Epsom Downs is a Grade 1 racecourse in a hilly area near Epsom in Surrey, England which is used for thoroughbred horse racing. The "Downs" referred to in the name are part of the North Downs.
Aerial view of Epsom Downs racecourse
Tattenham Corner in 1872, by Gustave Doré
Epsom Grandstand in the 1830s
Epsom Grandstand in 1846
Epsom is a town in the borough of Epsom and Ewell in Surrey, England, about 14 miles south of central London. The town is first recorded as Ebesham in the 10th century and its name probably derives from that of a Saxon landowner. The earliest evidence of human activity is from the mid-Bronze Age, but the modern settlement probably grew up in the area surrounding St Martin's Church in the 6th or 7th centuries and the street pattern is thought to have become established in the Middle Ages. Today the High Street is dominated by the clock tower, which was erected in 1847–8.
Epsom Clock Tower, High Street
The wellhead marking the site of the original Epsom Well was constructed in 1989.
The Assembly Rooms, High Street
The 1821 Derby at Epsom (1821) by Théodore Géricault