Ashley Road Cemetery walk

Date: 

Thu, 01/08/2024 - 10:30 to 12:00

Time: 

10:30 to 12:00

Cost: 

£6 per person

Contact name: 

David Brooks

Telephone number: 

020 8394 1734

Contact email: 

Venue: 

Meet at the main gate off Ashley Road, by the toilets
Ashley Road
Epsom
KT18 5BP
GB

Explore Epsom’s Victorian cemetery and visit the final resting place of the town’s great and good.  Mrs Beeton’s mother, Elizabeth Dorling, enjoyed the dubious privilege of being the first person to be officially interred in 1871, but the first burial was much earlier.Discover monuments to people ranging from war heroes to jockeys and  politicians… and learn why Epsom’s war memorial is situated here rather than in the town centre. Visit the grave of a VC winner and a stunt man who stood in for Ringo Starr.Meet at the main gate off Ashley Road, by the toilets Epsom KT18  5BP. Walks cost £6 per person and are limited to 20 people per walk.Places must be booked with David Brooks, Bourne Hall Museum,Spring Street, Ewell, Surrey, KT17 1UF.  

Mrs Dorling mother to Mrs Beeton