57-596: Berrylands is a residential neighbourhood in Surbiton , London, originally forming part of the Municipal Borough of Surbiton , and since 1965 part of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames . It is a suburban development situated 10.1 miles (16.3 km) south west of Charing Cross . Nearby places include Surbiton , New Malden , Old Malden , Tolworth and Chessington . Berrylands railway station
114-518: A fast direct service; as well as places further afield, including Portsmouth and Southampton . Surbiton was once home to Surbiton Studios which were owned by Stoll Pictures , before the company shifted its main production to Cricklewood Studios . Surbiton falls within the UK parliamentary constituency of Kingston and Surbiton , which is represented in the House of Commons by Sir Ed Davey , currently
171-468: A harmful impact on their coaching trade, and the railway passed about 1.5 mi (2.4 km) south of the town with the first Kingston station opening in 1838 on the west side of Ewell Road. In either 1840 or in 1845 it was resited 0.5 miles (0.8 km) west to Surbiton, then little more than a farm. The Hampton Court Branch was built in 1849, the New Guildford Line which diverges at
228-406: A large mural titled 'Passengers' was painted in the booking hall by artist Graeme Willson. It has since been removed. The station had a moderately sized goods yard which was situated on the eastern side of the station platforms. Two additional sidings were located on the western 'up' side of the station and were served by a short loading platform. In addition to local goods facilities, the main yard
285-426: A mock documentary which investigated whether the residents of Hounslow , another London area suburb, had long ago been descendants of the people of Surbiton "who had made the great trek north". Surbiton is popularly remembered as an icon of suburbia in such British television programmes as The Good Life (starring Richard Briers , Penelope Keith , Paul Eddington and Felicity Kendal ), though location filming
342-659: A population of 45,132 in 2016, it accounts for approximately 25% of the total population of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames. Surbiton extends over an area of 7.18 km (2.77 sq mi). Though Surbiton only received its current name in 1869, the name is attested as Suberton in 1179, Surbeton in 1263, Surpeton in 1486, and finally Surbiton 1597. Sūth Bere-tūn means "southern grange" or "outlying farm" in Old English , as opposed to nearby Norbiton ; both Norbiton and Surbiton were possessions of
399-545: A swimming pool which on top of serving both schools in Berrylands, also does private lessons. Each year the local scout group organises a summer festival opposite their scout hut on the site of the old Surbiton Lagoon , now known by Kingston Council as Berrylands Park. Surbiton Surbiton is a suburban neighbourhood in South West London , within the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames (RBK). It
456-470: A two main schools in Berrylands, these being Christ Church Primary School and Grand Avenue Primary School. Grand Avenue according to official boundaries is within Tolworth however is widely recognised alongside all the housing around it to be a part of Berrylands and most students of the school reside there. The Surbiton Racket and Fitness club on Berrylands was established in 1881 - the club was founded and
513-459: Is 24 minutes from London Waterloo by train. Berrylands is a settlement of Anglo-Saxon origin that is close to the Thames . Berrylands originally formed part of the Municipal Borough of Surbiton , however in 1965 it was incorporated as part of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames . Most of the present housing development took place in the 1930s on the former Berrylands Farm. Old Maps from
570-548: Is a post town in the KT postcode area , consisting of the KT5 and KT6 postcode districts. KT5 includes Berrylands, Tolworth and part of Surbiton; and KT6 includes Tolworth, Long Ditton and part of Surbiton. Surbiton railway station Surbiton railway station is a National Rail station in Surbiton , south-west London , in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames . The station is managed and served by South Western Railway , and
627-603: Is a cluster of Modernist Art Deco houses, built as part of the Parkside estate in 1934 (developer Bell). There's also a little variety in architecture with small flat blocks on Surbiton Hill Park just north of the railway station. Berrylands Station is the closest station to the sports ground of the London School of Economics and Political Science , which is in New Malden. There is a large water treatment plant on
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#1732775833010684-648: Is also the home to Surbiton Croquet Club, which is amongst the strongest croquet clubs in the country and, with seven lawns, one of the largest. The Cooper Car Company was based in a garage on Hollyfield Road from 1946 to 1968, celebrating wins in the Formula One Constructors Championships in 1959 and 1960 and developing the iconic Mini Cooper in 1961. The Pre-Raphaelite painters John Everett Millais (1829–1896) and William Holman Hunt (1827–1910) came to Surbiton in 1851, 26 years before Richard Jefferies (1848–1887). Millais used
