105-456: Tolworth is a suburban area in the Surbiton district, Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames , Greater London . It is 11 miles (17.7 km) southwest of Charing Cross . Neighbouring places include Berrylands , Chessington , Epsom , Ewell , Hinchley Wood , Kingston , Long Ditton , New Malden , Surbiton and Worcester Park . Surbiton is the nearest, about a mile to the northwest. Tolworth
210-511: A Travelodge hotel. The building is a local landmark and is the tallest building for miles around. The offices and studios of 107.8 Radio Jackie , a commercial radio station broadcasting to south-west London and north Surrey, can be found on the Broadway in what had been the Crown Post Office. The broadcast mast is sited, with many other antennas, atop Tolworth Tower. The Tolworth Greenway
315-583: A British car manufacturer based in Oakcroft Road, (then Tolworth) which had been founded in 1936 by Major Edward Halford, Guy Robins and Henry Ronald Godfrey. They ceased trading in 1966 although production had finished 10 years earlier. Nearby at 243 Ewell Road and in Hollyfield Road was the Cooper Car Company founded in 1947 – according to an article by Phil Cooper in "The Good Life" newspaper during
420-563: A Travelodge hotel and 'Hollywood Bowl'. Also near Tolworth railway station there is a Goals Soccer Centre and a Carting track. Alexandra Park. Fishponds Park in Surbiton sits on the Tolworth border (Fishponds was a Georgian house built between 1740 and 1742, part of the estate of Sir Frederick Butler of the tobacco family, bought by Surbiton Urban District Council in 1935). A chicken shop on Tolworth Broadway, Chicken King, gained recognition after
525-545: A bomb-damaged housing estate. This land has been reclaimed and is now a recreation ground. The Tolworth Brickworks Company Ltd. decided in September 1946 that the company should be voluntarily wound up – a process that continued until at least 1951. Clay extraction also took place at "The Wood" near Surbiton Station, Fishponds Park as well as in Claygate Off Worcester Park Road/Old Malden Lane
630-723: A brick magazine. At its height in the mid-19th century, the gunpowder mill complex by the bridge employed 156 men. Gunpowder from Ewell is said to have been used in the American Civil War . The Bonesgate Stream is the principal stream of the Hogsmill River. It is 3 miles (5 km) in length and rises in Malden Rushett near the crossroads of the A243 and B280. It flows in a NE direction through farmlands before flowing just east of Chessington. After crossing under Filby Road, it heads past
735-580: A congregation of 800 and trams now ran from the Red Lion. In 1919 the Medical Officer of Health reported that Surbiton was a residential neighbourhood with no dominating factories or works. The only new feature of late, he said, is the springing up of a few "Motor Garages," each employing a few hands on the care and repair of cars. He advised that the Electric Light Works and a belated resuscitation of
840-534: A farmhouse." For much of the 19th century, the Earls of Egmont were Tolworth's principal landowners By 1908 things were changing: the population growth was accelerating due to the development of the brickfields and the construction of Tolworth Sewage Farm (which opened in 1891), both in Red Lion Lane (now Red Lion Road). With a proper sewerage system Tolworth was ready for development. St Matthew's Church had been built for
945-511: A fast direct service; as well as places further afield, including Portsmouth and Southampton . Surbiton was once home to Surbiton Studios which were owned by Stoll Pictures , before the company shifted its main production to Cricklewood Studios . Surbiton falls within the UK parliamentary constituency of Kingston and Surbiton , which is represented in the House of Commons by Sir Ed Davey , currently
1050-623: A few sports grounds and under the entrance to the Surbiton Raceway go-karting track. The river leaves the boundary as it turns left into the outskirts of Old Malden in an area of woodland and green space. It crosses the Chessington branch railway line a short distance away from Malden Manor railway station. The Hogsmill is now flowing in a NNW direction as it crosses the A3 between Tolworth and Malden junctions. The river delimits New Malden (historically
1155-625: A large sewage farm against the river in the decades around 1900. It crosses under Villiers Road before heading alongside the Kingston School of Art campus of Kingston University and through the Middle Mill Hall of Residence site. It then crosses Springfield Road beside Denmark Road and Grange Road. It also runs under the bridge for the A307 (Wheatfield Way) near College Roundabout beside Kingston College. The river then runs under St. James's Road by
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#17328525647121260-459: A little after 06:30 until 21:00 after which it is hourly until the last train a little after 23:00. Trains also stop at Raynes Park , Wimbledon , Clapham Junction and Vauxhall . Tolworth is served by London Buses routes 265, 281 , 406 , 418, K1 and K2 . Standing on the A3 from London to Guildford , Tolworth has good connections to London and to the M25 motorway . Epsom town centre (which includes
