owners. The charity's main objective is to encourage greater use of this inner urban green space as a sanctuary for people and a place of biodiversity. The Friends manage the park under a service-level agreement with the Borough. The park has been designated a Local Nature Reserve. The cemetery now resembles natural woodland, with many bird and insect species making it their home, although there are still a large amount of gravestones and funerary monuments. There are several trails and walks created by the Friends of Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park. The park is open 24 hours per day, although the Main Gate on Southern Grove is locked at dusk. Smaller foot gates around the park remain open for access. Soanes Centre The Soanes Centre to the west of the park in Mile End is the base of Setpoint London East, an organisation that provides workshops, promoting science and technology, for primary and secondary students. The building is located immediately to the right of the entrance on Southern Grove, opposite the grave of the Soanes family. The centre is also the home of The Friends of Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park. Notable burials Those who are buried or have memorials here include: Charlie Brown: publican of the Railway Tavern Major John Buckley VC: soldier and one of the first recipients of the Victoria Cross, for his bravery in the Indian Rebellion of 1857 Will Crooks: trade unionist, leader in the London dock strike of 1889 and first Labour Mayor of Poplar Zilpha Elaw, African-American preacher and spiritual autobiographer. Clara Grant OBE, nicknamed "The Bundle Woman of Bow": educator and social reformer. A local primary school is named after her. She was also the founder of the Fern Street settlement. Alexander Hurley: singer and comedian, second husband of Marie Lloyd Charles Jamrach: animal supplier to P. T. Barnum and others Alfred Linnel: trampled by a police horse during a demonstration in Trafalgar Square. His funeral was organised by Annie Besant and William Morris. Dr Rees Ralph Llewellyn: performed autopsy on Mary Ann Nichols, considered the first victim of Jack the Ripper Robert McLachlan: early entomologist Henry Norris: civil engineer who began his career with repairs to the then Eddystone Lighthouse and later on supervised the construction of the first lighthouse in the world to be designed and built for an electric light powered by alternating current John Northey: died in the Princess Alice