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London Road North, REDHILL, RH1 3AA

This 17th century cottage was formerly a pub, the Fox Inn, scene of a wager on 24 July 1805 between Edward Banks (contractor to the Croydon, Merstham and Godstone Railway), and local gentry as to the weight one horse could pull on the trial run of the railway, the route of which ran past the pub. It is grade II listed - for listing particulars see www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1295170.

This small private road is off the west side of the A23.

A small vineyard, in a sliver of land between the A23 and M23, just south of the northern terminus of the latter. It was originally planted in 1982 and 1983, and now contains vines of three varieties, Madeliene Angevine, Madeliene Sylvaner and Phoenix. Its name derives from its location on the route of the Croydon, Merstham and Godstone Iron Railway, opened in 1805 as a southern extension of the 1803 Surrey Iron Railway, the first public railway in the world. The purpose of the CM&GIR was to carry chalk and stone from Merstham Quarry, using horse drawn trucks, hence the sign on the gate.

On the never completed extension northwards of the M23, concrete (?) interlocking sections to be used during road works.

The Iron Railway Vineyard

View north of the A23 from the junction with Glebe Road

This is junction 7 on the M23 - and the end of the motorway as junctions 6 to 1 were never built. In the picture you can see the vestigial on-ramp which would have taken traffic in the London direction of the never completed motorway. The bridge in the distance is also part of the motorway and has never been used.

On the never completed extension northwards of the M23, two sorts of crash barrier are stacked. On the left, prefabricated steel lengths, that appear of the permanent sort to be concreted in when in situ. On the right, concrete interlocking sections to be used during road works.