The Tolworth Brook flowing through Raeburn Avenue Open Space
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The Tolworth Brook flowing through Raeburn Avenue Open Space
Image: © Marathon Taken: 5 Jun 2013
Raeburn Avenue Open Space consists of a network of elongated fields separated by overgrown hedgerows and strips of woodland. The Tolworth Brook runs through the open space. Its main source is near Claygate and it flows into the Hogsmill just downstream of Raeburn Avenue Open Space. The tithe map of 1839 shows Raeburn Avenue Open Space as meadow with mostly arable fields on either side out of reach of flooding, a land use that carried on well into the 20th century. The open space is surrounded by housing now, although this is by no means obvious when you walk through it, but it has been saved from development by virtue of being the floodplain of the Tolworth Brook.
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Image Location
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51.395241
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-0.278988