1365-426: A mock documentary which investigated whether the residents of Hounslow , another London area suburb, had long ago been descendants of the people of Surbiton "who had made the great trek north". Surbiton is popularly remembered as an icon of suburbia in such British television programmes as The Good Life (starring Richard Briers , Penelope Keith , Paul Eddington and Felicity Kendal ), though location filming
1470-440: A number of V1 flying bombs came down on Surbiton and Tolworth, including the notorious "Derby Day Disaster" of June 1944 when 12 people were killed by a V1 at Tolworth Park Road. Between 7 October 1940 and 6 June 1941, 25 high explosive bombs dropped on the current Tolworth and Hook Rise ward but there were as many again in the few adjacent streets around Douglas Road which is now part of Surbiton Hill ward. A short distance away
1575-646: A population of 45,132 in 2016, it accounts for approximately 25% of the total population of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames. Surbiton extends over an area of 7.18 km (2.77 sq mi). Though Surbiton only received its current name in 1869, the name is attested as Suberton in 1179, Surbeton in 1263, Surpeton in 1486, and finally Surbiton 1597. Sūth Bere-tūn means "southern grange" or "outlying farm" in Old English , as opposed to nearby Norbiton ; both Norbiton and Surbiton were possessions of
1680-504: A prominent role and established gunpowder mills at Tolworth, probably in 1561. In 1870–72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Tolworth like this: "TALWORTH, a hamlet in Long Ditton parish, Surrey; 2½ miles SSE of Kingston upon Thames. Acres, 1,190. Pop., 434. Houses, 81. An ancient manor-house here was held by the Earl of Kent, uncle of Edward III.; and is now
1785-507: A similar style to much of Tolworth – this was part of a larger development to be known as the "Station Estate" (see above). As part of the war effort, the land was taken over by the Ministry of Works and developed from green fields in the 1940s. It became an extensive but discreet development of low single-story brick building covering the majority of the site. It remained in Government hands for
1890-531: A sliding door gear manufacturer operated from Earlsfield before moving to Brittanic Works, Red Lion Road, Tolworth in 1959 where they remained until 1989 They were a sister company of English Fireplaces (Wimbledon) Ltd set up by Ernest Hill Aldam, Kenneth Aldam and Donald Aldam using the Galleon Trade Mark. The company was established in May 1938 operating from Haslsemere Avenue, Earlsfield, SW18. In September 1953
1995-563: A variety of uses from the MAFF and Ministry of Defence to the Directorate of Overseas Surveys ; in its heyday it was reported to have employed over 1,000 people. It was finally vacated by the last 370 MAFF staff in October 1998 in preparation for sale. Tesco purchased the site by private treaty in 2002, meaning it was never offered for sale on the open market. In 2000 the vacant possession value of
2100-722: Is a post town in the KT postcode area , consisting of the KT5 and KT6 postcode districts. KT5 includes Berrylands, Tolworth and part of Surbiton; and KT6 includes Tolworth, Long Ditton and part of Surbiton. Hogsmill River The Hogsmill River in Surrey and Greater London , England, is a small chalk stream tributary of the River Thames . It rises in Ewell and flows into the Thames at Kingston upon Thames on
2205-618: Is also a United Reformed Church in Elgar Avenue. CNM Estates have obtained planning permission for a 142-bed hotel, conferencing facility and associated parking close to Tolworth Station An 11-acre site bounded by the railway line serving Tolworth to the east, the A240 to the north and Hook Rise South & the A3 to the West. Plans were drawn up in the 1930s for the site to be used for circa 130 family homes in
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#17328525647122310-633: Is also the home to Surbiton Croquet Club, which is amongst the strongest croquet clubs in the country and, with seven lawns, one of the largest. The Cooper Car Company was based in a garage on Hollyfield Road from 1946 to 1968, celebrating wins in the Formula One Constructors Championships in 1959 and 1960 and developing the iconic Mini Cooper in 1961. The Pre-Raphaelite painters John Everett Millais (1829–1896) and William Holman Hunt (1827–1910) came to Surbiton in 1851, 26 years before Richard Jefferies (1848–1887). Millais used
2415-513: Is currently a venue for London Tutorial College, offering GCSE and A level programmes as well as language courses for domestic and international students. The Neighbourhood Office in Millbank House, Surbiton, which opened in 2011 has also now closed. Tolworth Hospital originally built as an isolation Hospital provides services for South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust. The Trust provides mental health and social care service to
