61-588: Earlswood is a suburb of Redhill in Surrey , England, which lies on the A23 between Redhill (in the direction of London) and Horley (next to Gatwick Airport ). Earlswood Common is a local nature reserve that separates the suburb from the southern outskirts of Reigate and has two lakes and picnic areas. Earlswood station is on the Brighton Main Line . To the east of the line are Royal Earlswood Park ,
122-845: A consequent-flowing river , flowing northwards from the centre of the Weald-Artois Anticline and towards the River Thames , which originally cut both the Redhill Gap in the Greensand Ridge and the Merstham Gap in the chalk hills of the North Downs, before its waters were caught by subsequent streams of the River Mole (which itself cuts gaps northwards through the ridge at Betchworth , and through
183-456: A chapel. At this junction, on the south side in the middle of the street Blackstone Hill, is Richard R Goulden 's Shaw's Corner War Memorial, a Grade II listed grand base and statue: a bronze figure on a square-set tapering stone plinth, of a man, carrying a child in one arm, and holding a flaming torch aloft with the other. At the top of the plinth is the inscription: In memory of the men of Reigate and Redhill who fought and gave their lives in
244-450: A hillside access road from London Road. Unusually, the addresses of many of the buildings in the hamlet do not include a road name but are merely "[number], St. John's". The disproportionately large St. John's church was built in anticipation of the development of a town in the East of Reigate Foreign close to the railway station that opened in 1841. In 1844, after the church's construction,
305-554: A nursery, primary and junior school over two sites in north Earlswood combined under the umbrella of the Earlswood Schools Federation. The schools are very popular and, along with the plentiful green space and good transport links, have attracted many young families to the area. There are a few places of religious worship in Earlswood. There is St John's church on St Johns Road, opposite Earlswood, and there
366-535: A private chapel (now open to the public) and a Japanese garden . The town has a distinctive red-brick complex called the Warwick Quadrant, which houses the Harlequin Theatre and Cinema, and the public library, as well as Sainsbury's and other shops. It has been refurbished and the red canopy and clock has been removed despite local opposition. The former Odeon cinema was built in 1938. It
427-508: A rise to the east of the town, and overlooking the railway station and the countryside around, it had a swimming bath, a gymnasium, tennis courts (asphalted and grassed), an external recreation ground as well as covered playgrounds, 21 pianos, a clock turret, a chapel and a dining room both capable of seating 600, a bakery, a steam laundry, an infirmary, an isolation hospital, and extensive gardens and orchards, all in property of 17½ acres. The school closed in 1919 after funding difficulties. In 1926
488-445: Is a Georgian three-storey building built of red brick with grey headers and a moulded band above the second floor. Its roof is high and extends over the walls creating eaves . Its six-panel door has a moulded architrave and porch with dentil cornice . St John's is a compact urban area on a narrow promontory of Redhill Common that is upland, with moderately sized gardens between Earlswood Common and Redhill Common, reached by
549-714: Is a long-distance path of 108 miles (174 km) in southeast England, from Haslemere in Surrey to Hamstreet in Kent. It follows the Greensand Ridge along the Surrey Hills and Chart Hills. The route is mostly rural , passing through woods , and alongside fruit orchards and hop farms in Kent and links with the Stour Valley Walk near Pluckley in Kent. The trail was opened on 15 June 1980 and
610-570: Is also a Mosque on Earlswood Road, the Redhill Jamia Mosque Al-Mustafa. This is one of 3 mosques in the Redhill area, along with Masjid Al Yaqeen on Warwick Road, Redhill, and Masjid ul Emaan on Frenches Road near Watercolour and Merstham. One sub-area of Earlswood, South Earlswood is a separate neighbourhood containing approximately half of the housing, which constitutes the main land use in Earlswood. Separating it from
671-485: Is available at London Gatwick Airport , which lies about seven miles to the south, as well as the small Redhill Aerodrome (EGKR) south-east of Redhill town centre. Heathrow airport is thirty miles to the north-west and both Luton and London City airports are accessible by train. Redhill has a pedestrianised High Street, which is adjoined by the Belfry Shopping Centre . More shops are available at
