Nunhead Cemetery

Nunhead Cemetery is located in South East London and is a fine example of a Victorian Cemetery.  It is a fantastic mixture of formal avenues and monuments as well as small headstones scattered along overgrown winding paths, covered in ivy and hidden by trees.

This once monumental sculpture although sadly missing arms and head, lies on the ground slowly grown over by ivy.  Next to the ruins of the chapel near by, she adds to the impression of decay and times past.

To find out more about Nunhead Cemetery, visit the Friends of Nunhead website.

Cowley Headstones

In the neighbourhood of Cowley in Oxford lies a small church yard with some slightly unusual headstones.  There are four in total and they probably date from the 18th century.

Each headstone appears to have its own character and make fantastic if not slightly gloomy pictures.

Blean

Just to the north of Canterbury in Kent is Blean Woods.  A wildlife haven partly owned and managed by the National Trust, it is an ancient woodland that is important locally and nationally as a nature reserve.

This atmospheric photograph was taken in the early autumn when the woods were full of fungi and fallen chestnuts and the leaves were only just turning gold.

In the darkened woods shafts of light penetrate to give an errie and magical scene, this triad of trees appear more like figures looming above the scene, observing.

Woods and forests often have strange stories and histories associated with them.  The are a very closed in worlds where vision is limited and there are small strange sounds.  The muffled quiet is very disturbing if you think you are not alone - and I am not referring to the local wildlife.  My father told an amazing and terrifying story of travelling home at night through the wild forests of Serbia in the snow.  What he encountered there was reminiscent of a Denis Wheatley novel.

The Bushley Angel

This statue was happened upon by chance from the road whilst walking through the small village of Bushley Green, Worcestershire (formerly the village was located within Gloucestershire).  

Memoria of this type are often a feature of horror films, if happened upon suddenly their human form in the empty grave yard is disquieting.  Are those orbs in the photo? No, it was a dry summer day with a lot of pollen and dust flying around!

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