Ewell Castle School

Ewell Castle School celebrates 100 years this year and we are delighted to be welcoming visitors for the first time to explore our School and learn some of the history behind our grade II listed buildings.

The Castle building, built in 1814 for Thomas Calverley and designed by local architect Henry Kitchen, embraced the revived Gothic style of architecture prevalent in the Victorian period. The Castle housed an exceptional Japanese garden boasting a lake, tea house, grotto and a host of unusual trees and plant specimens from around the world some of which remain to be seen today.
On the 19th January 1926 Mr H R Budgell purchased the Castle building and founded the School starting with just 40 boys - he remained the Principal and Proprietor until his death in 1946.

Glyn House - formerly the vicarage to St Mary's Church - also has a rich heritage with the current impressive building (dating back to 1838 replacing the former parsonage) and extensive grounds.

Visitors are welcome to enjoy tours of the Senior and Prep School sites - both located opposite each other in Church Street, Ewell. Each tour will be 25 minutes, to allow 5 minutes at the end of each tour for visitors wishing to attend both tours to cross the road between our Prep and Senior School sites. Tours will take place on the hour and on the half hour from 12pm, with the last tour commencing at 14:30pm. Teas and coffees available at the Senior School. Tours will depart from the main entrance gates.

Timings

Saturday 19 September:

12pm-3pm

Location & directions

Ewell Castle School, Church Street, Ewell, Epsom, Surrey, KT17 2AW

Directions:

Both the Senior and Prep School sites are located opposite each other on Church Street, Ewell Village. 17 1UF) The Senior School Site postcode is KT17 2AW The Prep School Site postcode is KT17 2AP

Contact on day:

Sarah Gromova

Telephone number:

+442083931413

Booking information

Pre-booking requirement:

Pre-booking required

Booking conditions:

Please state how many tickets you require for our Senior School/Castle site and/or our Prep/Glyn House site and for which time. Please also let us know if you need to reserve one of a small number of Disabled parking bays at our small on site carpark. We will require your disability parking reference. Please note that toilets with wheelchair access are only at our Senior School site. Only registered guide dogs or assistance dogs are allowed on site. Thank you for your understanding.

Booking email:

[email protected]

Booking opens:

05 Aug 2026 10:00 AM

Booking closes:

16 Sep 2026 02:00 PM

Accessibility details

There is no parking on the School sites. There is very limited parking on Church Street. A large pay and display carpark can be found at Bourne Hall with 101 spaces (KT17 1UF) which is about 5 minutes walk from the Senior School. Additionally the high street pay and display car park at KT17 1SN behind Sainsbury's local has 36 spaces and the Dorset House pay and display car park at 9A Cheam Road, KT17 1SP, has 68 spaces. Both the Senior and Prep School sites have partial wheelchair access. Ground floor facilities, the grounds and gardens are all accessible by wheelchair.

Additional information

Max number of people:

100

Estimated duration:

0 hour(s) 25 minute(s)

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