Brookwood Cemetery, Grade I listed cemetery in Brookwood, England
Brookwood Cemetery is a Grade I listed cemetery in Woking, England, spreading over roughly 200 hectares and holding sections for numerous religious communities and military graves. The site divides into distinct zones linked by wide avenues and woodland paths lined with mature trees.
The London Necropolis Company founded this cemetery in 1852 to relieve overcrowded burial grounds in the capital. A private railway connection between London and Brookwood brought coffins and mourners to the site until the London terminus suffered destruction in 1941.
The site preserves the only Zoroastrian burial ground in Europe, where graves cluster around an open pavilion marked with Persian inscriptions. Muslim, Christian, and Jewish plots occupy separate sections, each displaying distinct rituals and symbols that let visitors observe different burial traditions side by side.
A train connection from Waterloo station in London runs directly to Brookwood, whose station sits right beside the cemetery grounds. Visitors can walk freely along the many paths but should wear sturdy shoes and allow several hours for a tour.
The railway line ran separate carriages for different social classes, whose deceased were buried in distinct sectors of the grounds. Two surviving platforms and a trackside chapel now recall this rail traffic, whose remnants appear among the graves.
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