Grove Road to Church Road alleyway
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Grove Road to Church Road alleyway
Image: © Hugh Craddock Taken: 15 Jul 2008
This is one of several alleyways in this part of town which follow the alignment of old field paths, preserved as the town grew, first with villas surrounded by extensive walls, later redeveloped with higher density housing, but with the walls retained. The old walls give this alleyway (and that between the Railway Guard and Upper High Street) a flavour of an older Epsom. The alleyway is the course of Grove Lane, which in the nineteenth century was diverted into Grove Road. The wall on the left is the estate wall of Image
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Image Location
Latitude
51.332351
Longitude
-0.258519