Spion Kop Cemetery

It was opened in 1856 to replace St Hilda's Church, Hartlepool churchyard and designed by John Dobson.

[1][2] The area took its name from the Battle of Spion Kop in 1900 during the Boer War.

[3] The cemetery was formed from a combination of sand dune and ship's ballast.

It is closed to new burials and is now managed as a local nature reserve.

Species found there include thrift, the pyramidal orchid, and the lesser meadow-rue.