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BBC Sounds | The abandoned cemetery

24 August 2026

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Hidden beneath decades of overgrowth lie nearly 9,000 graves from Britain’s largest cluster of psychiatric hospitals.

Simon Furber visits the abandoned burial ground with FOHC trustee Lionel Blackman, where campaigners are working to restore dignity to those buried there.

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Secret Surrey – The abandoned cemetery – BBC Sounds