Blog posts
7th April, 2021
The World Health Organisation commemorates World Health Day on April 7th and invites you to join a new campaign to build a fairer, healthier world.
Worthing’s Health in 1922
For World Health Day, we have found a Worthing...
30th March, 2021
This is our first Data Study of Heene Cemetery burials.
We have found out that there are nearly 2000 people buried in Heene Cemetery, which is only about an acre in size
The Friends of Heene Cemetery are actively researching...
24th March, 2021
The World Health Organisation commemorates World Tuberculosis Day on March 24 to raise public awareness about the devastating health, social and economic consequences of TB, and to step up efforts to end the global TB epidemic.
In the...
22nd March, 2021
Friends of Heene Cemetery celebrates World Water Day, on 22nd March 2021.
World Water Day poster
Aids To Conservation
The Friends of Heene Cemetery was formed, by Councillor Diane Guest, the Heene Ward Councillor,...
20th March, 2021
Spring into Heene Cemetery via the wonders of the web. We would like to share with you the many different species that emerge in this season.
Spring Crocus February 2021
Spring Tour Cancelled
Unfortunately, we will...
8th March, 2021
International Women’s Day #EmbraceEquity falls on Wednesday 8th March 2023 this year.
Historically, women were victims of a class system that permitted them limited rights and entitlements.
This subjected most of them to a...
5th March, 2021
Excerpts from a Blog by devilbirder, Local Birding February 2021, include sightings by David at Heene Cemetery.
February is never a month to shake things up too much but always brings renewed optimism; I think of it as the very start...
4th March, 2021
The 21st December 2020, marked 43 years since Heene Cemetery was closed, by the Queen. What is a closed cemetery? Why was Heene closed? And what happens to a cemetery after it’s closed as Heene Cemetery was in 1977?
In a series of 4...
14th February, 2021
St Valentine’s Day is historically a day to declare love!
And, for the volunteering team at Heene Cemetery, their tireless work in recent years to clear brambles and invasive species from the site, it’s been a labour of love...
14th February, 2021
Love is in the air and Friends of Heene Cemetery research volunteers have found some stories to celebrate Valentine's Day!
Draped Cloth and Chains
This beautiful, Greek influenced, statue erected in memory of Mary Liversedge...
4th February, 2021
Friends of Heene Cemetery Honour and Value the lives lost to Cancer
Research volunteers have been identifying the cause of death for burials aged between 5 years and 45 years.
World Cancer Day logo...
3rd February, 2021
National Hedgehog Day falls on the 2nd of February every year.
A hedgehog captured in one of Heene Cemetery’s infrared cameras at night
Hedgehog Day is a Roman tradition preceding the modern ‘Groundhog Day’. While...
29th January, 2021
Are any of your new year’s resolutions to clear brambles and invasive species from old meadow land?
Two volunteers working in Heene Cemetery
Chances are they’re not! But a few years back, that was just what the...
24th January, 2021
Heene Cemetery Celebrates International Day of Education which falls on 24th January every year. The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed this date, in celebration, of the role of education for peace and development....
20th January, 2021
Carpe diem (Latin: Seize the day) is not a mantra that some of our wildlife residents and visitors observe; carpe noctem (seize the night) is their lifestyle mission, although the latter phrase, unlike the former, does not appear in the Latin...
20th January, 2021
Heene Cemetery occupies about one acre of flat land in Worthing that is botanically classified as unimproved old meadow. After the cemetery was declared full it was unmaintained for many years, and the absence of soil disturbance during this...
10th January, 2021
Did you know Worthing has a hidden haven of History and Wildlife and you can find it by taking a ten-minute stroll from Worthing seafront? There are many architectural structures to look for as you wander along the streets of Heene...
18th December, 2020
We are searching for old photographs of Heene Cemetery, Worthing, and the surrounding area.
Do you have any photographs of the wide range of properties that existed in Victorian Heene? Your contribution to link the burials to the...
24th November, 2020
Worthing’s Heene Cemetery had two new hotels installed this summer – without requiring planning permission – courtesy of Peter Standing and his ingenuity and hard work. But residents of Heene need not be alarmed at the prospect of increased...
2nd November, 2020
Heene Cemetery is officially designated a site of nature conservation importance. When it was opened in 1873 there would have been little thought given to making the site accommodating to wildlife, for there was no wildlife extinction...
20th October, 2020
Heene Cemetery is one of more than 2,000 sites across the country to collect the Green Flag Award for 2020. The Friends of Heene Cemetery are delighted to receive this prestigious award and to be recognized for their dedicated and...
20th October, 2020
There are three mature Monterey Cypress (Hesperocyparis macrocarpa) trees in Heene Cemetery. You can’t miss them: walk in and immediately they are on your left. They seem right at home there, fine examples of a tradition of planting cypresses...
17th September, 2020
A triple event
Saturday 12th September 2020 proved to be a triple event. Starting with the launch of this website live, followed by our AGM and culminating with a small group of dedicated volunteers and supporters enjoying a pleasant...
21st August, 2020
Carefully planned conservation strategies
Heene Cemetery is designated a Sussex Site of Nature Conservation Importance, and is managed as a nature reserve, with consideration for the need to maintain access to the graves and to treat...
29th July, 2020
Heene Cemetery received a grant on the 24th February 2020 of £10,000 from The National Lottery Heritage Fund for an exciting heritage project, Collect, Preserve and Share the History of Heene Cemetery Burials.
Made possible by money...