Your guide to the Hull General Cemetery  

As you enter the Hull General Cemetery through the main gates on Spring Bank West you will see our information panel ahead of you. This is your guide to the history of the cemetery, showing the layout, paths and points of interest. The QR codes allow you to download and read the stories behind the key points of interest shown on the map.  

Your guide to the  Hull General Cemetery  

As you enter the Hull General Cemetery through the main gates on Spring Bank West you will see our information panel ahead of you. This is your guide to the history of the cemetery, showing the layout, paths and points of interest. The QR codes allow you to download and read the stories behind the key points of interest shown on the map.  
 

A Community Of Volunteers 

The Friends of Hull General Cemetery (Registered Charity No. 1203861) is a community group of volunteers, who have taken on the challenge of caring for this heritage site of special natural interest.  
Our Volunteers Page

Our Trustees 

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. 
 
Bill Longbone 
Project Manager 
 
Karen Towner 
Secretary 
 
Helen Bovill 
Chair 
 
David Hamilton 
Treasurer 

The Charity Objectives 

The original objectives of Friends of Hull General Cemetery (to be achieved by working in close consultation with the land owners, Hull City Council) are as follows. 
Landscape & Woodland Management 
To employ sustainable, multi-objective woodland management to preserve and improve the important function of the mature, broadleaved woodland on the site in the urban landscape. 
Social History 
To conserve the burial monuments and associated features in their woodland setting and to encourage their interpretation and appreciation. 
Education 
To encourage the educational use of the area, including its use as a local nature-site and its use to engage the local community in the Hull Biodiversity Action Plan process. 
Access, Recreation & Inclusion 
To ensure that the open, public-access to the site is maintained, that it is safe and welcoming to everyone and wherein the formal path network is well managed and accessible to all. 
Biodiversity 
To conserve and enhance the flora and fauna at the site, their habitats and diversity, including protected species. 
Community Involvement 
To enable the engagement of the local community in the active management of the site. 
Safety and Public Amenity 
To ensure the site is maintained in a safe condition and manner. 
Implementation, Funding and Partnerships 
 
This will identify responsibilities, costs and potential means of funding the management of the site, including possible community and voluntary sector partners to work with the City Council. Community involvement will be central to the development and implementation of the plan. 
Involvement of local businesses 
To provide assistance, both financial and practical help with tools, equipment and materials. 
CWGC 
Identify, locate and record all Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) graves within the cemetery. 
Photographic Record Project 
Record all of the remaining headstones in the cemetery. 
Litter 
Remove litter and fly-tipped material and provide litter bins throughout the cemetery which will be regularly emptied by the volunteers. 
Ivy 
Remove ivy and invasive plants from around headstones to prevent damage by same. Care to be taken not to damage stones or interfere with nesting birds. 
Pathways 
Tidy and re-establish cemetery pathways, and maintain where possible.