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Henbit Close, TADWORTH, KT20 5LN

The racecourse is just ahead. This road carries a 30 mph speed limit here, but a great many drivers exceed this speed.

This public footpath can be used to walk from Tattenham Corner station to Tadworth station or vice versa, but its northern end is rather difficult to find from Tattenham Corner.

Walton Downs are continuous with Epsom Downs and lie to the south of the racecourse. This wide horse ride is close to Epsom Lane North here and leads right round Walton Downs. The spire of Headley Church is on the horizon, just above the third post from the right.

Walton Downs are continuous with Epsom Downs and lie to the south of the racecourse. This wide horse ride is close to Epsom Lane North here and leads right round Walton Downs. A footpath is to its left. The spire of Headley Church is on the horizon, just above the first post on the right.

Looking towards Tadworth along the B290. The fence on the left is probably a victim of the recent high winds.

Bungalows in a development off Merland Rise.

This rather neglected footpath must once have been a wide, well-used farm-track. Why else would the South Eastern & Chatham Railway (arriving circa 1900) have built such a substantial bridge? There is clearance enough for a hay-wagon - foot-traffic and livestock could have been accommodated by a tunnel with much less headroom. Or perhaps there was quarry traffic- I notice that the name of a patch of woodland east of the railway is given by the OS as Pit Wood. The line runs north to its terminus at Tattenham Corner, south to Tadworth (before turning north-east towards Purley and London).

View north from a point close to Sparrowhawk's scrap-metal yard. To the west of the road is farmland on Walton Downs. The royal cipher ('GR') on the pillar-box is that of George V - a fair clue to the date of the first residential development around here. The South Eastern & Chatham Railway opened its extension to Tadworth and Tattenham Corner in 1901: https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5608306 The railway runs parallel to Epsom Lane North, a short distance to the east. No doubt the narrow strip of farmland stranded between railway and road was soon bought up by speculative builders.

This footpath can be used, by means of a bridge under the railway, to gain access to the open Downs from the built-up area of Banstead.

This Coal Tax Post (no 133 on the list linked to below) is on the pavement of Epsom Road North, opposite Epsom Race Course. For wider view see Image