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Stokesheath Road, LEATHERHEAD, KT22 0PZ

Typical suburban road within the stockbroker belt of Surrey

Stokesheath Road from just north of its junction with Fairoak Lane. The road is private, giving access to an extensive Crown Estate development of up-market housing. Many of these Crown Estate roads are either gated, or gated at one end to prevent through traffic. However, the gates here have long since been removed, and replaced with a gate adjacent to Image about 500m to the north, so that Stokesheath Road is now in two parts, both dead-ends. The road has recently been recorded as a public bridleway, so that riders can gain access via Stokesheath Road and Queen's Drive onto Oxshott Heath.

Forest ride off Fairoak Lane into Prince's Coverts. In the C19, this ride formed the western boundary of Brickyard Plantation, but the adjacent land on both sides (formerly Crown Estate land) has long since been developed into very upmarket housing, leaving just this finger of the forest reaching north to the road. Virtually the entire width of the ride is now overgrown, leaving just a narrow path down the right hand side in the photo: moreover, the gate is kept locked, and the path shows little signs of use. To the right of the ride is the drive to Meadow House.

Coal Tax Post now in the private garden of Foxholes. This is one of four such posts, listed grade II, in Stokesheath Road.

Bridge over the Guildford to Surbiton railway line, carrying the private Stokesheath Road on the Crown Estate. The road is severed here by a locked gate, so that both ends of Stokesheath Road are dead-ends. However, the bridle gate on the right gives access for pedestrians, cyclists and horse riders along the road between Fairoak Lane and Oxshott Heath, as this is public bridleway Esher 90.

Looking north from the bridge over Stokes Heath Road

The end of Montrose Gardens, a cul-de-sac on the Oxshott Crown Estate. Or not quite the end: visible to the left of the gates into The Willows is a gap between the hedges, which is the rather overgrown eastern terminus of an alleyway linking Montrose Gardens to Broomfield Ride. Given the character of the estate, it's hardly surprising that the alleyway does not seem to be greatly used.