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Briar Banks, CARSHALTON, SM5 4QB

In this landscape view, you would not know that housing is so close.

Surrey County Council first bought land at Woodcote in 1912, but after the First World War they made substantial purchases in the Little Woodcote area, on either side of Woodmansterne Lane. The main purpose was to provide smallholdings so that ex-servicemen who wanted to farm on a small scale had the chance to do so as tenants of the County Council. They built the semi-detached farm houses with uniform black weatherboarding and white window frames seen all about in the area. Over the years many of the smallholdings have been given up but a number still remain and some of the plots still grow vegetables. Much of the land purchased by Surrey in this area became the backbone of the Green Belt hereabouts after the Second World War. In keeping with the set up of the times, the roads do not seem to have normal names. This photograph is of Telegraph Track just as it is leaving the Little Woodcote Estate and enters Boundary Road in Carshalton on the Hill. Telegraph Track connects Carshalton on the Hill with Little Woodcote and crosses Oak Track at right angles.

There are a number of market gardens in this area.

Apartment block known as Sandown Drive - April 1981

View to the west, where Telegraph Track joins the road.

The view along this quiet Bridleway, which is a concreted track.

Surrey County Council first bought land at Woodcote in 1912, but after the First World War they made substantial purchases in the Little Woodcote area, on either side of Woodmansterne Lane. The main purpose was to provide smallholdings so that ex-servicemen who wanted to farm on a small scale had the chance to do so as tenants of the County Council. They built the semi-detached farm houses with uniform black weatherboarding and white window frames. Over the years many of the smallholdings have been given up but a number still remain and some of the plots still grow vegetables. This one is seen here from Telegraph Track. Much of the land purchased by Surrey in this area became the backbone of the Green Belt hereabouts after the Second World War. In keeping with the set up of the times, the roads do not seem to have normal names. This photograph is taken from Telegraph Track which connects Carshalton on the Hill with Little Woodcote and crosses Oak Track at right angles.

Part of the private Woodcote Green estate, so one view you won't be able to find on Streetview.

View along Telegraph Track to the north. The house to the right of the track is one of several timber-faced houses in the locality.