The graveyard is a small wooded area in the village of Knowle.

The Hampshire County Lunatic Asylum, later Knowle Mental Hospital and Knowle Hospital was a psychiatric hospital in the village of Knowle near the town of Fareham in Hampshire, southern England, opened in 1852 and closed in 1996.

Knowle Hospital was designed as a psychiatric hospital by the architect J. Harris. The main building still remains although has long been developed into modern apartments and the surrounding buildings have been knocked down to make way for new housing.

The Asylum's graveyard where 5,578 people are buried still remains, although now old and it would seem forgotten. Trees are now growing through the graves which has caused the headstones to crack and break.

The pauper’s graves in the older part of the cemetery were marked with a small metal cross with no names, as there were up to four paupers per grave. Covering each body was a little soil before the next body was laid on top. Sadly, many of these simple metal crosses have been stolen over the years so some lay there completely unmarked.

The larger, grander graves belonged to the more wealthier patients and to the hospital staff are in a slightly better state of repair.

In the newer part of the cemetery the graves of poorer patients are marginally better than the old paupers’ graves. These are marked with small headstones and had the patient’s numbers rather than names marked on them. Many have fallen over to the ground over the years.

The entrance to the cemetery is on Mayles Lane (N 50° 53.105' W 001° 12.219'). Virtual Reward - 2017/2018 This Virtual Cache is part of a limited release of Virtuals created between August 24, 2017 and August 24, 2018. Only 4,000 cache owners were given the opportunity to hide a Virtual Cache. Learn more about Virtual Rewards on the Geocaching Blog.