IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Lumley Road, HORLEY, RH6 7JX

Locally listed fire station built 1901-1902. There is modern extension (built in a complementary style) and since 2011 the building has been home to Horley Young People's Centre.

Shops on the north side of High Street.

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.

Please see Richard's Image] for a view in 2006 prior to the extension on the right being built, and Ian's Image] for a view in 2011 and a good history of the building. In each image the clock is resolutely stopped at 1:46! The letters HPC are carved into the stone tablet underneath the cupola, possibly standing for Horley Parish Council who might have had responsibility for the fire service in the early 1900s?

Originally built in the 1850s as a private house called Raglan House, it is not clear when it formally became a pub or acquired its name, although there was a brewery, the Station Brewery, situated immediately behind the building between at least 1867 and 1874. Records show that it certainly was fully running as a pub by 1890. The name "The Gatwick" is nothing to do with the airport, but instead Gatwick racecourse (on which the current airport is built), with horses being unloaded from trains in the nearby station yard, for leading to the racecourse.

An ornate terracotta fronted building on High Street.

Named after the long since defunct Gatwick Racecourse, and hence the horseshoe sign, the pub is a Hall & Woodhouse outlet on the High Street. At the time of submission the owners were seeking new landlords.

The former fire station in Albert Road. It was built in around 1902 by Arthur Jennings, to a design of Mr C H Burrows of Horsham, and was in use as a fire station until 1966, after which it saw various commercial uses. It has since been refurbished and extended and is now a Surrey County Council youth centre, opened on 6 September 2010. The building is locally listed. For photo in 2008, when still in commercial use and before being extended, see 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.