Brookwood Cemetery, Brookwood - Woking

An immense active commercial garden cemetery with its own railway opened in 1852 for London's dead. Inspired by international burial and mourning practices; multi-denominational and multinational spaces, tombs, chapels and monuments, social organisation grounds, C20 military and woodland sections heighten its significance. Acquired by the Local Authority after longterm neglect, investment resumed. With constrained public finances, planning specialist input is required to manage the significance, treescape, habitats, monuments and communal biographies as part of a commercial enterprise.

Site Details

Designated Site Name:

Brookwood Cemetery

Heritage Category:

Registered Park and Garden grade I

List Entry Number:

1001265

Local Planning Authority:

Woking

Site Type:

Religious ritual and funerary > Cemetery

Location

Locality:

Brookwood

County:

Surrey

District / Borough:

Woking

Parliamentary Constituency:

Woking

Region:

London and South East

Assessment Information

Assessment Type:

Park and garden

Condition:

Generally satisfactory but with significant localised problems

Vulnerability:

Medium

Trend:

Improving

Ownership:

Local authority, multiple owners

Designation:

Registered Park and Garden grade I, 18 LBs, part in CA