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Visiting Brookwood, Surrey Walkfo Preview Brookwood is 3+1/2 miles (5.6 km) west of Woking, with a mixture of semi-rural, woodland-set and archetypal suburban residential homes. The village is known for the 500-acre Brookwood Cemetery, also called the London Necropolis. The former Victorian Brookwood Hospital was once the leading mental institution in Surrey. When you visit Brookwood, Surrey, Walkfo brings Brookwood, Surrey places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
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With 40 audio plaques & Brookwood, Surrey places for you to explore in the Brookwood, Surrey area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Brookwood, Surrey places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Brookwood, Surrey history
Many of London’s dead were buried in Brookwood Cemetery during the Victorian era due to the over-population of the city. The main station and nearby Brookwood Club private members bar are at least 100 years old. It is possible that the village was founded in the Anglo-Saxon period, as the word Brook is derived from ‘Brock’
Brookwood, Surrey geography / climate
The village is surrounded mainly by heathland such as Sheet’s Heath, a Site of Special Scientific Interest, Smarts Heath and Brookwood Heath. The main road is Connaught Road, a long road containing mixed Victorian terraces, a variety of 1930’s semi-detached and larger detached houses.
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You can visit Brookwood, Surrey places with Walkfo Brookwood, Surrey to hear history at Brookwood, Surrey’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Brookwood, Surrey has 40 places to visit in our interactive Brookwood, Surrey map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Brookwood, Surrey, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Brookwood, Surrey places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Brookwood, Surrey & the surrounding areas.
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Best Brookwood, Surrey places to visit
Brookwood, Surrey has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Brookwood, Surrey’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Brookwood, Surrey’s information audio spots:
Brookwood American Cemetery and Memorial Brookwood American Cemetery and Memorial is the only American Military Cemetery of World War I in the British Isles. Located 28 miles (45 km) southwest of London, the cemetery contains the graves of 468 American war dead. The cemetery lies to the west of the civilian Brookwood Cemetery.
National Shooting Centre The National Shooting Centre is located near the village of Bisley in Surrey. It is wholly owned by the National Rifle Association of the United Kingdom. Bisley hosted most of the shooting events in the 1908 Olympic Games and the 2002 Commonwealth Games. The National Clay Shooting Centre caters for ‘trap’ disciplines such as Skeet and DTL.
Brookwood railway station Brookwood is a National Rail railway station in Brookwood in the English county of Surrey. It is 27 miles 79 chains (45.0 km) down the line from London Waterloo.
William Addison (VC) William Robert Fountaine Addison VC (18 September 1883 – 7 January 1962) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
HM Prison Coldingley HM Prison Coldingley is a Category C men’s prison. It is located in the village of Bisley, in Surrey, England. The prison is operated by Her Majesty’s Prison Service.
Church of St. Edward the Martyr, Brookwood St. Edward the Martyr Orthodox Church is a True Orthodox Church in Brookwood, Surrey, England. The monastic Saint Edward Brotherhood was established at Brookwood Cemetery in 1982 to prepare and care for a new Church in a fitting grade I landscape.
St Andrew’s Church, Goldsworth Park St. Andrew’s Church is the parish church of Goldsworth Park, a district of Woking, Surrey, England. The church paid for and sponsors the secular local youth and community centre for the A2 Youth and Community Centre.
St John’s Church, Woking Church is located in St John’s, Woking, England. The local village is named after the church. The church is in the Diocese of Guildford, in the Province of Canterbury.
Worplesdon Place Hotel, Guildford Worplesdon Place Hotel near Guildford, Surrey is a house of historical significance. It appears to have been built in about 1845 by Sir William Bovill. It was a private residence for the next 100 years and was owned by several notable people.
Inkerman Barracks Inkerman Barracks was a military establishment on Raglan Terrace, Knaphill, Surrey, England. It was located in the middle of the 1960s and early 1960s.
Visit Brookwood, Surrey plaques
1 plaques hereBrookwood, Surrey has 1 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Brookwood, Surrey plaques audio map when visiting. Plaques like National Heritage’s “Blue Plaques” provide visual geo-markers to highlight points-of-interest at the places where they happened – and Walkfo’s AI has researched additional, deeper content when you visit Brookwood, Surrey using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Brookwood, Surrey plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
Experience Brookwood, Surrey audio walks & tours
Walkfo guides for things to do / places to visit in Brookwood, Surrey allows exploration as you would do an art gallery or museum. Walk close to one of Brookwood, Surrey’s 40 historic places & our digital tour guide will create an audio story for that spot. With headphone connected, you can explore Brookwood, Surrey freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Explore Brookwood, Surrey Map App
Our visit Brookwood, Surrey map shows you things-to-do & places you can visit in Brookwood, Surrey & surrounding areas using the Walkfo digital audio tour guide app. Each spot has plaque, building, street or area information on history, culture or tourism.
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Things to do & visit in Brookwood, Surrey / surrounding areas
● Basingstoke Canal ● Pirbright Camp ● National Rifle Association of the United Kingdom ● Brookwood American Cemetery and Memorial ● National Shooting Centre ● Brookwood, Surrey ● Brookwood Cemetery ● Burner’s Heath and Swallows Pond ● Styllou Christofi ● William Addison (VC) ● HM Prison Coldingley ● Ross Mangles ● Church of St. Edward the Martyr, Brookwood ● Dugald Drummond ● Pirbright ● Bisley and West End Commons ● The Flashes ● Brookwood Lye ● Henry Moody ● Lucas Green, Surrey ● Knaphill F.C. ● St Andrew’s Church, Goldsworth Park ● St John’s Church, Woking ● St John’s, Woking ● Smart’s and Prey Heaths ● Worplesdon ● Worplesdon Place Hotel, Guildford ● Fox Corner Wildlife Area ● West End, Surrey ● Bisley, Surrey
● Mizens Railway ● Inkerman Barracks ● Woking Crematorium ● Margaret Campbell, Duchess of Argyll ● Alexander William Williamson ● Brookwood Hospital ● Knaphill ● Pirbright Institute
Getting to / around Brookwood, Surrey – transport link, station & street map
Getting around in Brookwood, Surrey using public transportation may include road, street, train, underground, bus or tram transport options. Walkfo has identified the following Brookwood, Surrey places with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
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