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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 Please Note Walk Starting Times. March - September..................2.00pm October - November......1.00pm Sunday August 3rd - 2pm
South Side Notables around PLOTS 82 & 83 - 2pm Led by Barry Devonshire Barry Devonshire leads a walk to a specific area of the cemetery to reveal the very different lives and stories of those who lie there
Railway walk - 2pm Led by John Clarke John Clarke guides his extremely popular walk exploring the route of the former railway in both the North and South parts of the cemetery.
Notables and Notorius - 2pm Led by Diana Laffin This walk will tour round the North Cemetery pausing at the graves of the brave, the bold and the disreputable including baby killers, atheists and adulterers.
Sunday September 7th - 2pm
Railway walk - 2pm Led by John Clarke Another chance to join John Clarke on his extremely popular walk exploring the route of the former railway in both the North and South parts of the cemetery.
Tree Walk -2pm Led by Mike Bailey New to the Society is Malcolm who will share his knowledge of the trees in Brookwood Cemetery
Pot Pouri - 2pm Led by Alison Vince Another mix of Notables with no definitive connection just interesting lives to hear about
Sunday October 5th - 1pm
Pre-Raphaelite Artists' Connections - 1pm Led by Jenny Mukerji You have heard about the Arists now hear about the connections to them.
Sporting Lives - 1pm Led by Jon Leech Cricket, Racing Driving, Ice skating, Rowing, Rugby and Football, the Cemetery has notables in these fields and a selection will be chosen to make the tour.
The Written Word ~ Authors - 1pm Led by Kim Lowe Some still have books ready to be bought and read, for a little light reading when you go to bed.
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Bookings Essential
Average group size 15 to 20 people depending
on bookings.
This includes refreshments afterwards at the
Lodge. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- We meet at the Society Lodge adjacent to the Cemetery Office.  What3words link ~ ///skin.reject.chairs .jpg) 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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