Heart of Epsom walk

Date: 

Tue, 26/07/2022 - 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: 

Meet at the Clock Tower,
Church Street
Epsom
KT19 8EB.
GB

See beneath Epsom’s genteel surface and stroll around its ancient centre discovering on your way the dark deeds, wrongdoings and ghosts of days gone past. Hear tales about Epsom’s own highwayman and the life of the evil Lord Rochester, together with the even more wicked Lord Lyttleton. Relive the time when Epsom’s spa was at the height of fashion and decide for yourself if you would have liked to visit and spend a night in the town. Visited by Charles 11 and lived in by his son the Duke of Northumberland Hear about the towns crazy bone setter. Later home to George 1V when Prince of Wales. Come and be haunted by ghostly stories and visit the haunted clock tower. Discover the not so ancient past and see where rioting soldiers led to the death of a brave local policeman.Meet at the Clock Tower, Epsom KT19 8EB.Walks cost £5 per person and arelimited to 20 people per walk.Places must be booked with David Brooks, Bourne Hall Museum, Spring Street, Ewell, Surrey, KT17 1UF.Tel: 020 8394 1734 Email: dbrooks@epsom-ewell.gov.uk

Troops leave for the front in WW1