Epsom

See also Epsom, New Hampshire and Epsom, New Zealand. For the chemical compound see Magnesium sulfate

Local Entertainment & Leisure

Epsom Derby, Théodore Géricault, 1821.

* Rainbow Leisure Centre
* Nonsuch Park, former site of Nonsuch Palace
* Pre-Raphaelite Walk
* The Epsom Downs Racecourse home of the Epsom Derby
* Bourne Hall Museum
* Hogsmill River
*7th EpsomScout Group
*Football-Mundial Epsom Premiership. Five-a-side football League.
* Epsom Playhouse
*Odeon Cinemas
*Horton Country Park

Pubs & Social Clubs

Pubs

A selection of bottled beers

*Amato Inn
*Barley Mow
*Cricketers Inn
*Fitzstephen Leisure Ltd
*Jolly Waggoners
*Plough & Harrow
*Po Na Na Group Plc
*Rawnsleys Ltd
*Stoneleigh Inn
*Symonds Well
*The Albion
*The Blenheim Arms
*The Eight Bells
*The Jolly Coopers

The Symbol of the Royal British Legion, poppies used on Remembrance Day

*The Ladas
*The Marquis Of Granby
*The Plough Inn
*The Railway Guard
*The Rifleman
*The Rising Sun
*The Rubbing House
*The Salt House
*The Sefton Arms
*The Wheatsheaf
*The White Horse
*Toby Carvery
*Tread Inn Ltd

Social Clubs

*Epsom Comrades Club (C&IU)
*Epsom Common Working Men's Club (C&IU)
*Epsom Royal British Legion (C&IU)
*Epsom Conservative Club
*The Epsom Club
*Ewell Village Club (C&IU)

Epsom used to have a, Liberal Club (C&IU), but this was closed and is now the site of the towns Odeon Cinema

Transport

Rail

Epsom railway station has frequent rail services to London (running to both Waterloo and Victoria), and also to Leatherhead, Dorking, Guildford, Horsham and Croydon.

Two other railway lines were built to serve the racecourse, with termini at Epsom Downs and Tattenham Corner.

Road

The A24 passes through the centre of the town.

Education

State

*Blenheim High School
*Epsom & Ewell High School
*Glyn Technology School
*Rosebery Girls' School
*Nescot

Private

*Epsom College
*Kingswood House School
*St. Christopher's School

Local government

*Epsom and Ewell Borough Council
*Surrey County Council

Emergency services

Epsom is served by these emergency services.
*Surrey Police
*South East Coast Ambulance Service as of 1st July 2006. The Surrey Ambulance Service, Sussex, and Kent Ambulance services have all merged, and have now ceased to exist.
*Surrey Fire & Rescue Service
*General Hospital with A&E. Various other cottage hospitals and mental institutes.

Famous people, past and present

Warwick Davis

*John Terry, football player for England and Chelsea F.C.
*Warwick Davis, actor (Star Wars/Willow)
*Norman Wisdom, comic actor
*Simon Starling, Turner Prize 'Shedboatshed' winner
*Alex Inglethorpe, footballer
*Tom Szekeres, actor
*Glyn Johns, recording engineer and record producer. He has worked with such artists as The Beatles, The Steve Miller Band, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Family, Eagles, Eric Clapton, The Clash, Midnight Oil and the Blue Öyster Cult, plus Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris, New Model Army, Belly and many others.
*Jimmy Page, rock guitarist, founding member Led Zeppelin
*Jimmy White, snooker player
*Nici Sterling, adult film actress
*Alex Kingston, actress, ER attended Rosebery Girls' School in Epsom
*Terence Reese, bridge player

References

* Population figures (PDF)

External links

*Epsom - 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article
*Town of Epsom