About Key Hill

Apart from providing burial space, Key Hill Cemetery was designed as a beautiful open space. It was closed for burials in the early 1980s, and has been largely forgotten since then.

Today, it looks unattended; monuments are broken, and there is an air of abandonment. The Birmingham City Council's Cemeteries Department have done what they can to try and keep the cemetery tidy, but it faced a losing battle. There have been recent attempts to raise funding for large-scale restoration, but none have been successful, despite the fact that, in February 1996, Key Hill Cemetery was placed on the English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens of Historic Interest, Grade II.

A Victorian engraving of Key Hill

Our Aims

Our aims are simple – we want to raise whatever funds we can, no matter how small, and spend it on things required to bring the Cemetery back to a state that reflects its historical importance. The more we raise, the more we can do – clear the cemetery of rubbish, keep the grass cut, plant flower borders, rectify drainage problems, trim trees or remove dangerous ones, repair gravestones, replace gate-posts and railings, etc. CAN YOU HELP US?