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#1732800843156732-624: Is jointly managed by Surrey and Kent Councils who fully updated it in 2012 (route, waymarking, online guide). Much of the land is designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). The stretch from Hindhead to Leith Hill has formed part of the Surrey Hills AONB since 1958. The Sevenoaks Ridge, from the Surrey–Kent border to Borough Green, is included in the Kent Downs AONB. The waymarks alone are not sufficient to follow
793-456: Is managed by Reigate and Banstead Borough Council . Football club Redhill F.C. has its ground, Kiln Brow, on a site in Earlswood on the east side of the A23, immediately north of East Surrey Hospital . [REDACTED] Media related to Earlswood at Wikimedia Commons Redhill, Surrey Redhill ( / ˈ r ɛ d h ɪ l / ) is a town in the borough of Reigate and Banstead within
854-546: Is now split between two divisions at Surrey County Council level. Earlswood North falls with the Redhill East division and Earlswood South falls within the Earlswood and Reigate South division. This does cause some confusion as there is also a Redhill East ward at borough council level which Earlswood is not part of. Both are elected every four years. They are currently represented by: Redhill East: Mr Jonathan Essex of
915-567: Is served by Earlswood railway station , with trains running from Bedford to Three Bridges via London Bridge. The station previously had a third platform which gave access to the Royal Earlswood Hospital. Earlswood Common was converted the late 1800s from open pasture to a pleasure ground, which remained in use until World War II . The lower lake has a concrete bottom and was used during the First World War to test
976-583: Is served by Redhill railway station which is located at the junction of three rail lines: the Brighton Main Line , the North Downs Line and the Redhill to Tonbridge Line . Train services are provided by Southern , Thameslink and Great Western Railway . The station is a rail hub and is served by regular train services to London Victoria , London Bridge , Bedford , Peterborough , Gatwick Airport , Tonbridge and Reading . Until 1845 there
1037-640: Is situated in the east–west lying Vale of Holmesdale at a place where there is a natural water-cut gap in the Greensand Ridge , which connects the town with the low-lying land of the Low Weald to the south. Today the Redhill Brook runs through the gap in the Greensand Ridge on its way to join the Salfords Stream and the River Mole to the south. (The brook is now mainly culverted through
1098-539: Is situated on the junction of the north–south A23 ( London to Brighton ) road, and the east–west A25 road which runs from Guildford through to Sevenoaks . It is also on the railway junction, served by Redhill railway station , of the Brighton Main Line , North-Downs line , and Redhill-Tonbridge line . Redhill is located within the Weald Basin , and the Weald-Artois Anticline . The town
1159-563: The East Surrey Hospital and Whitebushes. When the straight turnpike , part of the London to Brighton railway , was cut between Earlswood Common and the railway line, there was a claim that traces of a Roman villa were discovered, but no evidence has so far been found to indicate any Roman presence. The area south of the common, locally known as Whitebushes, was formerly a wilderness containing many clay pits that may be linked to
1220-667: The East Surrey Hospital on 100.4 FM. Local newspapers are the Surrey Advertiser and Redhill and Reigate Life . SES Water , Santander Consumer Finance , AXA breakdown assistance , Travelers Insurance , and Aon plc Risk Services have their headquarters in the town. There are also three industrial and business estates: Holmethorpe Industrial Estate, Kingsfield Business Centre, and Reading Arch. Redhill Aerodrome (IATA: KRH, ICAO: EGKR) lies 1.73 miles (2.78 km) south-east of Redhill and operates pleasure flights, flying courses, and private commercial flights. Whilst
1281-605: The Foundling Hospital used the site to house its own school, until moving elsewhere in 1935. Later, Surrey County Council used St Anne's as a Home for the Aged . In 1973 it became a home for the homeless, but closed in 1975 after being damaged by fire, and was demolished in 1987, to be replaced by housing. The construction, to the east of Redhill, of the M23 motorway between 1972 and 1975 reduced north–south traffic through