2520-839: Is divided in two by the A3 Kingston Bypass and is situated slightly north of the Greater London- Surrey border. Tolworth, in the Domesday Book , was called Taleorde . Its Domesday assets were held partly by Picot from Richard de Tonebrige and partly by Radulf (Ralph) from the Bishop of Bayeux . It rendered: 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 hides ; also 4 hides with Long Ditton ; 1 mill without dues, 8 ploughs , 10 + 1 ⁄ 2 acres and 1 ⁄ 2 rod of meadow . It rendered £ 6. The Evelyn family, who had settled in Surrey, played
2625-468: Is granted for the project, Surbiton will be connected with the London Underground system via Crossrail 2 . It is expected that the project will relieve pressure on both Surbiton and Berrylands stations. Surbiton lacks major motorways , although the A3 road cuts through Berrylands ward at Tolworth Underpass. Parts of the A307 that run along the River Thames , Portsmouth Road, have become part of
2730-605: Is the Ace of Spades (junction) at Hook, named after the famous "Ace of Spades Roadhouse" which became a popular venue following the opening of the Kingston by Pass in 1927 by the Minister of Transport, Stanley Baldwin. This was described as a pioneer roadhouse, with meals served at any time in a restaurant with seating for 700 to 800, dancing until 3 am, a swimming pool, miniature golf course, polo ground, riding school, and an air strip. The pub
2835-546: Is the central, northward, feature of Berrylands Nature Reserve ; under Stirling Walk, it falls east under Elmbridge Avenue to meet the Hogsmill. The Environment Agency measure water quality of the river systems in England. Each is given an overall ecological status, which may be one of five levels: high, good, moderate, poor and bad. There are several components that are used to determine this, including biological status, which looks at
2940-411: Is the current home of both male and female football teams, Darkside FC, Surbiton Wanderers and Surbiton Town Ladies FC. Surbiton Hockey Club , established in 1874, is regarded as one of the best hockey clubs in the country. Its men's and ladies' 1st XIs currently both play in their respective national premier leagues, while its youth section regularly produces players of international quality. Surbiton
3045-464: Is the home of the arts centre: The CornerHOUSE (Previously known as the Douglas Centre). Surbiton Police station was opened in 1888 on the site of the previous Toll House on the corner of Ditton Road/Ellerton Road and Ewell Road. The red brick building was demolished many years ago but the site continued with police related use as a car compound and with staff operating from temporary cabins. The site
3150-490: Is the open limit of gardens between Cotterill and Ellerton Roads, until Ditton Road (where culverted). The brook reappears north of pub/restaurant The Oak on Ewell Road. It follows the rear of Beaconsfield Road and then goes under King Charles Road to reappear in Alexandra Recreation Ground, and then flows north-east bisecting Edith Gardens Nature Reserve ; east under Raeburn Avenue; north under Meldone Close. It
3255-581: The 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum , Kingston and Surbiton voted to remain a member of the European Union by 61.7% of the local vote. Surbiton is represented in the London Assembly by Liberal Democrat politician Gareth Roberts , as part of Greater London's South West constituency. Surbiton elects 12 of the Kingston upon Thames London Borough Council 's 48 councillors. As of
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3360-484: The 2018 local elections , the council is controlled by the Liberal Democrats, and all Surbiton's elected councillors are members of that party. Surbiton is served by a number of regular bus services. Transport for London bus routes 71 , 281 , 406 , 418 , 465 , K1 , K2 , K3 , and K4 , as well as Hallmark Connections route 458, Reptons Coaches route 513, Falcon Coaches routes 514, 515 and 715 all serve
3465-784: The Ashley Centre ) is just 4 miles distant. Kingston town centre (which includes Marks & Spencer , John Lewis and the Bentall Centre ) is just 2 miles distant. Surbiton town centre is just under 1 mile away. Also nearby are Rose Theatre, Kingston , Chessington World of Adventures , Richmond Park , Sandown Park , Hampton Court , Mercedes-Benz World , Brooklands Museum , Kempton Park Racecourse , Kingstonian F.C. , AFC Wimbledon , Harlequin F.C. , Ham House , Horton Country Park , Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew , Bushy Park , and Morden Hall Park . Tolworth Broadway has various shops, banks, cafes, an M&S supermarket, Tolworth Tower,
