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Recreation ground between Stafford Road and the railway
Image: © David Martin
Taken: 21 Nov 2014
0.06 miles
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Recreation ground off Stafford Road
A footpath from Stafford Road leads past this recreation ground on its way over the railway line and on to Croydon Road. This is the flat bottom of the steep sided Caterham Valley.
Image: © Marathon
Taken: 4 Jul 2012
0.06 miles
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Recreation ground off Stafford Road
A footpath from Stafford Road leads past this recreation ground on its way over the railway line and on to Croydon Road. This is the flat bottom of the steep sided Caterham Valley.
Image: © Marathon
Taken: 4 Jul 2012
0.07 miles
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Footpath leading down from Stafford Road to the railway
Image: © David Martin
Taken: 21 Nov 2014
0.08 miles
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View from footbridge over the Caterham Valley line
The first proposals for a railway along the Caterham Valley came in 1836 with the object of building a new London to Dover line through a mile long tunnel under the North Downs. It proved too costly and the existing line via Redhill was used. Instead Caterham received a branch line, built by a private company in 1856. The original purpose was to provide a convenient method of transporting the valuable building stone from the quarries at Godstone to London. Soon though the original purpose was overtaken by wealthy Victorian commuters using the line as the Caterham Valley developed. There were early frustrations for these commuters, for example, in the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway arranging for the connecting train at Godstone Road (now Purley) station to leave one minute before the Caterham train arrived.
In this photograph from a footbridge between Stafford Road and Croydon Road an engineering train heads up the line towards Whyteleafe South, away from Caterham station.
Image: © Marathon
Taken: 4 Jul 2012
0.08 miles
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House beside the railway
Image: © David Martin
Taken: 21 Nov 2014
0.09 miles
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Caterham Valley railway line
The first proposals for a railway along the Caterham Valley came in 1836 with the object of building a new London to Dover line through a mile long tunnel under the North Downs. It proved too costly and the existing line via Redhill was used. Instead Caterham received a branch line, built by a private company in 1856. The original purpose was to provide a convenient method of transporting the valuable building stone from the quarries at Godstone to London. Soon though the original purpose was overtaken by wealthy Victorian commuters using the line as the Caterham Valley developed. There were early frustrations for these commuters, for example, in the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway arranging for the connecting train at Godstone Road (now Purley) station to leave one minute before the Caterham train arrived.
In this photograph from a footbridge between Stafford Road and Croydon Road an engineering train heads up the line towards Whyteleafe South, away from Caterham station. The wooded nature of much of the line can also be seen.
Image: © Marathon
Taken: 4 Jul 2012
0.11 miles
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Burntwood Hill, Whyteleafe
Image: © David Howard
Taken: 17 Nov 2013
0.14 miles
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Car park on Portley Woods Road, Whyteleafe
Image: © David Howard
Taken: 17 Nov 2013
0.14 miles
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Shops on Croydon Road, Caterham
Image: © David Howard
Taken: 17 Nov 2013
0.16 miles