741-634: Is granted for the project, Surbiton will be connected with the London Underground system via Crossrail 2 . It is expected that the project will relieve pressure on both Surbiton and Berrylands stations. Surbiton lacks major motorways , although the A3 road cuts through Berrylands ward at Tolworth Underpass. Parts of the A307 that run along the River Thames , Portsmouth Road, have become part of
798-540: Is in Travelcard Zone 6 . It is 12 miles 3 chains (19.4 km) (12.04 miles) from London Waterloo . The front ticket office at Surbiton is open seven days a week. It has been considered one of the finest modernist stations in Great Britain and is a Grade II listed building. The London and Southampton Railway intended its line to go via Kingston but Kingston Corporation objected, fearing
855-679: Is next to the River Thames , 11 miles (18 km) southwest of Charing Cross. Surbiton was in the historic county of Surrey and since 1965 it has been in Greater London . Surbiton comprises four of the RBK's wards: Alexandra, Berrylands , St. Mark's, and Surbiton Hill. Founded originally as Kingston-upon-Railway when the area was first developed in the 1840s, Surbiton possesses a mixture of grand 19th-century townhouses , Art Deco courts , and more recent residential blocks blending in with semi-detached 20th-century housing estates . With
912-411: Is the current home of both male and female football teams, Darkside FC, Surbiton Wanderers and Surbiton Town Ladies FC. Surbiton Hockey Club , established in 1874, is regarded as one of the best hockey clubs in the country. Its men's and ladies' 1st XIs currently both play in their respective national premier leagues, while its youth section regularly produces players of international quality. Surbiton
969-600: The 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum , Kingston and Surbiton voted to remain a member of the European Union by 61.7% of the local vote. Surbiton is represented in the London Assembly by Liberal Democrat politician Gareth Roberts , as part of Greater London's South West constituency. Surbiton elects 12 of the Kingston upon Thames London Borough Council 's 48 councillors. As of
1026-492: The 2018 local elections , the council is controlled by the Liberal Democrats, and all Surbiton's elected councillors are members of that party. Surbiton is served by a number of regular bus services. Transport for London bus routes 71 , 281 , 406 , 418 , 465 , K1 , K2 , K3 , and K4 , as well as Hallmark Connections route 458, Reptons Coaches route 513, Falcon Coaches routes 514, 515 and 715 all serve
1083-630: The Hogsmill River , in Six Acre Meadow, Tolworth , as the background for his painting Ophelia . Holman Hunt used the fields just south of this spot as the background to The Hireling Shepherd . In the mid-1870s the novelist Thomas Hardy (1840–1928) lived in a house called 'St. David's Villa' in Hook Road, Surbiton for a year after his marriage to Emma Gifford . H.G.Wells , in his comic novel The Wheels of Chance , describes
1140-507: The K2 and 665, and the Berrylands , Surbiton or Tolworth links to London Waterloo . The majority of houses in the neighbourhood were built in the 1930s and have features typically found in housing stock of the inter-war period. Although most houses are semi-detached there are also many detached properties and a small number of flats. On the fork of Grand Avenue and Elmbridge Avenue, there
1197-632: The Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) and Surbiton Racket & Fitness Club (SRFC). The Surbiton Trophy was part of the ATP Challenger Series and in 2009 the event was moved to Nottingham as part of a reorganisation by the LTA. The event came back to SRFC in 2015 and continues to be played at Berrylands. Surbiton F.C. was a short-lived football club that was among the founders of The Football Association in 1863. Surbiton
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#17327758330101254-534: The London cycle routes network. Until the early 19th century, Surbiton, like Norbiton , lay in the parish of All Saints, Kingston upon Thames . As a result, Surbiton's two town centre parish churches , Saint Mark's and Saint Andrew's , date back only to the Victorian era . There are two further Anglican parish churches in south Surbiton, Christ Church and Saint Matthew's, both also Victorian. Christ Church
1311-555: The ballast wagons in the freight train which resulted in buffer locking when the train initially left Clapham Junction yard that day. In October 2021, Network Rail commenced work to relieve congestion by adding a new deck and staircase to the footbridge at the London end of Platforms 3 and 4. The work was officially completed on 17 May 2024. South Western Railway operate all services at Surbiton using Class 450 and 455 EMUs . Until 2022, Class 456 trains were often attached to
