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New burial site and wetland area within Brookwood Cemetery
As part of the ongoing restoration of Brookwood Cemetery, Woking Borough Council has remediated 7,000 cubic metres of contaminated land within the cemetery to create a beautiful new burial site and wetland area. The new five and half acre site within the North...
Woking Asian Business Forum wins Lottery grant for Brookwood Cemetery project
Woking Asian Business Forum has been awarded £93,400 from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, for a 2-year project aimed at exploring and documenting minority burial grounds in Brookwood Cemetery. Unknown to most, Brookwood Cemetery is host to the highest...
HS2 – London’s deceased from Euston’s St James’s Gardens to be reburied in Surrey’s Brookwood Cemetery
Relocations follow long history of London reburials at Brookwood cemetery HS2 Ltd, working with the Archbishops’ Council of the Church of England, have agreed with Brookwood Cemetery in Surrey for reburials as a result of excavations at St James’s Gardens to take...
Brookwood Cemetery set to become a major heritage destination
Woking Borough Council has approved plans that will support the ongoing conservation of Brookwood Cemetery and encourage visitors to explore this globally significant heritage site. The Masterplan and Experience Plan approved at Full Council (30 July 2020) set out a...
HRH The Earl of Wessex visits Brookwood Cemetery
This week (Wednesday 1 July), The Earl of Wessex received a private tour of Brookwood Cemetery, one of the largest and culturally significant burial sites in the country. His Royal Highness was greeted by Strategic Asset Manager Ian Tomes...
Lost chapel restored in Brookwood Cemetery
A lost Victorian chapel, discovered in the undergrowth at Brookwood Cemetery, has been fully restored by Woking Borough Council. The exquisitely sculpted, Gothic style chapel, built almost entirely from Bath stone, has been sympathetically restored over the past five...
Flying a Mavic Air at a Monastery!
Colquhoun Chapel Restoration Project Start date: 8 April 2019 for 16 weeks
Built in 1858, the gothic revival style Mausoleum stands in the backwoods of Brookwood Cemetery, Plot 57 and was originally built as a cemetery mortuary chapel. The architect was John Johnson and the sculptural decoration was carried out by W Boulton. The Mortuary...
Brookwood Cemetery receives national recognition
One of the largest cemeteries in the country has received ‘Gold’ recognition for its high industry standards and good practice at the prestigious National Cemetery of the Year Awards Brookwood Cemetery won the 2018 Gold award in the Large Cemetery category at the...