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Beeches Avenue, CARSHALTON, SM5 3LB

Edwardian houses in Beeches Avenue by its junction with Waverley Way (on the left of the photo). Beeches Avenue has seen various names over time: Beechnut Tree Road on the 1895 25 inch map, The Beeches on the 1915 map (when this section was first developed), The Beeches Avenue on the 1935 map and finally its current name, Beeches Avenue (without a "The") on current maps.

This one stands on the bridge over the railway at Carshalton Beeches station. Unlike most of the other vent pipes, this example has the arrow at the top, with the crown beneath the vent.

With England's crunch World Cup match fast approaching, a local baker was seen flying patriotic doughnuts.

The West Croydon to Sutton line opened on 10th May 1847 by the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway as part of the Croydon to Epsom railway and this was the first railway in the present London Borough of Sutton. However, it was not until 1907 that the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway opened 'The Beeches Halt' on the previously uninterrupted stretch of line between Wallington and Sutton. There had once been an avenue of beech trees flanking the old road to Woodmansterne, to the south of the station. The first houses in Beeches Avenue were not built until 1897, but by 1907 the whole district had developed sufficiently to encourage the opening of the station. Trains only stopped if there were passengers to pick up and the trains themselves only consisted of two coach push and pull units which plied to and fro between West Croydon and Sutton. After the First World War the various lines were electrified , including the line between Victoria and Sutton via West Croydon in 1925. At this time it was decided to make 'The Beeches Halt' into a station and give it platforms long enough for the London trains to use. After it was rebuilt it was given the name 'Carshalton (Beeches) station' but the brackets were soon dropped. The name Carshalton Beeches was subsequently applied to the whole area as a means to sell houses. The road bridge ahead carries Beeches Avenue over the railway. The next station in this direction is Sutton.

Sewer vent column on Park Hill where it becomes Beeches Avenue just north of the bridge over the Sutton to West Croydon railway by Carshalton Beeches station. It is one of at least 31 such columns in Carshalton (see description below - this is no 5 on the map). This example has the arrow above the crown at the top of the column. Grade II listed - see https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1468364?section=official-list-entry.

Looking in the direction of West Croydon.

Looking along Park Hill from where it becomes Beeches Avenue on the bridge over the Sutton to West Croydon railway by Carshalton Beeches station. In the centre of the photo is the sewer vent column in Image

An earlier photograph at this location shows the line covered in snow during February 2009. Trains now run as normal and here is a Southern 455 unit London bound.