Epsom is a town in the borough of Epsom and Ewell in Surrey, England, to the south of Greater London. The town is located 18 miles (29 km) south-south-west of Charing Cross, and forms part of the suburbia that surrounds London. The town lies on the chalk downland of Epsom Downs.
Epsom lay within the Copthorne hundred, an administrative division devised by the Saxons. The Epsom Derby, the second leg of the English Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing is run each June on nearby Epsom Downs . The British Prime Minister and first chairman of the London County Council, Lord Rosebery, was sent down (expelled) from the University of Oxford for buying a racehorse and entering it in the Derby − it finished last.
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Local Attractions
Epsom Racecourse : http://www.racing-index.com/race-course/epsom-race-course.html
Chessington World of Adventure : www.chessington.co.uk
Bourne Hall Museum : http://www.epsom.townpage.co.uk/bhmuseum.htm
Other Popular Attractions in Surrey