3570-562: The Chicken Connoisseur reviewed it on an episode of The Pengest Munch . It was rated a 4/5 overall and dubbed "fairly decent". Apart from the MoD and DOS sites on the south side of the A3, Gala Cosmetics had a large production facility (at the start of Oakcroft Road) as did Andre Rubber Co (who specialised in bonding rubber to metal and made components for cars, docks, armoured fighting vehicles, hospitals, warships and diving helmets) – now
3675-611: The Hogsmill River , in Six Acre Meadow, Tolworth , as the background for his painting Ophelia . Holman Hunt used the fields just south of this spot as the background to The Hireling Shepherd . In the mid-1870s the novelist Thomas Hardy (1840–1928) lived in a house called 'St. David's Villa' in Hook Road, Surbiton for a year after his marriage to Emma Gifford . H.G.Wells , in his comic novel The Wheels of Chance , describes
3780-610: The Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) and Surbiton Racket & Fitness Club (SRFC). The Surbiton Trophy was part of the ATP Challenger Series and in 2009 the event was moved to Nottingham as part of a reorganisation by the LTA. The event came back to SRFC in 2015 and continues to be played at Berrylands. Surbiton F.C. was a short-lived football club that was among the founders of The Football Association in 1863. Surbiton
3885-525: The London cycle routes network. Until the early 19th century, Surbiton, like Norbiton , lay in the parish of All Saints, Kingston upon Thames . As a result, Surbiton's two town centre parish churches , Saint Mark's and Saint Andrew's , date back only to the Victorian era . There are two further Anglican parish churches in south Surbiton, Christ Church and Saint Matthew's, both also Victorian. Christ Church
3990-435: The de Havilland Mosquito Nash and Thompson was a British engineering firm established by Archibald Frazer-Nash and Henry Ronald Godfrey . (See also HRG). They were based in Oakcroft Road and specialised in the production of hydraulically operated gun turrets for aircraft. The company was also an important manufacturer of hydraulic powered radar scanners United Insulator Co manufactured capacitors and were suppliers to
4095-533: The withy bed and Oaklands Close, then through rugby playing fields and crosses the A309 Esher bypass going north between allotments and Kelvin Grove. It then passes west of Gladstone and Brook Roads through playing fields, then is culverted from the rear of 1 Herne Road. Its culvert is then visible east of Hook Road at Vale Road North, and after, under Waterside Close and Thornhill Road, to turn east under Cotterill Road. It
4200-406: The 1930s and '40s the clay extraction requirements of a brickworks north of the A3 off Red Lion Road (now Red Lion Industrial Park) produced a large water-filled pit (known locally as "The Bluey") which was used as a landfill site for bomb-damage and industrial material removed from bomb-sites resulting from the "Blitz". The Civil Defence Corps used to have a training site with a full-size mock-up of
4305-583: The 1950s, F1 cars were regularly driven along the Ewell Road by Cooper Car Company . Other motoring connections nearby included Jack Brabham whose workshop was in Chessington and AC Cars in Thames Ditton owned by (William) Derek Hurlock who lived in Long Ditton. Fox and Nicholl moved to wartime aircraft industry production – handling large quantities of sheet metal work, sub-assemblies. LF Peatty and Southborough Sheet Metal also manufactured parts for
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4410-825: The 2011 Census were born in the United Kingdom (73% in Alexandra, 71% in St. Mark's, 75% in Surbiton Hill, 76% in Berrylands). The largest ethnic group, with two-thirds of the population, is "White British", with "White Other" the second largest group at just under 10%. Surbiton Lawn Tennis Club hosted international tennis from 1900 (Surrey Grass Court Championships - SGCC) until 1981 at the tennis Club in Berrylands . From 1998 to 2008 international tennis returned to Surbiton with an event hosted by
4515-460: The A240 (Kingston Road) where it enters Ewell Court. After running after Preston Drive, it enters Ewell Court Park and comes above ground before running through Ewell Court Lake. As it continues through the park towards the meeting point with the Hogsmill it passes the Packhorse Bridge, which was named after the mules that regularly transported gunpowder from the mills, across the river and into
4620-594: The Bear to life for a whole generation, Alfred Bestall , sketched out his cartoons from his home in Cranes Park, Surbiton Hill. Surbiton was the setting of Keble Howard 's novel The Smiths of Surbiton , published in 1906. The novel proved successful and led to two sequels, The Smiths of Valley View (1909) and The Smiths in War-Time (1918), both also set in Surbiton. A 1972 episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus featured
4725-463: The Bluesbreakers , Free , Jethro Tull , Taste , Family , Chicken Shack , Genesis and Ten Years After . The Toby Jug pub was demolished in the year 2000, becoming part of the controversial Tesco site ( detailed later in this article ). It is reported that there was a Maestrovox electronic organ attached to the piano in the pub dining room and dance hall. The pub is remembered by the naming of
