Families oppose ‘horrific’ plan for Highgate cemetery toilet block

Relatives of late actor Tim Pigott-Smith among those threatening to exhume remains over redevelopment

Families who have relatives buried in Highgate cemetery have threatened to exhume the remains of their loved ones over plans to build a toilet block on the burial ground as part of an 18m redevelopment of the UK's most visited graveyard.

Among those opposed to the plans are the family of the actor Tim Pigott-Smith, who described the project, which also includes the building of a new gardener's hut, as horrific".