1368-494: The 1860s show the western banks of the Hogsmill River and everything around them to be mostly empty apart from a few small trails and farm buildings with no evidence of real human settlement. In addition the area had absolutely no annotations of the word Berrylands to mark the area. In the late 19th and early 20th century the only prominent structure was the Regent House. It was the main building of Berrylands Farm. The land
1425-801: The 2011 Census were born in the United Kingdom (73% in Alexandra, 71% in St. Mark's, 75% in Surbiton Hill, 76% in Berrylands). The largest ethnic group, with two-thirds of the population, is "White British", with "White Other" the second largest group at just under 10%. Surbiton Lawn Tennis Club hosted international tennis from 1900 (Surrey Grass Court Championships - SGCC) until 1981 at the tennis Club in Berrylands . From 1998 to 2008 international tennis returned to Surbiton with an event hosted by
1482-665: The Bear to life for a whole generation, Alfred Bestall , sketched out his cartoons from his home in Cranes Park, Surbiton Hill. Surbiton was the setting of Keble Howard 's novel The Smiths of Surbiton , published in 1906. The novel proved successful and led to two sequels, The Smiths of Valley View (1909) and The Smiths in War-Time (1918), both also set in Surbiton. A 1972 episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus featured
1539-451: The Berrylands public house, ‘The Berrylands’, known locally as 'The Berry'. The shops were built in the 1930s, and currently consist of a newsagents, doctors surgery, hairdressers, beauty salon, CCTV shop, barbers, coffee shop, printer and bookshop, as well as the Berrylands railway station . The neighbourhood is primarily residential. It houses a large commuter population using Transport for London travel routes, including two bus routes,
1596-483: The Clapham Cook , a 1989 ITV adaptation of the short story by Agatha Christie . The station reflects the 1930s Art Deco style that often featured in locations used in the series. The guitarist and singer-songwriter Eric Clapton purchased one of his first guitars from a shop in Surbiton called Bells ; the shop has since closed. According to the cassette insert for the 1980s computer game Manic Miner ,
1653-556: The Surbiton Lagoon. There is another small nature reserve just south of the railway line at the corner of Raeburn Avenue and Surbiton Hill Park called Rose Walk Nature Reserve. It has had no large investment and is more of just a small green area where people can walk their dogs and be around nature. Its only fault being it is directly south of the South Western Main line which generates a lot of noise. There are
1710-495: The area. These provide links to Chessington , Kingston town centre , Twickenham , Hounslow , Epsom , Leatherhead , Dorking , Cobham , Staines , Weybridge and Guildford . Surbiton is also close to two of London's largest airports: Heathrow and Gatwick . Railways have served the town since it was founded. Surbiton and Berrylands stations are both served by South Western Railway services. It provides rail links to London Waterloo , Surrey and Hampshire. If approval
1767-583: The cycle collision of 'Mr Hoopdriver' and a 'Young Lady in Grey'; the young lady approaching 'along an affluent from the villas of Surbiton'. The writer Enid Blyton was governess to a Surbiton family for four years from 1920, at a house called 'Southernhay', also on the Hook Road. C. H. Middleton (1886–1945), who broadcast on gardening during the Second World War , lived in Surbiton, where he died suddenly outside his home. The artist who brought Rupert
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1824-564: The end of the decade. This area was subsequently transformed into a park now owned and managed by Kingston Council, known as Berrylands Park, with a small area to the south developed into housing, creating Meldone Close. By Meldone Close a small car park was also constructed. Berrylands is a place-name that misleadingly suggests "land where berries grow". It actually means "land on a tumulus or hill", from Old English beorg (modern dialectal "barrow" meaning "hill"), cognate with Old Norse bergr , bjorgr and borgr which mean
1881-403: The hill itself. In a sense, the name corresponds to the modern English "Hill Farm", a common name for farms (and some new residences ) across the United Kingdom. There are four separate parades of shops. These are Alexandra Drive, Berrylands Road, Chiltern Drive and a smaller parade along Surbiton Hill Park. Chiltern Drive is at the centre of Berrylands, and houses over 22 businesses as well as
1938-477: The latter to form ten carriage trains, but these units were withdrawn on 17 January with the introduction of a new timetable. The station is served by both inner and outer suburban South Western Railway services. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: The station has four platforms on two islands, all of which can be accessed by 12 carriage trains. London Buses routes 71 , 281 , 465 , K1 , K2 , K3 and K4 and non-TFL routes 514 and 515 serve