4830-695: The Bonesgate pub, now called the William Bourne, in Moor Lane on the eastern edge of Chessington. The bridge over the stream is where Moor Lane and Chessington Road meet. The river then heads through open space, flowing under a bridge near Cox Lane Community Centre. The river goes past the edge of the Cox Lane Estate shortly before joining the Hogsmill by Tolworth Court Bridge under the A240 Kingston Road. From
4935-422: The Clapham Cook , a 1989 ITV adaptation of the short story by Agatha Christie . The station reflects the 1930s Art Deco style that often featured in locations used in the series. The guitarist and singer-songwriter Eric Clapton purchased one of his first guitars from a shop in Surbiton called Bells ; the shop has since closed. According to the cassette insert for the 1980s computer game Manic Miner ,
5040-435: The Ewell Court Stream, flowing in just downstream from Ewell Court Lake as it continues into West Ewell. The Hogsmill runs further through the open space and passes near West Ewell Infants School and Ruxley Church before flowing under Ruxley Farm Bridge, the site of the former Ruxley Splash. It passes Riverview Primary School in the residential area of Ruxley Ward before the confluence with the Bonesgate Stream, which here marks
5145-459: The Hogsmill River is a chalk spring just outside Bourne Hall Park in Ewell , Surrey . It flows in a northerly direction between Kingston Road and the sports field beside the railway track. The Hogsmill passes the sites of the Lower and Upper Mills, and Ewell Court Mills, where gunpowder was produced in the 18th and 19th centuries, and gently bends to the left before flowing under the Mole Valley railway line between Ewell West and Stoneleigh at
5250-399: The Hogsmill brook during his years living at Tolworth in two essays, "A Brook" and "A London Trout", that were collected in his book, Nature Near London , published by Chatto and Windus in 1883. The Hogsmill has appeared in the art of the Pre-Raphaelite painters, John Millais in his rendition of Ophelia , and William Holman Hunt who painted The Hireling Shepherd on the meadows by
5355-485: The Hogsmill, looking north towards Ewell Court Farm. The doorway (to the soul) in Hunt's The Light of the World is believed to be part of a gunpowder mill on the Hogsmill at Ewell. William the Conqueror is said to have "watered his horse" in the source waters near today's Spring Hotel. Traditionally, this was at the pool in Bourne Hall Park. Part of the course was engineered to be harnessed for watermills near Ewell Court. These joined those of nearby Whitton in
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#17328525647125460-402: The Magistrates Court and the Guildhall before flowing under Kingston High Street and Wadbrook Street. The Hogsmill River meets the Thames beside a restaurant and street and promenade of shops beside the Thames Path footbridge at grid reference TQ177691 , just upstream of Kingston Bridge. The Green Lanes Stream is 2.1 miles (3.4 km) long and starts as a run-off from Stamford Green Pond on
5565-471: The Surrey South Eastern Combination League) and West London Blues. Kingston University has a sports ground at Tolworth Court, Old Kingston Road. Tolworth has a Scouting movement, and is today represented by 1st Tolworth Scouts. Surbiton Surbiton is a suburban neighbourhood in South West London , within the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames (RBK). It is next to the River Thames , 11 miles (18 km) southwest of Charing Cross. Surbiton
5670-415: The Tolworth Brickfields represented the leading "Works" in Surbiton. The reference to the brickworks probably relates to it being owned by William Alen until his bankruptcy in 1881. The urban district council entered into an agreement with Callenders Cables & Construction (later to become British Insulated Callender's Cables ) under which the company laid electrical supply cables around Surbiton. In 1916
5775-401: The Tolworth roundabout in the former Fox and Nicholl factory. Decca's standards department was located at 456 Ewell Road. Decca's well-resourced sports ground existed until recently as "Deckers" but has now become a 5-a-side football centre. Fox and Nicholl were a pre-war Lagonda car specialist based adjacent to the Tolworth roundabout. HRG Engineering Company also known as HRG , was
5880-620: The William Bourne pub to Tolworth Court Bridge, the river serves as a boundary between West Ewell (Surrey) and Chessington (Greater London). The source of Horton Stream is in the centre of Horton Country Park, Epsom. It is 3.3 miles (5.3 km) long and its source is near West Park Hospital beside Horton Lane, Epsom. The stream carries on parallel with Horton Lane as it passes near to West Park Farm and Horton Park Farm. After travelling through Horton Country Park, it heads through Horton Golf Course before crossing Chessington Road, West Ewell. It runs alongside Chessington Close before running through
