Friends of Wombwell Cemetery

16/10/2025

Help us to keep the cemetery tidy and safe for our wildlife! Just hours after our last big litter pick, handfuls of litter appeared on the main routes through the cemetery. Common litter: flower feed (easy to drop by accident), plastic wrap, food wrappers, bottles and takeaway cups, alcohol tins and miniatures, cig butts and empty cig packets. Also an easy one to drop by accident but can be harmful to little feet - rubber bands. Thank you!

Did you know, fallen leaves are essential for wildlife. 🍂 They shelter insects, frogs, and hedgehogs through winter.

Let’s keep the leaves litter-free to protect these crucial ecosystems. 💚

13/10/2025

Help our Hedgies out by not bringing your pumpkin pals to the cemetery!

While some wildlife will go nutty for them, hedgehogs can be made seriously ill from ingesting pumpkin, which is not what they need right before they hibernate as they may not make it! The pumpkins also get kicked around, so volunteers have to pick up and dispose of the bits.

Stick em in your compost bins or make pumpkin soup instead. Thank you! 🎃

10/10/2025

Thank you That's TV South Yorkshire for covering the plaque display project, and thank you again to the wonderful Ania for speaking! ❤️

06/10/2025

Thank you to the Wombwell Ward Alliance for funding our project, to Barnsley Council for the coverage, to Alan & David for making the display possible, and to the wonderful Ania for speaking on the video! ❤️

30/09/2025

REMINDER: CEMETERY WINTER OPENING TIMES COMMENCE WEDNESDAY 1 OCTOBER 2025.

This is a reminder that on Wednesday 1st October, we are changing to our winter closing times. The cemetery gates will close at 5:30pm.

23/09/2025

Did you attend our Heritage Open Days weekend last week? Why not tell them, and us, about it! If you do, you could be entered into a draw for a chance to win a top prize of a £250 National Trust Holidays Voucher! The deadline to respond is midnight on 28th September 2025. T&Cs on the HODs website.

https://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/e/t/c/4E25622B-5FE7-4655-8536FB8D3D4BC970/?link=81A2ABA7-342A-4E39-8E105048C67BE538

20/09/2025

We’re packing up at 2pm due to the rain, but what a fantastic morning and full weekend we’ve had! Thank you to everybody who came to see us and our displays. We appreciate every one of you!

20/09/2025

It’s our final day! Join us between 10am and 4pm for our Heritage Weekend. No rain yet 🤞🏻

19/09/2025

FOUND: Wireless earphone case. Think it’s yours? Let us know. Would be helpful if you could let us know the colour, just to confirm.

19/09/2025

We’re halfway through our second day and we’re thrilled to have seen so many people both yesterday and today. We’re here until 4pm, and we’re back tomorrow for our final day. Make sure you pop in if you haven’t already!

19/09/2025

We’re back today and tomorrow, 10am - 4pm! Join us for a drink, displays, grave finding, tombola & more 🎉