Ascot is a small agricultural town in Victoria , Australia , located on Ballarat - Maryborough Road, north of Ballarat , in the local government area of City Of Ballarat .
Ascot was a gold-mining town located along the Midland Highway , north of Bendigo , in the local government area of City Of Greater Bendigo . The town was surveyed in 1874 and proclaimed in 1875 . It was separated from the town of Epsom by the Bendigo - Echuca railway line. Today the site is occupied by a Golf Course .