Roselawn Cemetery

Location and opening hours

Address

129-131 Ballygowan Road
Crossnacreevy
Belfast
BT5 7TZ

Enter from the Ballygowan Road.

Roselawn Cemetery opening hours 

The cemetery is open for visits at these times.

Cemetery office opening hours

Opening hours may vary during public holidays. 

• View holiday opening hours

How to get to the cemetery

Take Ulsterbus no. 12 from Laganside bus centre, Oxford Street in Belfast city centre. Car-parking is permitted on most roads but there is a five miles per hour speed limit throughout the site. Disabled parking is also available. 

Access to graves in the older sections and many of the memorial trees is restricted. The cemetery site office has a ramp and a low-level counter for disabled visitors. Accessible toilets are also available.

Free bus service

There is a free bus service to and from Roselawn Cemetery and the City of Belfast Crematorium. Read more about the free bus service.

Roselawn Cemetery burial plots

Roselawn Cemetery is Belfast’s main municipal cemetery. It opened in 1954 and is also home to the City of Belfast Crematorium.

Roselawn is currently the only graveyard we operate with new burial plots available. However, we only provide a grave burial service and do not offer natural burials in the cemetery.

Roselawn Cemetery has received the Green Flag (link opens in new window), which recognises the best open spaces in the UK, picking up the award from 2011 to 2021.

Water supply information

There is no running water in sections U, T, S, V or R of the cemetery. 

You can get water from:

• sections P, W and Y;
• outside taps at the front of the office;
• the service yard; and
• all other buildings.

Cremations at Roselawn

The City of Belfast Crematorium is located within the Roselawn Cemetery grounds.

• Find out more about cremations