Last Alteration: Thursday 10 April 2008
St Woolos Cemetery
St Woolos Cemetery
Risca Road/Bassleg Road, Newport
The St. Woolos Cemetery is the oldest public cemetery in Britain, having opened in 1850.
How to get here:
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Road: M4 - Exit the M4 at junction 27, and head east on the B4592 (Glasllwch Crescent). Turn almost immediately right onto Western Avenue, and then follow this until you reach Bassaleg Road at the end, then turn left. Continue along here until you reach the cemetery. (1.2 miles, 3m) +
Roadside
Enter the cemetery through the Basseleg Road entrance, then follow the path clockwise to the junction; bear left and then follow the path on the right up to the grave.
Access: publicStatus: recognisableThe "grave"
Photograph taken: 1 Dec 2007 by Scott Frankton
Blink
Filmed: 29 Nov 2006
Sally kneels at Kathy's grave.
Access: publicStatus: recognisablePath
Photograph taken: 1 Dec 2007 by Scott Frankton
Blink
Filmed: 29 Nov 2006
An angel watches Sally make her way away from the grave.
Filming for the 2008 Special
Additional Notes:
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This spot in the cemetery is where filming for the Christmas Special took place.
Other nearby locations:
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Fields House (Blink). Walk (0.8 miles): Head north along the path, then right and then left, up to the main path
(buildings ahead). Turn right and then follow this out of the cemetery.
Head west along Risca Road, then turn right onto Fields Park Road.
Follow this to Fields Park on the left, and then continue on to the house. Road (1.2 miles, 4m): Head east along Bassaleg Road, then turn left into Risca Road.
Follow this past the other cemetery entrance, then turn right onto
Fields Park Road.
Follow this to Fields Park on the left, and then continue on to the house. Roadside
Additional locations as the crow flies:
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Belle Vue Park (School Reunion): 0.67 miles.
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Oddverse Cafe (Blink): 0.90 miles.
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Diverse Music (Blink): 0.92 miles.
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Charles Street (Blink): 0.92 miles.
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Baltica (Captain Jack Harkness): 0.95 miles.
Production Notes
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9-10 Apr 2008: Photo Album - Filming at the cemetery for the 2008 Christmas Special, taken by Scott Frankton.
Related Stories
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Blink [29 Nov 2006]: Sally visits Kathy's grave
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DW 2008 Christmas Special Filming [9-10 Apr 2008]: A winter 'wonderland'
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