When London's churchyards filled up, just as a young Queen Victoria came to the throne, a scheme was launched to build The Magnificent Seven - huge, modern cemeteries in a ring around the City.

We arrive in Clerkenwell, close to the Museum of London, for a 2-course lunch of Fish & Chips with Peas, Cheesecake, Tea/Coffee.

Re-join the coach as we head to Highgate Cemetery for a guided tour of the West Cemetery (the extraordinary side with all the gothic tombs), which lasts around 70 minutes. Paths are steep and sometimes muddy and there are two flights of stairs (one that is steep) - participants are advised to wear appropriate footwear. 

Enjoy a self guided visit to the East Cemetery (where Karl Marx is). This is on a gentler slope with no steps and predominantly tarmac paths and is more easily wheelchair accessible.

As soon as it opened in 1839 Highgate Cemetery in the Northern hills became THE place to be buried if you were rich or famous. Highgate would become one of the greatest cemeteries in the world full of eccentric funerary architecture. In the heart of the grounds the Egyptian Avenue leads to the Circle of Lebanon  created by earth being excavated around an ancient Cedar of Lebanon. The cemetery fell into ruin for many years until in the 1970s The Friend of Highgate Cemetery was formed to buy the freehold - the tours are run to raise money to look after it. Nature has gradually taken over and this remarkable site is now also an important wild-life reserve. Come and meet London's famous dead in this Victorian Valhalla.

We leave London approx. 16:45pm to start our journey home.

• Entrance & coach fare = £67.00 per person