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Queen Victoria was new to the throne when Arnos Vale opened as a ‘garden cemetery’, where classical buildings and Arcadian landscaping provided a stylish, fashionable and spacious alternative to Bristol’s cramped and unhealthy city centre graveyards. Click on the articles below to find out more about the site’s long and interesting history. Or, for a more detailed, full colour, illustrated, account, place an order for the Arnos Vale guide book.
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 Help support Arnos Vale Forever
Arnos Vale is a very special place. Many people in Bristol and surrounding areas have relatives buried here. Even those who don’t still appreciate the calm tranquil beauty of this sanctuary within the city.
For 50 years the buildings and monuments of Arnos Vale were neglected and at risk of permanent decay. Now, thanks to the support of many generous people, Arnos Vale has been rescued for everyone to enjoy.
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 Christmas Memorial Service
Saturday 15th December 2012 at 2.00pm
Arnos Vale Cemetery
Arnos Vale Cemetery Trust extends a warm and open invitation to everyone to join us for a memorial service to remember loved ones at Christmas.
The Service will be conducted by Fr Gwyn Owen of Christ the Servant, Stockwood and there will be an opportunity to write a message to hang on our Christmas tree and light a candle in remembrance.
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 “Your Arnos Vale – A people’s history of Arnos Vale Cemetery”
A public event to gather oral history memories of Arnos Vale over the past 25 years. Tell us your stories and see the project so far. Bring your own memories along to share.
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 Decadent
Anything but plain chocolate has arrived!
New to the Gift Shop in Arnos Vale is a decadent, sumptuous chocolate range from "Anything but plain Chocolate" and it is as the name suggests, anything but plain!
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 December 2012
This Christmas, if you wish to visit the Cemetery on Christmas Day, Boxing Day or New Years Day the gates will be open on these dates from 10:00am - 4:00pm.
For all other days please see the chart below.
The Atrium Cafe is open daily from 10:00am-4:00pm except for Christmas Day and New Years Day.
The Gift Shop is open daily from 10:00am-4:00pm except Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Years Day.
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 The Trees Are Back!
Available NOW!
Christmas Trees are available to purchase from Arnos Vale now!
This picture on the left was kindly sent in by Simon Tofts last year. Simon purchased his tree in 2011 and picked the biggest one we had!
The trees are excellent quality and available now from our Gift Shop. They are the super premium quality Nordmann Fir Christmas Trees and we have a range of sizes available:
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 Christmas at Arnos Vale
Join us for some Christmas Cheer
We look forward to welcoming you at The Atrium Cafe this winter.
We’re open every day, apart from Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve, and have just launched our delicious winter menu.
Warm up with a gingerbread latte, enjoy a hearty squash and chickpea tagine or a slice of our warm apple cake with clotted cream. Or all three!
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Rex Rotary 2738
We have a very reliable Rex Rotary digital laser printer/photocopier for sale here at Arnos Vale. If you are looking for a printer for your office or home then please get in contact!
At only £375 it is excellent value for money - it can print in black & white, up to A3 size, duplex, 27 pages per minute and can be collected any day of the week.
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 Totterdown Arts Trail 2012
For the third year running, Arnos Vale was proud to join in the FRONT ROOM Totterdown Arts Trail and host an exciting range of work by local artists including photography, painting, sculpture, jewellery and live music!
A packed programme was lined up, featuring artists, events and activities running throughout the weekend including painting, sculpture, photography, jewellery, crafts, the written word and live music!
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 Project Administrator/Assistant
Arnos Vale has a vacancy for an experienced Project Administrator/Assistant working 10 hours a week for 12 months.
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 Arnos Vale wins Outdoor Learning Centre in
Santander Enterprise award
Arnos Vale Cemetery Trust has won £50,000 in Santander’s national Social Enterprise Development Awards (SEDA) to help fund an outdoor learning centre.
Arnos Vale Cemetery Trust was one of six social enterprises to win an award in this year’s SEDA which saw a total of £240,000 distributed to organisations across the South West as part of a UK-wide £2 million prize fund.
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 Thanks to everyone who made yesterday's celebration of the Friends of Arnos Vale Cemetery's 25th anniversary such a great day.
Friends, supporters, trustees and staff were all present to celebrate the Friends' remarkable achievements and to look to the future with two new projects being launched. Read all about it in today's Post. it all started a quarter of a century ago... Evening Post Article
Watch the ITV story here |
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Virtual Tours of Arnos Vale
New to the website this week is the addition of four Virtual Tours of the site.
Kilgore661 visited Arnos Vale in August and fell in love with the beauty and tranquility of the site as well as the buildings and offered to come along one day to film various areas with a Gigapan camera. What's a Gigapan Camera? Well, we didn't really know what it was either but we were intrigued to discover more..... and we are so glad we did!
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7th October
The Friends of Arnos Vale Cemetery invite you to celebrate 25 years’ of campaigning for Arnos Vale, on Sunday 7th October 2012.
Join us on Sunday 7th October to pay tribute to the Friends’ past achievements and their commitment to future projects Arnos Vale Cemetery.
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 Quality Ash and Sycamore seasoned logs are now on sale again at Arnos Vale.
If you want to buy a bag, or two, or three (perhaps stock up now for the Winter ahead) then please contact Nick Bull on 0117 9719117 xtn 209 or email
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Anglican Weddings & Civil Receptions
On Sunday 16th September Arnos Vale held their first ever Wedding Suppliers Event. Bristol Wedding Suppliers: photographers, chocolate makers, wedding dress makers, Wedding Coordinators etc were all invited to attend to see the two venues that Arnos Vale has available for weddings and they all love the venue!
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Bristol Doors Open Day
Saturday 8th September
10:00am-4:00pm
FREE PUBLIC EVENT
Arnos Vale Cemetery takes part in the city’s annual Doors Open Day, this Saturday 8th September.
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 Saturday 1st September
5pm - 10pm
StrEAT to host the first ever street food market in a cemetery
Arnos Vale Cemetery in Bristol is the unusual location for a one-off street food festival put on by the StrEAT Food Collective. Vendors will be serving diverse food, from around the world, on Saturday 1st September.
StrEAT is a global street food collective serving food from all over the world. Hot and delicious dishes from countries like Thailand, India, Wales and Ghana will be served. Families, students and local residents will be gathering together to enjoy music and food in an upbeat mardi gras atmosphere.
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 Meet the Dream Team!
On Monday four very talented and generous ladies arrived at Arnos Vale in cars full to the brim of props, flowers, bunting and photography equipment.
Meet the dream team: Kirsten from The Little Wedding Helper, Fran from Frances Taylor Photography, Becci from Bijoux Floral and Ali from Bristol Vintage.
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Please note - that due to road resurfacing along Ceremonial Way there will not be any parking available at Arnos Vale for the remainder of this week (until Friday 17th August).
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