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High Street, HORLEY, RH6 7BN

Originally a bank, and marked as such on the 1896 large scale map, this building has seen a number of uses over the years, including housing Horley Library and the local Citizen's Advice Bureau until the 1980s, and briefly a college in 1992. In 2011 it became the base for the Gatwick Bangladeshi Islamic and Community Association, housing a prayer room and offices. The building is lcoally listed.

This footbridge crosses the London to Brighton railway line and links High Street (in the foreground, with Yattendon Road off to the left) and Station Road. Until 1903, the road (then called Station Road throughout) crossed the railway at a level crossing, with the 1841 Horley Station immediately to the south. The quadrupling of the railway in 1905 led to the crossing being severed and replaced by a subway, with this footbridge being added later. At the same time the station was moved around 300 metres to the south, with a station building on a new Victoria Road overbridge (this too had previously crossed the railway at a level crossing), as seen in the background in Image

Former post office, shown as such on the 1896 large scale map. Now a motor parts shop.

Originally a section of Station Road, this western stretch was cut off from the eastern stretch (still called Station Road) in 1903 as a consequence of the quadrupling of the London to Brighton railway, with the station being moved at the same time (see Image for further explanation). However, despite having no connection with the station, this section was not renamed High Street until almost 60 years later, in 1961.

Late Victorian development near its junction with High Street, previously Station Road at its former crossing point of the railway (see Image). The building on the left is a former post office - see Image

Looking south from the footbridge in Image On the left can be seen the subway built to replace the level crossing at this site after Station Road was severed when the London to Brighton railway was quadrupled in 1903. The original 1841 Horley Station was here, before being replaced in 1905 by the current one, seen in the background. A Southern Class 377 Electrostar is approaching on the up fast line on a London bound service. In the background, another London bound Class 377 waits in the station on the up slow line, while a Gatwick Airport bound Class 460 Gatwick Express can just be seen having passed through the station on the down fast line (the left hand track).

This footbridge crosses the London to Brighton railway line and links Station Road (in the foreground, turning into Station Approach on the left) and High Street (beyond the bridge). Until 1903, the road (then called Station Road throughout) crossed the railway at a level crossing, with the 1841 Horley Station immediately to the south. The quadrupling of the railway in 1905 led to the crossing being severed and replaced by a subway (the entrance to which can be seen to the left of the photo), with this footbridge being added later. At the same time the station was moved around 300 metres to the south, with a station building on a new Victoria Road overbridge (this too had previously crossed the railway at a level crossing), as seen in the background in Image

London to Brighton line looking north. View from footbridge that connects Yattendon Road/High Street to Station Road/Station Approach

London to Brighton line looking south. View from footbridge that connects Yattendon Road/High Street to Station Road/Station Approach.