National Children's Home Cemetery in Harpenden, Hertfordshire

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Get directions Highfield Oval
Harpenden, St Albans District, Hertfordshire AL5 4BX England

Coordinates: 51.83050, -0.35630
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The cemetery contains burials of the children and staff of the former National Children's Home and Orphanage (NCH) in Harpenden. Occasional burials of former residents still take place in the cemetery.

The NCH closed in 1985 but the cemetery is still maintained by NCH Action for Children. Access to the cemetery is through private property and the privacy of the residents should be respected when visiting the site. There is no formal path beyond the chapel and visitors should walk along the edge of the wood past the playing fields. The cemetery is then located at the furthest northern corner of the top field.