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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
2nd March 2025 - 2pm
Introductory Walk - North Side - 2pm
Alison Leech will focus on revolutionaries
and a few other notables for her Introductory Walk of the North Side of
the cemetery
Introductory Walk - South Side - 2pm
Alison Vince will explore the former
Anglican section, with burials from many different
diverse backgrounds.
Mausoleums Walk - 2pm
Join Jon Leech as he unlocks the cemetery’s
notable mausoleums and tells the stories of those within.
Sunday 6th April 2025 - 2pm
Introductory Walk - North Side - 2pm
Kim Lowe will explore the former
non-conformist section, with her own selection of burials from many
different beliefs and diverse backgrounds.
Symbolism Walk – North Side - 2pm
The Victorians placed great importance on
symbolism on their graves to help the living mourn and ensure their
loved ones went to heaven. Alison Vince will help you understand these
symbols.
Heroes & Villains Walk – 2pm NEW WALK
Mike Dawson will reveal the extraordinary
lives and deeds of those in Brookwood's Military Cemetery, whose actions
were amazingly brave and sometimes darkly criminal.
Sunday 4th May 2025 – 2pm
Introductory Walk - South Side - 2pm
Jon Leech will explore the former Anglican
section, with his selection of burials of people from many different
backgrounds.
Railway Walk - 2pm
John Clarke returns with his extremely
popular walk exploring the route of the former railway in both the North
and South parts of the cemetery.
Ships, Ship Builders and Captains - NEW WALK - 2pm
Join Jenny Mukerji as she explores the lives
of people with sea-faring connections, including ship builders, owners,
captains and Titanic passengers.
Sunday 1st June 2025 - 2pm
Introductory Walk - North Side - 2pm
Kim will lead a Walk in the North Cemetery telling you the
history of the cemetery, formerly the Nonconformist Section. Kim Will
show you her choice of interesting monuments, and people who chose
Brookwood as their final resting place.
South Side Notables - Plots 82 & 83 – New walk - 2pm
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. An area I have explored for many years. Connections
to accademia, the clergy, and colonial history amongst other connections
Military Walk - 2pm
Mike Dawson will lead this tour, talking
about the military involvement of a various men and women from a number
of various conflicts.
Sunday 6th July 2025 - 2pm
Introductory Walk - South Side - 2pm
Alison Leech will explore the former
Anglican section, with her selection of burials from many different,
diverse backgrounds.
Engineers and Architects New walk - 2pm
Alison Vince will explore the lives and
stories of those creative minds who designed bridges, tunnels, prisons
and docks.
Mausoleums Walk - 2pm
Join Jon Leech as he unlocks the cemetery’s
notable mausoleums and tells the stories of those within.
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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.
Please tell us which walk you would like to
book
A donation of £7.50 per person will secure a
place.
This includes refreshments afterwards at the
Lodge.
Once received , we will confirm your place on
the walk.
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We meet at the Society
Lodge adjacent to the Cemetery Office.
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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
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For Travel information see getting
to Brookwood
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