Brookwood Cemetery, also known as the London Necropolis, is the largest cemetery in the United Kingdom. There are over 50 notable persons, 18 listed memorials at Grade II or Grade II* status and several Victoria Cross holders buried or commemorated at Brookwood Cemetery

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Pirbright’s name was recorded in 1166 as Perifrith, from pyridge, meaning peartree and fryth, meaning a wood or wooded country. It formed part of the Royal Hunting Forest of Windsor and remained a isolated agricultural community for many centuries.

Brookwood Cemetery claims to have the largest collections of Sequoia species (Wellingtonia) in the country. Almost 200 years after they were planted according to John Claudius Loudon’s instructions, the survivors continue to fulfil the purposes intended by the landscaper; adding gravitas, shade and splendour to the graveyard.

The original Manor House and Mill at Pirbright date back from the 13th century. The present house is 16th century and was part of Catherine of Aragon’s dowry when she married Henry VIII.