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Brighton Terrace, Hooley Lane, REDHILL, RH1 6EU

Looking beyond the railway bridge, which carries the main London to Brighton line, towards the gasometers which dominate views of this area.

Opened in 1841 by the London & Brighton Railway on its line from London Bridge to Brighton, this short-lived station closed in 1844 when it was relocated to the current Redhill station site, some 600m further north. View east from Hooley Lane at what would have been the station forecourt. A number of industrial units occupied the site when this image was taken.

There has been a pub here, on what was once the main road east out of Reigate towards Bletchingley, since the 17th century. Its position later had further importance, being alongside "Redhill and Reigate Road Station", the original station for the area on the Brighton mainline built through here in 1841, although this only lasted for three years, when Brighton trains were granted use of a new South Eastern Railway station on the site of the present Redhill Station. The present building dates from 1940, and was built behind the original which was then demolished.

Although Redhill largely emerged in the 19th century following the arrival of the railway, there are a number of earlier buildings on what were once country lanes serving the area around the much older Reigate. Hooley Lane is one such example, being the original route east from Reigate towards Bletchingley, and this 17th century cottage would have simply been a cottage next to country inn, on the site of what is now the Marquis of Granby pub (see Image). The cottage is grade II listed - for listing particulars see www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1029084

A new (completed 2009) apartment development at the junction of Brook Road with Hooley Lane. Not "Niche House", nor "Niche Court", nor "The Niche" - simply "Niche".

Looking from the bottom end of Brighton Terrace, under the railway bridge, towards Hooley Lane. The railway bridge carries the main London to Brighton line. The gasometers dominate the skyline.

Looking from the bottom end of Brighton Terrace, under the railway bridge, towards Hooley Lane. The railway bridge carries the main London to Brighton line. The gasometers dominate the skyline.

Prior to the current A25 being built from by Redhill Station up Redstone Hill in the 19th century, the route from Reigate eastwards came this way. The railway bridge carries the Brighton railway, and has four tracks at this point, the old route through Redhill Station and the bypass "Quarry Line" having joined at Earlswood Junction a few yards to the north. The blue cycle route sign is for National Cycle Network route 21, which passes through Redhill en route from Croydon to Gatwick.

Showing position of cattle trough (see Image). This was the crossing point over the Brighton Road (opened in 1818) of what prior to the opening of the road up Redstone Hill (the current A25) in the mid 19th century was the main route eastwards from Reigate.

Home of the Reigate Sea Cadets. The unit was originally formed in 1938 and based at the Drill Hall in Chart Lane in Reigate (see Image). After the Second World War it moved to a house called Shenleys situated at the junction of Brighton Road and Hooley Lane. The house was later demolished and the present building erected in its place in 1974. The name Ark Royal was adopted in commemoration of the first ship of that name, which was Howard of Effingham's flagship in the defeat of the Spanish Armada, the connection being that Reigate Priory (see Image) was the home of Howard of Effingham.