What is the name of the churchyard where Lucy Westenra's tomb is located?
Answer
Hampstead churchyard
Answer
Hampstead churchyard
Lucy Westenra’s tomb is located in Hampstead churchyard in Bram Stoker’s Dracula. The novel places the family tomb in a lonely churchyard near Hampstead Hill, away from central London.
After Lucy’s funeral, Dr. John Seward records that she lies in the tomb of her kin. Van Helsing later brings Seward, Arthur Holmwood, and Quincey Morris to the churchyard, where they discover that Lucy’s coffin is repeatedly found empty. Their investigation reveals that Lucy has become an undead vampire.
The Hampstead setting gives the story a particularly unsettling contrast: Lucy’s supernatural transformation occurs not in distant Transylvania but in a recognizable London suburb. The churchyard scenes lead to the ritual that frees her, including a stake through the heart, decapitation, and garlic placed in her mouth.
Readers sometimes select Whitby because Dracula arrives there by ship, and St. Mary’s Churchyard is an important setting earlier in the novel. Whitby is associated with Dracula’s arrival, but Lucy’s tomb is in Hampstead.
Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Aug. 2026