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#17328008431561342-588: The Green Party who, in being elected, became the first member of his party to sit on Surrey County Council. Earlswood and Reigate South: Catherine Margaret Baart ( Green Party (England and Wales) ), was voted in by the electorate in 2021. Reigate and Banstead At Borough council Earlswood North and South are combined to form one division, simply Earlswood. Three Earlswood councillors sit on Reigate and Banstead borough council, who are: Ward Earlswood Common , an 89-hectare (220-acre) local nature reserve ,
1403-587: The South Eastern Railway 's London to Dover to line, which branched off the original line south of the Merstham tunnel. Then on 15 April 1844 both these two stations were closed, as a new combined station was opened at the junction that same day, serving both railways, at the site of the present station . In 1849 a branch line to Reigate was added. St John the Evangelist , built in 1843,
1464-575: The transverse arches across the nave . Pearson's most famous building is Truro Cathedral (1880) and the first English cathedral to be built on a new site since Salisbury in the early thirteenth century. This Gothic architecture is reflected by several nearby buildings. Shaw's Corner centres around the junction formed on the Reigate Road, in more precise terms named Hatchlands Road before becoming here Reigate Road close and includes homes on both sides of Reigate County Court, St Paul's Church and
1525-464: The 13th and 14th centuries, notably Hazelhurst Farm from 1203 and Dean Farm from 1316. There is evidence of a medieval farmstead in Woodlands Field, off Green Lane. This consists mainly of soil marks in a square of about 350m and an adjoining L-shaped mark. The pottery has been dated to 1250–1350. In the 19th century a number of brick works sprung up in the area. The Reigate Isolation Hospital
1586-477: The 2001 census a population of 1,128. Watercolour is a 2008–2012 built settlement and neighbourhood in Redhill towards the village of Merstham across lakes from the Greensand Ridge of the wooded village of Bletchingley and on the site of the former Holmethorpe Gravel Quarry. Redstone Hill is above the Royal Mail sorting office and depot, centred around one of three Redhill conservation areas , across
1647-661: The Downs at Dorking , on its way to the Thames). Today the whole Redhill area is part of the catchment area of the River Mole, and hence the Thames. The east–west running road the A25 , approaches Redhill from the east along the elevated Greensand Ridge from Nutfield , and proceeds westward from Redhill along the Vale of Holmesdale towards Reigate and Dorking. To the immediate north-east of
1708-486: The Great War 1914–1919 On its other sides are the capitalised words Courage; Honour; and Self-Sacrifice. A further inscription beneath is graphic and includes "Flames consume the flesh. The spirit is unconquerable." World War II dates have been added since the first unveiling by Earl Beatty . Halfway along Blackstone Hill is access downhill through Redhill Common to London Road Redhill where Common expands and adjoins
1769-822: The Langdon Down Museum in Teddington . The asylum was renamed The Royal Earlswood Institution for Mental Defectives in June 1926, and more recently was simply named the Royal Earlswood Hospital or the royal Earlswood asylum. In 1941, the hospital became home to two of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother 's cousins, Katherine Bowes-Lyon and Nerissa Bowes-Lyon , both of whom had learning difficulties. The hospital closed in March 1997 following
1830-559: The Warwick Quadrant. There is also a street market each Thursday, Friday and Saturday, sometimes including a French market. The light, built in July 2023, brought a new cinema which was the first since 2011 in Redhill and a arcade Redhill is part of the Reigate and Banstead local government district. Not far from the town is Gatton Park , an estate once owned by the Colmans ; the estate has
1891-599: The ability of primitive tanks to cross flooded landscapes, having previously been used for summer swimming. At the 2001 census area, the ward named Earlswood and Whitebushes had a population of 8,234; Earlswood is identifiable as Reigate and Banstead 14A, 14D and 14E (Lower Layer Super Output Areas) with a population of 5,049. Earlswood Common is a Local Nature Reserve . It contains two artificial landscaped lakes, which are used for recreational purposes. The upper lake has ducks and wildfowl. Until 2019, much of Earlswood Common had formed Earlswood Common golf course. The golf course
