Last Alteration: Sunday 07 April 2013
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: recognisable The "grave"
Blink
Filmed: 29 Nov 2006
Sally kneels at Kathy's grave.
Blink
Filmed: 29 Nov 2006
An angel watches Sally make her way away from the grave.
Blink
Filmed: 29 Nov 2006
An angel watches Sally at the grave.
Access: publicStatus: recognisable Chapel Area
The Next Doctor
Filmed: 9-10 Apr 2008
Miss Hartigan approaches the funeral party.
The Next Doctor
Filmed: 9-10 Apr 2008
Miss Hartigan approaches the funeral party.
The Next Doctor
Filmed: 9-10 Apr 2008
The Cybermen approach the funeral party.
The Next Doctor
Filmed: 9-10 Apr 2008
The Cybermen attack the funeral party.
Other nearby locations:
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Fields House (Blink, The Snowmen). 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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Melfort Road (Children of Earth: Day Five): 0.21 miles. 
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Gaer Road (Children of Earth: Day Five): 0.23 miles.
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Gaer Infant and Nursery School (Children of Earth: Day One, Children of Earth: Day Two): 0.29 miles. 
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Byron Road (Children of Earth: Day Five): 0.32 miles.
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Rupert Brooke Drive (Children of Earth: Day One, Children of Earth: Day Two, Children of Earth: Day Three, Children of Earth: Day Four, Children of Earth: Day Five, Doctor Who Series Seven Part 2): 0.36 miles.
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Buchan Close (Children of Earth: Day Two, Children of Earth: Day Five): 0.40 miles. 
Filming Reports:
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23 Oct 2012: Album - Filming at the cemetery for .
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9 Apr 2008: Scott Frankton - Filming at the cemetery for .
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10 Apr 2008: Scott Frankton - Filming at the cemetery for
Related Stories
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Blink [29 Nov 2006]: Sally visits Kathy's grave
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The Next Doctor [9-10 Apr 2008]: The funeral
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Doctor Who Series Seven Part 2
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