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Redhill Road, COBHAM, KT11 1EQ

The bus has just turned at the end of Redhill Road and is heading back to Cobham Bus Museum at the top. The vehicle is the preserved ex-London Transport TD95, a Leyland PS1 with Mann Egerton 30-seat bodywork built in 1949 and withdrawn from service in 1962. It is now the property of the London Bus Preservation Trust at whose Spring Gathering it had been on display throughout the day.

Northern view towards St George's Hill

Redhill Road used to run off the A3 towards Byfleet but the junction was cut off in the late 1980s.

The plaque on the gatepost reads: THIS GATEWAY WAS THE INSPIRATION FOR THE ERNEST SHEPARD ILLUSTRATION IN 'THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS'. The fictional gateway led to Toad Hall.

This cycle path follows the course of the former sliproad from the A3 to Redhill Road.

This used to be a slip road closed in the late 1980s from the A3 to Redhill Road.

Taken at the end of Redhill Road, Cobham where the road adjoins but has for many years been blocked off from the A3. The bus is ex-London Transport TD95, a Leyland PS1 with Mann Egerton 30-seat bodywork, built in 1949. It has been preserved by the London Bus Preservation Trust and is kept at Cobham Bus Museum currently situated at the top of Redhill Road. The occasion of its appearance here was the LBPT's Spring Gathering held earlier in the day.

The house at Painshill was built in 1778 and is situated on a hill. The fame of Painshill is in its grounds, laid out by the Hon. Charles Hamilton, son of the Earl of Abercorn, between 1738 and 1773. He was very thorough in his improvements as he not only built a hermitage, which has now gone, but installed a hermit to go with it. Unsurprisingly, Hamilton went bankrupt as a result of his extravagance. The gardens are now slowly being restored but were in a state of disrepair for many years. Ian Nairn writing for 'The Buildings of England: Surrey' in 1962 said "Now they are sadly neglected, and many of the ornamental structures are going or gone." See https://www.painshill.co.uk/ and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Painshill for more information. Built at the Park’s highest point, the Gothic Tower contains a narrow 99-step circular staircase. Constructed in the late 1750s, Hamilton sometimes called it his “castle”. It appears that he used the Gothic Tower as a gallery to exhibit his collection of antiquities. The Tower first became a residence in the late 19th century. By the 1970s gales had damaged the tower, and the folly was semi-derelict when vandals set fire to it in 1973. It has since been restored and now has a tea room on the first floor.