5985-441: The adjacent Toby Way. During the 1980s gigs were occasionally held at Tolworth Recreation Centre, including on 12 March 1983 a gig by New Order . Architecturally, Tolworth consists mainly of low-density 1930s semi-detached properties, and small to medium commercial and retail developments. There is a concentration of industrial activity in an area bounded on the north by A3 London-to- Portsmouth trunk route, which runs through
6090-421: The agreement the owners gave up part of the land to form the wider and re-aligned Kingston Road. Dean Court and Drayton Court were constructed in 1959 on part of the "Station Estate" land and the Developer "Lansdowne Court Investments" is acknowledged in the naming of Lansdowne Close. Earlier plans had envisaged six semi detached and one detached house between the Toby Jug and Tolworth Station. During World War II
6195-407: The aircraft industry. They were based in Oakcroft Road. The Co-op (RACS), Woolworths, Victor Towler had 8 shops in the Broadway at their peak and Bryants along with others, including Beswicks, Bata, Edmund Goodrich, Hallewells, Beths and Veritys, had shops. There was a Blue Star garage and milk was delivered by Jobs Dairy from 432 Ewell Road – (the company was sold to Unigate in 1987). In Lenelby Road
6300-444: The area would be more dangerous, as pedestrians would cross the road wherever they chose. This historic farm site dates back to Norman times. Tolworth Court Farm Fields is now a Local Nature Reserve , and consists of a system of fields and hedgerows. Previously owned by the London Borough of Lambeth , it was purchased by the Royal Borough of Kingston in the 1980s. There is access from Kingston Road (A240) near Jubilee Way. Tolworth
6405-442: The area. The access junction for the A3, linking it on the north with the Broadway and on the south with the A240 Kingston Road toward Epsom , is known as the Toby Jug Roundabout, named after the public house which stood beside it until it was closed and demolished in 2002 under the ownership of Tesco and its partners. The area is also served by a branch railway line running from London Waterloo to Chessington South two stops to
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#17328525647126510-495: The area. These provide links to Chessington , Kingston town centre , Twickenham , Hounslow , Epsom , Leatherhead , Dorking , Cobham , Staines , Weybridge and Guildford . Surbiton is also close to two of London's largest airports: Heathrow and Gatwick . Railways have served the town since it was founded. Surbiton and Berrylands stations are both served by South Western Railway services. It provides rail links to London Waterloo , Surrey and Hampshire. If approval
6615-410: The boundary between the boroughs of Epsom and Ewell in Surrey and Kingston in Greater London. After the confluence, the Hogsmill bends to the right near Riverview Road and continues as the boundary past Tolworth Court Bridge with the A240 (Kingston Road) to the junction with the B284 (Worcester Park Road). The river flows beside Worcester Park Road and Old Malden Lane (both the B284) along the edge of
6720-429: The building is occupied largely by a single retail unit, originally a Fine Fare supermarket which traded until the early 1980s, and is currently a Marks and Spencer supermarket – and smaller retail units along the Broadway, the remainder taken up with access to the other floors. The remaining floors of the building were originally occupied by commercial and government offices, but the north wing has recently re-opened as
6825-510: The bulk of "Malden") and Berrylands (historically part of Kingston), beside sport and recreation grounds near Elmbridge Avenue, where it is joined by Tolworth Brook, after which it passes under the South Western main railway line near Berrylands railway station . The Hogsmill leaves the green space area at the railway line and passes Kingsmeadow, Kingston Cemetery and sewage works in the eastern outskirts of Kingston upon Thames , which covers not only that borough but also Epsom and Ewell which had
6930-419: The company resolved to purchase the former Brickworks in Tolworth as tenants in common with E Hill Aldam & Co for a cost of £30,000 being shared between the companies. (The Tolworth Brickworks Company Ltd. had opted to be voluntarily wound up – see above). English Fireplaces and Hillaldam then set about redeveloping the site demolishing existing buildings – there had previously been buildings with 5 chimneys on
7035-407: The confluence with Hogsmill Stream. Ewell Court Stream is 1.7 miles (2.7 km) long and starts near a pond on the edge of Nonsuch Park by the A24 (London Road) in Stoneleigh. After running under the A24, it continues under Briarwood Road. It is visible again briefly in an alley near Stoneleigh railway station. The stream bends left under Stoneleigh Park Road and runs under Walsingham Gardens and
