Brookwood Cemetery

Celebrating 170 years since opening, this is a chance to explore the beautiful grounds and learn about the history of the cemetery.
View inside the mausoleums and visit the exhibition and Chapel of St Edward Brotherhood, the exhibition at the Trench Experience and the St James Gardens reburial site.
Take a short ride on the Mizens Railway - A passenger carrying miniature railway.
There will be an opening ceremony for letters to heaven at 11am.
The Cemetery Society will be leading two walks at 12noon and 2pm (no prebooking required) and there will be hand out trails available for those who like to explore on their own.
There will be a photography competition, please register upon arrival - best photos will win a prize and be credited in future publications and on the cemetery website.
There will be a A flight of Birds of Prey at 1.pm.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission and American Battle Monument Commission will be supporting the event.
Refreshments available.

Timings & Tours

Saturday 07 September:

1100 - 1500, Tours 1200 & 1400, Flight of Birds of Prey 1300

Location & directions

Brookwood Cemetery (North Entrance), Cemetery Pales, Brookwood, Woking, Surrey, GU24 0BL

Directions:

Rail Brookwood Cemetery is served by South Western Railway services out of London Waterloo. The journey time is approximately forty minutes to Brookwood Station. There is an exit at the station leading directly into the cemetery grounds. The event location will be sign posted. Car Join the A322 either from the M3 (junction 3) or from Guildford (via the A3). Cemetery Pales, the road which runs through the Cemetery grounds, is a direct turn off the A322. The event location will be sign posted.

Contact on day:

Avril Kirby

Telephone number:

+442148472222

Booking information

Pre-booking requirement:

Pre-booking not required

Accessibility details

Please ensure that you have appropriate footware for tours as some ground may be uneven. Wheelchairs are suitable in some areas.

Additional information

Max no of people per tour:

30

Est. tour duration:

1 hour(s) 0 minute(s)

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