1995-602: The leader of the Liberal Democrats who served as Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change during the Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition . Davey also represented the constituency between 1997 and 2015 , having been ousted for a short period of time by Conservative James Berry . In the 2017 general election , Davey went on to defeat Berry by 45% to 38%. Both Davey's and Berry's offices were located in Surbiton's Berrylands ward. In
2052-522: The mine complex in which the game action takes place was located "while prospecting down Surbiton way..." The terrain of Surbiton is relatively flat, except for a small hill near its centre. It is part of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames in Greater London , and borders the Borough of Elmbridge in Surrey . Surbiton consists of several smaller areas, including much of Seething Wells . Surbiton
2109-446: The nature reserve on the site of the former Surbiton Lagoon and through Alexandra Park before leaving the neighbourhood. In 2017 The Environment Trust acquired a grant for £168,000 from Thames Water , to support a three-year community project enhancing the river habitat, creating wetland habitat, and improving the undermanaged woodland. In July 2018 a footbridge was opened to create a nature trail into previously inaccessible corners of
2166-410: The nature reserve. The Small River running through the nature reserves had some changes done to it, there were blocks of dirt placed in corners of the river to make it meander more and the weirs were removed. This was done to allow the fish within the river further down stream to be able to freely swim across the whole river. The nature reserve had existed prior to 2017 but it was just a small park, with
2223-500: The north of Surbiton, in the Kingston upon Thames postal district. In recent years, Surbiton has become more diverse in terms of religion, the Surbiton area having a Sikh Gurdwara and an Orthodox Jewish synagogue . According to the 2011 Census, Muslims form the largest minority religious community at about 5% of the population; the nearest mosque is located in Kingston upon Thames. Approximately 74% of Surbiton's residents at
2280-408: The opposite side of the railway. There are two large parks in Berrylands - Fishponds and Alexandra Park. Additionally nearby there is Green Lane park which is officially located within New Malden, however most locals consider it to be within Berrylands. The Hogsmill River marks much of the border between Berrylands and New Malden. There is also its small tributary, a man-made brook which runs through
2337-478: The river and some trees. Additionally there were some pathways on either side of the river bank but the only bridge was at the edge of the nature reserve at Stirling Walk. Also the Berrylands Scout Camp was situated at the edge of the nature reserve by the bridge and the scouts often used the field in that nature reserve for games. Adjacent to Raeburn open space was Berrylands Park, the former site of
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2394-405: The royal manor of Kingston. The present-day town came into existence after a plan to build a London-Southampton railway line through nearby Kingston was rejected by Kingston Council, who feared that it would be detrimental to the coaching trade. This resulted in the line being routed further south, through a cutting in the hill south of Surbiton. Surbiton railway station opened in 1838, and
2451-524: The same point opened in 1885. Successive renamings of the station were Kingston Junction in late 1852, Surbiton and Kingston in 1863 when the present Kingston railway station opened on the branch line , and Surbiton in 1867. The station was completely rebuilt in 1937 by the Southern Railway with two island platforms with Southern Railway designed canopies. The buildings were designed by James Robb Scott in an art deco style. In 1984/85
2508-399: The same thing, and Old English land ("land"). The name was recorded as Berilendes in 1126, and as Berulind in 1148 (wrongly suggesting Old English lindr " lime-tree " as the second element), and more recently as Barrilands in 1378, which shows the true origin as being from Old English beorg . The name has occasionally been mistaken as meaning the bottom of the hill as opposed to
2565-405: The same time, a down express passed through the station and collided with the derailed wagons at a speed that caused the front of the express to derail and topple over. The leading coach finally came to rest as it struck the road bridge that passes under the line south of the station. There were no fatalities and the cause of the initial derailment was eventually attributed to overloading of some of
2622-773: The station. The station was used for filming of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince in October 2007. Filming began in the early hours to avoid disruption. Surbiton station also appears in Agatha Christie's Poirot : "The Adventure of the Clapham Cook", a TV adaptation of the short story by Agatha Christie and the first episode of the 1989 ITV series. Having been set in the 1930s Art Deco period and external shots of Hercule Poirot's fictional residence Whitehaven Mansions being filmed at Florin Court ,
