Epsom’s Oldest Road Walk

Date: 

Thu, 11/08/2022 - 14:00 to 15:30

Time: 

14:00 to 15:30

Cost: 

Walks cost £5 per person

Contact name: 

David Brooks

Telephone number: 

+442083941734

Contact email: 

Venue: 

Please meet opposite the fire station
Church Street
Epsom
KT17 4PW.
GB

Explore Epsom’s ancient heart along its oldest road. Originally the centre of Epsom village it became one of the finest addresses in town. Discover the oldest surviving residential building and the site of Epsom’s own brewery. See the parish church, mentioned in Domesday Book and the grand houses once inhabited by Epsom’s lords and ladies. Connections with Charles 1 and how the owner of the Cedars bankrolled William of Orange’s invasion of England. Learn about Epsom’s educational past at the old Technical Institute building, and the importance of the fire station in World War 2. Oh yes and a few ghosts!Please meet opposite the fire station in Church Street, Epsom KT17 4PW. Walks cost £5 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.

The Cedars Church Street