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1952-523: The aisles added in 1867 by Ford & Hesketh. Pearson was awarded the RIBA Royal Gold Medal in 1880 and is remembered for a series of exceptionally fine churches. These often display strong French influence: the spire at St John's has been likened to the spires of Abbey of Saint-Étienne in Caen (St Steven's Abbey). Other Pearson characteristics at St John's are the stone-vaulted chancel and
2013-579: The county of Surrey , England. The town, which adjoins the town of Reigate to the west, is due south of Croydon in Greater London , and is part of the London commuter belt . The town is also the post town , entertainment and commercial area of three adjoining communities : Merstham , Earlswood and Whitebushes , as well as of two small rural villages to the east in the Tandridge District , Bletchingley and Nutfield . The town
2074-502: The east by fields. Redhill Brook runs north-south through the middle of Earlswood but is not visible in most of it. Two train lines run through Earlswood. The Redhill and Quarry Lines, both part of the Brighton Line, merge just north of Earlswood and run through Earlswood Station although there is no Quarry Line Platform. The Redhill to Tonbridge line passes through north Earlswood in between Redhill and Nutfield stations. There are
2135-532: The existence of solar flares as well as their electrical influence upon the Earth and its aurorae . In 1863 he published records of sunspot observations that first demonstrated differential rotation in the Sun . In 1865 ill health prompted him to sell his house and move to Churt, Surrey . A pub is named the sun in recognition of his work. In 1855, a large psychiatric hospital complete with well-trimmed grounds,
2196-458: The hillsides of the two ends of the Greensand Ridge (Redstone Hill and the hillside of Redhill Common), and on the flat of the water-cut gap in between. To the north, the town joins with the village of Merstham , north of which there is a "wind gap" in the chalk hills of the North Downs, at an elevation of 120 metres (390 feet) above sea level, through which the A23 road heads in from London. Geologists have speculated that there may once have been
2257-574: The introduction of Care in the Community . The buildings were then converted to residential apartments and the site is now known as Royal Earlswood Park. In 1868 Alfred Nobel demonstrated dynamite for the first time at a Merstham quarry, two miles north of Redhill. In 1884, a large residential school for children, called St Anne's School, was opened by the St Anne's Society (a city of London charity) to accommodate 400 boys and girls. Built on
2318-596: The local authority, significantly greater in Redhill West than in Redhill East where 21.8% of property was rented from a registered social landlord or directly from the local authority. Surrey County Council has two representatives from Redhill, elected every four years. As of the 2021 Surrey County Council election , the representatives are: 6 councillors sit on Reigate and Banstead borough council, who are: Ward Greensand Way The Greensand Way
2379-540: The north are Earlswood Common and the Greensand Way , which follows the Greensand Ridge from Haslemere to Kent . Immediately adjoining South Earlswood is the village or neighbourhood of Whitebushes , which is contiguous therefore, apart from councillors, is difficult to separate artificially. A mixed housing estate built in the 1970s and early 1980s,mainly consisting of 4 and 3 bedroom homes and some flats.surrounded by pre-existing farmland, South Earlswood and
2440-406: The railway line. East Surrey Hospital opened in 1979 to its north. A small portion of farmland remains common land where (traditionally) gypsy horses, used for riding lessons and transport, have grazed since the 1950s. The area has been occupied since medieval times and probably before that, as evidenced by archaeological finds nearby of an axe and flint flakes. The surrounding farms date back to
2501-495: The railway station was closed and a new one opened about a mile to the North, around which Warwick Town and then Redhill developed. It was not until 1866 that Redhill got a church of its own in the form of St. Matthew's. St John the Evangelist is one of five listed buildings (Grade II*) in the hamlet of St. John's. John Loughborough Pearson remodelled it following its 1842-3 construction by James T Knowles (senior), retaining only