7140-411: The council sold the Surbiton and District Electricity Co , based in Hollyfield Road, to Callenders. The opening of the Kingston by Pass ( A3 road ) in 1927 was a major catalyst for expansion which included six and a half miles of new residential roads, containing 2000 houses. This period also saw the construction of Tolworth Broadway, aligning with the Kingston Road, on the former Tolworth Lodge Farm. In
7245-466: The cycle collision of 'Mr Hoopdriver' and a 'Young Lady in Grey'; the young lady approaching 'along an affluent from the villas of Surbiton'. The writer Enid Blyton was governess to a Surbiton family for four years from 1920, at a house called 'Southernhay', also on the Hook Road. C. H. Middleton (1886–1945), who broadcast on gardening during the Second World War , lived in Surbiton, where he died suddenly outside his home. The artist who brought Rupert
7350-417: The eastern edge of Epsom Common. Other smaller streams from the common join the main stream a few metres from the pond as it goes underground. It runs near Manor Green Road and is above the ground in places, for example by the bridges under Christ Church Mount (a crescent road off Manor Green Road). Shortly afterwards, it flows underground again and this is where it runs under Epsom Primary School on Hook Road at
7455-426: The junction with Longmead Road. This is where the stream comes above the ground. It runs parallel with Longmead Road where it runs near to Longmead Industrial Estate and Blenheim High School until the road meets the B2200 (Chessington Road) and the stream runs under it. This is where it flows between the two roads named Green Lanes (the river is named after the roads). It runs into the Hogsmill Open Space before meeting
7560-594: The leader of the Liberal Democrats who served as Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change during the Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition . Davey also represented the constituency between 1997 and 2015 , having been ousted for a short period of time by Conservative James Berry . In the 2017 general election , Davey went on to defeat Berry by 45% to 38%. Both Davey's and Berry's offices were located in Surbiton's Berrylands ward. In
7665-452: The lowest non-tidal reach , that above Teddington Lock . The river is 10 km (6 mi) long and has a catchment area of about 73 km (28 sq mi). Nearby land was formerly flood-meadows ; following improvements it is now mostly sports grounds, a sewage treatment works and green space, save for Kingston and Epsom town centres. It is a habitat of many animals, fish and insects. The 12th-century Clattern Bridge , one of
7770-510: The meeting of the three parishes. The works finally closed in the 1860s. Kingston had three mills; Chapel Mill, or the Old Mill; Middle Mill and the eponymous Hogg's Mill or New Mill. All three were corn mills originally. In later years Middle Mill was used for processing coconut fibres. Chapel Mill was used to crush the coconut kernels to produce oil. Hogg's Mill found further use as a metal polish factory, possibly using crushed coconut shells as
7875-576: The mine complex in which the game action takes place was located "while prospecting down Surbiton way..." The terrain of Surbiton is relatively flat, except for a small hill near its centre. It is part of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames in Greater London , and borders the Borough of Elmbridge in Surrey . Surbiton consists of several smaller areas, including much of Seething Wells . Surbiton
7980-470: The new building was named Neptune Works, on Davis Road (off Cox Lane) and near to King George's Field – although this would probably be regarded as Chessington nowadays. Local businessman Eric Miller recalls a part-time job filling breathing masks with carbon granules at Siebe Gorman and also with the nearby J. Lyons and Co. bakery in Cox Lane. Hillaldam Coburn (previously known as E. Hill Aldam and Co)
8085-444: The north of Surbiton, in the Kingston upon Thames postal district. In recent years, Surbiton has become more diverse in terms of religion, the Surbiton area having a Sikh Gurdwara and an Orthodox Jewish synagogue . According to the 2011 Census, Muslims form the largest minority religious community at about 5% of the population; the nearest mosque is located in Kingston upon Thames. Approximately 74% of Surbiton's residents at
8190-492: The oldest road bridges in England, crosses the river in the southwest of Kingston town centre. The Coronation Stone , now sited close to the river in Kingston, is believed to have been used for the coronation of Saxon kings in the 10th century. It was used as a horse mounting block until 1850 when it was mounted on a plinth in the town centre. The river has five tributaries: Green Lanes Stream, Ewell Court Stream, Horton Stream, Bonesgate Stream and Tolworth Brook. The source of
