Brookwood cemetery tours

	Guided Walks - Booking Essential

	The Society operates the only official Company-approved guided walks around the cemetery, with all donations going towards restorations. The Society was founded in 1992, and our volunteer guides are very knowledgeable and have many years' experience of the cemetery and its history. Please contact us if you would like to join our happy band. For all Guided Tour enquires please contact walks@tbcs.org.uk Please do not contact the Brookwood Cemetery office Next Guided Walks Sunday 5th June -1pm Booking now available Sunday 3rd July – 1pm Booking now available Why not join our free email information service that will tell you about our future events (complying with GDRP) Link to subscription form or keep checking back here Guided Walk Details Sunday 5th June – 1pm Towards Freedom- North Cemetery Led by Barry Devonshire Another chance to visit people buried at Brookwood who helped the Indian Sub Continent obtain its freedom, Along with some people who hindered the cause. We will explore the whole of the North Cemetery. Also see separate information for linked events Mausoleum Walk Led by Jon Leech Visit and maybe view inside some of the many wonderfully designed and not so wonderfully designed Mausoleums in the grounds of the Cemetery, including ‘The Jewel in the Crown. You will also hear about the families who commissioned them and their stories. Scientists and Academics. Lead by Alison Leech The walk will include eminent scientists and academics, all Fellows of the Royal Society, with subjects ranging from fossils and geology to wine and solar cycles Sunday 3rd July – 1pm Low water, High tide Led by Mike Dawson Many families have a relative who worked on the River Thames in a variety of occupations or was at sea in a merchant or Royal Navy vessel. We will explore the life and time of some of those people associated with the sea or the river who lie in Brookwood Cemetery. They served the Empire - South Cemetery Led by Barry Devonshire Route 1 – Some served the Empire better than others ! Engineers, civil servant and military men who ran the Empire, both under the East India Company and later, the British Raj, and some who questioned the status quo. General Walk - South Cemetery Led By Margaret Hobbs A general Walk in the South Cemetery to introduce you to the beauty, interesting monuments, and people who chose Brookwood as there final resting place. Bookings Essential Average group size 15 to 20 people depending on bookings BOOKING MAY BE DONE BY EMAIL ~ walks@tbcs.org.uk or mobile 07714 289375 A DONATION of £5 PER PERSON. THIS INCLUDES REFRESHMENTS AFTERWARDS AT THE LODGE. ONCE RECEIVED, WE WILL CONFIRM A PLACE ON THE WALK. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- We meet at the Society Lodge adjacent to the Cemetery Office. What3words link ~ ///skin.reject.chairs There is a separate entrance to the Glades, with its own lay-by, off Cemetery Pales. Parking is available inside the entrance. Refreshments and toilet facilities are available at the Society Lodge We ask for a donation when booking All the money raised from the donations goes towards Society restoration projects. Brookwood Cemetery is near Woking, Surrey. It is adjacent to the A322 Guildford - Bagshot Road (Junction 3 off the M3). The entrance to the Cemetery is off Cemetery Pales, a road joining the A322 near the Brookwood cross-roads. See our location map. The postcode is GU24 0BL. If you want to arrange your own walk through the cemetery you must get permission from Brookwood Cemetery to do so and there may be fee You can find our exact location on what3words: ///skin.reject.chairs For Travel information see getting to Brookwood


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