2679-429: The two 'up' sidings remains in place and still sees occasional use with civil engineering stock. A major incident occurred on 4 July 1971 when a freight train derailed on the points at the London end of platforms 3 & 4. Unaware of the incident, the driver continued through the station with the result that two derailed wagons eventually toppled over south of the platforms and obstructed the down fast through line. At
2736-411: The wall behind the plaque, there is a photograph of Hannah, a copy of 'The Times' newspaper of the day and a letter from William Coulthurst stipulating that the church should remain in the evangelical tradition. The church and vicarage cost £26,500. The old vicarage was pulled down in 1939 and a subsequent one was built on the same plot. In 2012, work started on a new vicarage on part of the plot and this
2793-518: Was also used as the loading point for the short lived Surbiton – Okehampton car carrier service that ran between 1960 and 1964. The main goods yard finally closed in 1971 with all localised freight operations then being moved to the nearby goods yard at Tolworth on the Chessington branch. The former goods yard site at Surbiton ultimately became the main station car park although some land was also subsequently developed into residential flats. One of
2850-420: Was built in 1862–63, by Charles Lock Luck and lengthened in 1866. The chancel aisles were added in 1864, and 1871. It has no tower, and is built of red brick with stone dressings with some black brick voussoirs . The east stained-glass window was done by Clayton and Bell , the central stained-glass window by Burne-Jones , while the other stained glass was done by Lavers, Barraud and Westlake . Saint Matthew's
2907-420: Was completed in 1875, having taken less than 2 years to build. The church and the original vicarage were paid for by one man, William Matthew Coulthurst, who was the senior partner of Coutts Bank . On the outside of the east end of the church, there is a stone plaque recording this and the fact that it was partly built in memory of Hannah Mabella Coulthurst, the dead sister of William Matthew Coulthurst. Built into
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#17327758330102964-550: Was completed in 2013. The East stained-glass window by Henry Holiday was destroyed by a V-1 flying bomb on 23 June 1944. They were replaced in 1953 with windows by Hugh Easton , with his maker's mark of a weather vane signed H Easton with a cockerel on the top. The Clayton memorial triptych window was installed in 1921, designed by Louis Davis , 'the last of the Pre-Raphaelites ', and made by Thomas Cowall (1870-1949) for James Powell and Sons . The Caporn memorial window
3021-514: Was developed around the early 1930s and was complemented in 1933 with the opening of Berrylands Station . The construction of all the homes in one go was the reason why they all look similar. The Regent House was demolished to make way for new housing, with the street where the building used to stand appropriately being named Regent Road and in some gardens, parts of the regent house's foundation are still visible. The Surbiton Lagoon lido opened in 1934, but later closed in 1980, and then demolished at
3078-600: Was done in Northwood , North-West London, and John Sessions and Phil Cornwell 's comedy series Stella Street . Surbiton station features in the 2009 film version of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince , with actors Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter and Michael Gambon as Albus Dumbledore . Filming took place in November 2007. The station also appears in Agatha Christie's Poirot : The Adventure of
3135-580: Was installed in 1970 and designed by W T Carter Shapland who had also designed the West window at St Mark's . Some of the original windows by Powell & Sons survive, known as Quarry windows because they are made up of pre-stamped diamond-shaped glass known as 'Quarries'. Other churches in Surbiton include Surbiton Hill Methodist Church on Ewell Road, opened in 1882, and the Roman Catholic church of Saint Raphael's , completed in 1848 and located to
3192-547: Was known as the Berrylands Lawn Tennis Club. There were 200 members and 11 grass courts. Directly Adjacent to the Grass courts are a variety of clay courts often used by Christ Church Primary School directly south of it. Also on the other side of the grass courts there's a building which contains various squash courts which are also used occasionally by the nearby school. In Grand Avenue Primary school there's
3249-469: Was originally named Kingston-upon-Railway . It was only renamed Surbiton to distinguish it from the new Kingston railway station on the Shepperton branch line , which opened on 1 January 1869. The present station has an art deco façade. As a result, Kingston is now on a branch line, whereas passengers from Surbiton (smaller in comparison) can reach London Waterloo in as little as 16 minutes on
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