Milton Road Cemetery

Milton Road Cemetery – Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, UK. ID IMG_9860
Milton Road Cemetery
Milton Road in the north of Weston-super-Mare was the site chosen in the nineteenth century to build the cemetery for the quickly growing population.

Sea Front – Milton Road, Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, UK. ID IMG_9846
As you can see it is located between the sea front and Bristol. But it is also an area used for burials as far back as the Bronze Age.

Milton Road Cemetery – Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, UK. ID IMG_9857
The chapel with its octagonal spire is made from local pink limestone.

Milton Road Cemetery – Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, UK. ID IMG_0397

Milton Road Cemetery – Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, UK. ID IMG_9885
Large cemeteries like this always have their un-tidy corners – places for wildlife.

Milton Road Cemetery – Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, UK. ID IMG_9879
Here you can find bluebells, cow parsley and lots of orange tip butterflies.

Orange-tip butterfly (Anthocharis cardamines) – Milton Lane Cementry, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, UK. ID IMG_9973