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2562-509: The reputed Roman remains. Most trees of the Weald that covered Earlswood Common were cut down in the 17th century by order of local noble, Lord Monson and the land was inclosed in 1886. Brickworks were a considerable employer in the Victorian period and in 1911. In 1863 Earlswood joined Meadvale , Redhill and Reigate to become part of the newly formed municipal borough of Reigate when it
2623-526: The south of Redhill, also known as Earlswood . Redhill is at the junction of the A23 and A25 roads. It is also located within three miles of the M25 and M23 motorways, which interchange north-east of the town. Access from the M25 is via junction 6 (for Godstone ) from the east and junction 8 (for Reigate ) from the west, while access from the south is signed on M23 junction 9 (for Gatwick Airport ). The town
2684-498: The south-west of the town in 1856. A major factor in the development of the town was the coming of the railways. The gap through the Greensand Ridge at Redhill was a major advantage for routing a railway from London to Brighton. A railway station opened in Redhill on 12 July 1841, after the London and Brighton Railway created a rail line by excavating the first of two rail tunnels under the North Downs at Merstham. Another railway station at Redhill followed on 26 May 1842, located on
2745-505: The station using the A25 or subway from most of the town. This neighbourhood includes a hotel-restaurant and unusually for a conservation area, no nationally listed buildings though some buildings are locally listed. Deep underneath the conservation area non-stopping services of the east branch of the Brighton Main Line run. This area includes four nationally listed buildings: three at Grade II and one, Fengates House, at Grade II*. Fengates
2806-558: The town are The Moors nature reserve and the large 2010–2012 ( mid and low-rise) Watercolour housing development, comprising 25 acres (10 hectares) of lakes, paths and wildlife habitat managed by the Surrey Wildlife Trust. Redhill is one of the few places in the UK where fuller's earth can be extracted, though production ceased in 2000. Sand used to mined from a quarry in what is now Mercers Lake in Merstham. A settlement
2867-474: The town centre: it enters a culvert behind Redhill station and briefly reappears in town at the Halford's car park, before emerging as a free-running stream again in Earlswood ). The gap through the Greensand Ridge provides a way south for the London to Brighton railway and the A23 road . Gatwick airport is also nearby 7 miles south of the town.The housing of the town is built in the Vale of Holmesdale, and on
2928-567: The town is a hub in commercial terms, with a shopping centre and several offices of large companies, a large proportion of the economically active population work in Greater London and other parts of Surrey. For some central government statistical purposes, Redhill and Reigate are classified as a subdivision of the Crawley Urban Area. Redhill is 18 miles east of Guildford . The average commuting distance in 2001 for workers
2989-423: The town. Holmethorpe can refer to two neighbouring developments, one residential, the other commercial/industrial and separated by the west track of the Brighton Main Line directly north of Redhill. A Holmethorpe Industrial Estate member's organisation exists to provide security to and advertise recruitment among its 66 businesses and to work on traffic and local authority planning matters. Holmethorpe had at
3050-476: The treatment of Tropical Diseases, especially leprosy . The site was sold for development, demolished and in 1970 and the estate between Green Lane and the railway, including Jordans Close, was built. East Surrey hospital was built as a replacement for Jordan’s hospital in 1979 The Brighton Main Line passes the west of Whitebushes and was opened in 1841. An ancient trackway along what is now Green Lane, The Brow and
3111-410: The western leg of Bushfield Drive, links Whitebushes to Earlswood station to the north and Salfords station to the south. Somewhat circuitous routes under the railway link to the parking areas by these stations for those unwilling to walk. Surrey County Council Following boundary changes in response to the new communities built at The Watercolour and Park 25 developments East of Redhill, Earlswood
