a number of Dover's leading citizens, including Sir Richard Dickeson, four times mayor of Dover. Standing alone is a memorial to the Lascar seamen who died when the SS Maloja sank off Shakespeare Beach during the First World War. The views of the surrounding area are splendid from this idyllic and peaceful setting.