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Some land ripe for development?
Admittedly it is on a potentially awkward corner site, and will be generating some income from the advertising hoardings, but it is not fulfilling any other purpose. Land is still quite valuable in this locality.
Image: © Bill Boaden
Taken: 13 Nov 2010
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Lower Downs Road, London SW20
Image: © Stacey Harris
Taken: 21 Mar 2008
0.08 miles
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Wimbledon Chase railway station, London
Opened in 1929 by the Southern Railway on its line from Wimbledon to Sutton. View south towards South Merton and Sutton
Image: © Nigel Thompson
Taken: 10 Jan 2013
0.10 miles
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Oxford Avenue, London SW20
Image: © Stacey Harris
Taken: 21 Mar 2008
0.10 miles
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London : Wimbledon - Wimbledon Chase Railway Station
A view from one of the two platforms on the station looking out over Wimbledon.
Image: © Lewis Clarke
Taken: 4 Mar 2010
0.10 miles
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Wimbledon Chase station
The Wimbledon to Sutton line was first proposed in the early 1880s with the intention of stimulating house building across the clay pastures between the two towns, which up until then had remained largely untouched. Lack of enthusiasm or downright opposition from established railway companies, particularly the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway, prevented any progress until after the First World War. The LBSCR went to such lengths to prove there was no need for a railway north of Sutton that when a Parliamentary committee in 1910 was considering a Bill for the line they produced a lady who explained that she had once tried to hail a bus which used to run between Wimbledon and Sutton. The conductor was so surprised that he failed to signal to the driver to stop, and the driver turned round to see what the lady was waving at.
The line finally opened in 1930, nearly 50 years after it was first proposed. The Wimbledon to Sutton line was designed for electric trains, with many inclines and sharp curves, although it hardly justified the drivers' nickname for it: "Wall of Death". Wimbledon Chase, along with other stations on the line has a single central platform. A First Capital Connect train for Luton is just leaving.
Image: © Marathon
Taken: 22 Aug 2012
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Wimbledon Chase Station
View SE, towards Sutton: latter-day ex-SR Wimbledon - Sutton line, opened to South Merton 7/7/29, the rest 5/1/30 - electrified from the outset. Services ran from Holborn Viaduct via Tulse Hill, Streatham and Tooting, from Blackfriars since 5/88 when Holborn Viaduct closed and since 5/95 by through Thameslink trains from Luton.
Image: © Ben Brooksbank
Taken: 20 Oct 2005
0.10 miles
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London : Wimbledon - Wimbledon Chase Railway Station
On the platform of Wimbledon Chase at 9.23am waiting for a train to arrive.
Image: © Lewis Clarke
Taken: 4 Mar 2010
0.10 miles
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Shops on Kingston Road, Wimbledon Chase
Image: © David Howard
Taken: 5 Jul 2018
0.11 miles
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Wimbledon Chase station
The Wimbledon to Sutton line was first proposed in the early 1880s with the intention of stimulating house building across the clay pastures between the two towns, which up until then had remained largely untouched. Lack of enthusiasm or downright opposition from established railway companies, particularly the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway, prevented any progress until after the First World War. The LBSCR went to such lengths to prove there was no need for a railway north of Sutton that when a Parliamentary committee in 1910 was considering a Bill for the line they produced a lady who explained that she had once tried to hail a bus which used to run between Wimbledon and Sutton. The conductor was so surprised that he failed to signal to the driver to stop, and the driver turned round to see what the lady was waving at.
The line finally opened in 1930, nearly 50 years after it was first proposed. The Wimbledon to Sutton line was designed for electric trains, with many inclines and sharp curves, although it hardly justified the drivers' nickname for it: "Wall of Death". Wimbledon Chase, along with other stations on the line has a single central platform. The structure nearest the camera is the top of the staircase up from the street.
Image: © Marathon
Taken: 22 Aug 2012
0.11 miles