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#17328008431563172-439: Was 13.8 kilometres (8.6 mi) in Redhill East and 13.6 kilometres (8.5 mi) in Redhill West. Unemployment stood at 1.81% in the east and 2.13% in the west in 2001. The first iteration of British Island Airways had its head office at Congreve House in Redhill. Population, type of home ownership and population density were provided by the 2011 census . The proportion of households in Redhill who owned their home outright
3233-494: Was a separate station from which one could travel to Ashford and Dover . London Buses route 405 , Metrobus routes 400, 410, 411, 420, 422, 424, 430, 435, 460 and Fastway 100 , Compass Bus route 32 and Cruisers route 315 serve the town. All bus services in the town stop at Redhill Bus Station. These buses provide connections to Reigate , Sutton , Epsom , Caterham , Oxted , Croydon , Dorking , Guildford , Gatwick Airport , Crawley and East Grinstead . Air access
3294-486: Was below the regional average of 32.5%. The proportion who owned their home with a loan in each ward was within 5.5% of the regional average, in Redhill East being 5.3% greater, or 0.9% greater than the average for the borough. The data in each ward and overall for these combined showed a proportion of rented residential property and of social housing close to the average in South East England and to that of
3355-761: Was converted into a nightclub in 1976, operating under various names until 2011 when it was closed down permanently to make way for new housing. Despite a plan to retain the listed Art Deco façade, delays in rebuilding and a reluctance to use the façade meant it "fell into decay" and was demolished in December 2017. The London to Brighton Veteran Car Run passes through the town each year. Local news and television programmes are provided by BBC London and ITV London . BBC South East and ITV Meridian can also be received. The town’s local radio stations are BBC Radio Surrey on 104.0 FM, Heart South on 102.7 FM, Susy Radio on 103.4 FM and Radio Redhill that broadcast from
3416-807: Was established in 1884 and later renamed to the Reigate Rural District Infectious Diseases Hospital. In 1900 a second establishment, the Reigate Borough Isolation Hospital, was opened. Around 1927 the two establishments were combined into a single Isolation Hospital run by the Reigate Joint Hospital Board as part of the Redhill County Hospital. In 1960 the site was acquired by University College Hospital and renamed Jordan's Hospital for
3477-573: Was forced to close in March 2019, after 130 years, due to the closure of the Redhill & Reigate Golf Club which had previously maintained the Earlswood course. An area of predominantly Victorian housing, much of it terraced and semi-detached, immediately south of Redhill town centre bordered to the north by Hooley lane, to the west by the A23 Brighton Road, to the south by the Royal Earlswood Park housing development and to
3538-399: Was formed here in part of the rural parishes of Reigate Foreign and Merstham when a turnpike road was built in 1818. The London-Brighton road passed through the Merstham Gap in the North Downs, and the Redhill Gap in the Greensand Ridge. The settlement was originally known as "Warwick Town" after Warwick Road, and became known as Redhill when the post office moved from Red Hill Common in
3599-567: Was granted this status by royal charter. Earlswood was home to the Royal Earlswood psychiatric hospital, founded as a 'national home' and opened by Albert, Prince Consort , which functioned until 1997. Also here was the Royal Philanthropic Society 's reform school, from 1849 until 1988. The site has been redeveloped into a housing area called Royal Earlswood Park , providing apartments and houses. The suburb
3660-401: Was opened in Earlswood, south of Redhill. Prince Albert had laid the first stone in 1852. One inmate James Henry Pullen (1835–1916) was an autistic savant. He was a brilliant craftsman and artist whose work was accepted by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Some of Pullen's ship models, designs and artwork used to be on display at the town's Belfry Shopping Centre, but have now been moved to
3721-513: Was the first of Redhill's three Anglican parish churches. The parish originally stretched from Gatton in the north to Sidlow in the south. Richard Carrington , an amateur astronomer , moved to Redhill in 1852, and built a house and observatory. Dome Way, where one of Redhill's two tower block stands, is named after it. The site suited an isolated observatory, being on a spur of high ground surrounded by lower fields and marsh. Here in 1859 he made astronomical observations that first corroborated
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