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Westmore Green, WESTERHAM, TN16 2JS

Tatsfield is a regular winner of the large village section of the South East in Bloom contest, having won 5 times since 2000, and having been runner up in the "Champion of champions" category in 2007. This floral village sign is part of the 2008 entry, greeting people coming into the village from the south. The metal village sign refers to the English Place Name Society's suggested derivation of the village name: ‘a field or open land belonging to one Tatol’.

In a corner of Westmore Green.

This seems to be a new venture, fairly recent views show this as an ordinary farm field.

Most of the green is beyond the road junction ahead.

Tatsfield sits high on the North Downs on the eastern tip of the District. At 240m above sea level it is one of the highest points in Surrey. Tatsfield lies close to the Pilgrims Way, and along its western boundary runs the route of the old London to Lewes Road built by the Romans. Tatsfield is now a thriving community with a population of almost 2000, a village shop, a pub and a village pond with resident ducks.

In 2011 this seemed to be a fairly new venture, earlier views show this as an ordinary farm field.

Deep pond on Westmore Green at Tatsfield. The village is perched on top of the North Downs in a small corner of Surrey with Biggin Hill and London to the north and bounded by Kent to the east. At 790ft above sea-level, it claims to be the highest village in Surrey and it is said its inhabitants saw London burn in 1666. In more recent times, during periods of extreme snowfall, the village has been completely cut off and had to rely on food parcels being dropped from the air. It has connections to many famous people, including Donald Maclean (1913 - 1983), was a British diplomat educated at Cambridge University. His father was Sir Donald Maclean, Leader of the Liberal Party and his mother was Gwendoline Hope, a descendent of Charles II. Whilst at Cambridge he was recruited into Soviet Intelligence by Anthony Blunt as part of what later was known as the Cambridge Five. Between December 1950 and May 1951, he lived with his wife and children in a house in Tatsfield. During this time he often frequented the Old Ship pub (just next to this camera position). On his 38th birthday, 25th May 1951, under suspicion and waiting to be interrogated by MI5 and the FBI, he fled to the coast with Guy Burgess, caught a ship to France and from there went on to live the rest of his life in the Soviet Union. John Surtees (born here on 11 February 1934) was Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and Formula 1 driver. He is the only man to have won World Championships on both two and four wheels. Surtees' father (also named John) owned a motorcycle dealership here and thus developed an interest in motor sports. His first incursion into professional motor sports was at the age of 14, riding side-car with his father on three wheels, which they won but were subsequently disqualified as he was underage at the time. This is also on the route of the London Green Belt Way.