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Park Lane, CARSHALTON, SM5 3DY

Looking north from the railway bridge. The ornamental sewer vent pipe here seems to be on good condition. It is one of the less-usual type with the arrow uppermost,and the crown below it.

London Transport DMS bus 1608 crosses the railway line west of Wallington Station and passes from Park Lane into Boundary Road. This road was served by trams 1906-1935; trolleybuses 1935-1959; RT buses 1959-1973 and DMS buses 1973-1977, when the route was diverted through Carshalton Beeches and along the full length of Stanley Park Road. Note the sewer ventilation pole, I believe also known as stink poles.

Wallington station opened on 10th May 1847 by the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway on the new Croydon to Epsom railway. Wallington at that time was just a small hamlet around Wallington Green. What is now central Wallington was just fields. The new station, which stood some distance from the hamlet, was called Carshalton as that was the largest nearby place it was built to serve. The population expanded around the new station and when in 1868 Carshalton was finally given its own station on the newly-opened Sutton to Mitcham Junction line, the old Carshalton station became Wallington station. The bridge immediately ahead carries a footbridge and the one beyond is for Park Lane.

Wallington station opened on 10th May 1847 by the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway on the new Croydon to Epsom railway. Wallington at that time was just a small hamlet around Wallington Green. What is now central Wallington was just fields. The new station, which stood some distance from the hamlet, was called Carshalton as that was the largest nearby place it was built to serve. The population expanded around the new station and when in 1868 Carshalton was finally given its own station on the newly-opened Sutton to Mitcham Junction line, the old Carshalton station became Wallington station.

The park today occupies an area of 9.28 hectares, which is about one tenth of its original size. The Grotto is situated in the south-east corner of the park. It was built in about 1724 as one of the first features of the ambitious designs for building and landscaping in the park. A branch of the River Wandle used to rise in a subterranean chalk chamber beneath the Grotto. Within the recent past, water has again been seen at this location.

The park today occupies an area of 9.28 hectares, which is about one tenth of its original size. The Grotto is situated in the south-east corner of the park. It was built in about 1724 as one of the first features of the ambitious designs for building and landscaping in the park. A branch of the River Wandle used to rise in a subterranean chalk chamber beneath the Grotto. Within the recent past, water has again been seen at this location.