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A23 Brighton Road, Coulsdon
Looking southwest from the junction with B2030 Smitham Downs Road.
Image: © Philip Talmage
Taken: 4 Sep 2005
0.01 miles
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Reedham Station, Old Lodge Lane, Purley CR8
Looking south.
Image: © Philip Talmage
Taken: 4 Sep 2005
0.01 miles
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Old Milestone by the A23, Brighton Road, Coulsdon
Carved stone post by the A23, in parish of COULSDON (CROYDON District), Brighton Road, Coulsdon near Milestone Drive, back of wide pavement against garden wall, on East side of road. Surrey limestone pillar, erected by the Croydon & Reigate turnpike trust in the 18th century.
Inscription reads:-
: XIII/ MILES / FROM / WESTMINSTER / BRIDGE / 38½ / MILES / TO / (BRIGHTON) : : XIII/ MILES / FROM / WESTMINSTER / BRIDGE / 38½ / MILES / TO / BRIGHTON : : XIII / MILES / FROM / WESTMINSTER / BRIDGE / 38½ / MILES / (TO) / (BRIGHTON) :
Carved benchmark and rivet on top.
Greater London HER.
Identifier: MLO101521 https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=2816319&resourceID=272
Milestone Society National ID: SY_LBT13a
Image: © L Joseph
Taken: 27 Jun 2005
0.03 miles
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Coulsdon: Route 405 bus
This is a Metrobus vehicle, running from Redhill to West Croydon. The route has a 20-minute frequency. North of Purley, these buses run via Pampisford road rather than Brighton Road as used by most routes. The bus is seen here approaching the Smitham Downs Road bus stop.
Image: © Dr Neil Clifton
Taken: 27 Mar 2010
0.03 miles
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Purley: Downlands Road
Looking northeast from its junction with Smitham Downs Road. From here it runs parallel with Brighton Road (A23) until making a T-junction with Grovelands Road.
Image: © Dr Neil Clifton
Taken: 24 Mar 2010
0.06 miles
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Bouverie Gardens, Purley
The houses along this part of Brighton Road had very long gardens. Around the end of the 1990s, the gardens were sold and the new houses of Bouverie Gardens built on them. One house on Brighton Road had to be demolished to provide the access to these new houses.
Image: © Dr Neil Clifton
Taken: 23 Aug 2008
0.07 miles
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Smithamdowns Road, Purley
This road, which is part of the B2030, rises steeply from the camera position at the junction with the A23, curving to the north west for half a mile to a junction with the A237, which also marks the northern extremity of the B2030.
Image: © Dr Neil Clifton
Taken: 23 Jul 2009
0.08 miles
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Brighton Road (A23). Looking north to Purley
This is one of the most congested stretches of the A23, between the junction of Old Lodge Lane and the north end of the Coulsdon Bypass. Taken from bus stop RJ.
Image: © Dr Neil Clifton
Taken: 17 Oct 2007
0.09 miles
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Smitham Downs Road, Purley
Image: © David Howard
Taken: 3 Apr 2011
0.10 miles
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Brighton Road, Coulsdon: Leyland Olympian on Route 411
This bus route no longer operates.
Image: © Dr Neil Clifton
Taken: 22 May 1990
0.11 miles