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Woodlands Avenue, REDHILL, RH1 6EX

Viewed from St John's Road Bridge, just north of Earlswood Station. An 8 car "Thameslink" train on a Bedford - Brighton service has just come off the Quarry Line (the bypass of Redhill Station built in 1899, seen coming in from the right just beyond the train). The left hand pair of tracks are the original route through Redhill Station. The prominent office building behind is Kingsgate, in central Redhill.

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.

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

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.

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

These have just been completed in late 2015. It was previously a garden surrounded by bungalows.

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".

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.