8295-467: The playing fields of Epsom and Ewell High School. It continues behind Scotts Farm Road before the confluence with the Hogsmill near Ruxley Lane after running under Scotts Farm Road. At 3.75 miles (6.0 km), Tolworth Brook (or Surbiton Stream) is the longest tributary. Its source is on the edge of Claygate from springs at Grapesome Wood on the west side of the A3, It flows under the A3 to skirt Lovelace Primary School, north under Clayton Road between
8400-592: The production of gunpowder; which continued for some time after the Napoleonic Wars to help supply the American Civil War . The mills closed in 1875 as they couldn't meet new safety legislation. Dynamos were later installed in one of the old mill buildings to generate electricity for Ewell Court House. There were also two flour mills in Ewell, the Upper and Lower mills, both also used for paper making at one time. The latter
8505-515: The quantity and varieties of invertebrates , angiosperms and fish. Chemical status, which compares the concentrations of various chemicals against known safe concentrations, is rated good or fail. Water quality of the Hogsmill in 2019: In January 2014 , the Hogsmill burst its banks on the edge of Bourne Hall in Ewell Village, causing several local roads to flood. Richard Jefferies (1848–1887), best known for his nature-writing, wrote about
8610-538: The residents of Kingston, Richmond, Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth boroughs, as well as a number of specialist regional and national services. Tolworth has two parish churches; an Anglican one in Hamilton Avenue, dedicated to Saint George , which was built in 1934 and not given its own parish until 2015; and a Roman Catholic one in Ewell Road, dedicated to Our Lady Immaculate, which was completed in 1958 and consecrated in 1963, replacing an earlier 1930s chapel. There
8715-405: The royal manor of Kingston. The present-day town came into existence after a plan to build a London-Southampton railway line through nearby Kingston was rejected by Kingston Council, who feared that it would be detrimental to the coaching trade. This resulted in the line being routed further south, through a cutting in the hill south of Surbiton. Surbiton railway station opened in 1838, and
8820-527: The secret ingredient. All have been demolished, although the Old Mill House still exists and is a Grade II listed building . The coconut fibre industry ceased by 1880 and the Middle Mill site was sold to Kelly & Co, Printers (printers of the famous Kelly's Directory ,) and became a significant employer in Kingston. Kelly's moved out in 1932 to Andover. The site was redeveloped by Kingston University in
8925-511: The site in 2015 to developer Meyer Homes, who got permission from the Planning Inspectorate in July 2019 for a 950-home development (including a new nursery, doctor's surgery and police building). Tolworth railway station is served by South Western Railway services direct to London Waterloo (northbound) and Chessington South (southbound). Trains come to the station every half-hour from
9030-506: The site of the Hook Rise South Industrial Park. Founded by Theodore Bernard Andre they boasted of having three acres of specialised rubber technology. Prior to the construction of Sundial Court there was a camping goods supplier – the previous building having been partially demolished due to road widening. Siebe Gorman a company that developed diving and breathing equipment purchased 6 acres of land at Tolworth in 1938 –
9135-502: The site was stated in Hansard as being £9.6 million. A number of surrounding buildings were purchased by Chinacorp, a developer working with Tesco . The site is zoned by the local authority, Kingston Council, for residential and community use. The site has been subject to a number of planning applications for the construction of a retail store of up to 89,000 sq feet and up to 660 dwellings in buildings up to 12 storeys high. Tesco sold
9240-403: The site. In 1955 the company became English Fireplaces (Galleon) Ltd. and in 1979 became Galleon Claygate Ltd . Galleon now have showrooms in the Ewell Road. The leases of cottages at 220–236 Red Lion Road were purchased in 1961 and a number of properties fronting Red Lion Road were subsequently demolished to form car parking. Decca Radar 's Radar Research and Development laboratories moved to
9345-489: The south, with services run by South Western Railway . The principal shopping centre is situated west of the A3 in Tolworth Broadway, with the landmark Tolworth Tower, at its junction with the A3. Tolworth Tower, built on the site of the former Tolworth Odeon Cinema is an office block designed by George Marsh of R. Seifert and Partners and opened in 1963. The tower is 265 feet high with 22 floors. The ground floor of
9450-593: The start of the Hogsmill Open Space which follows the river until the borough boundary with Kingston . The river continues its course in green space between the residential areas of Ewell Court and West Ewell and is joined by the Green Lanes Stream. After a short distance of green space, the river runs as a boundary between Poole Road Recreation Ground and Ewell Court Park and flows behind Ewell Athletics Track. It reaches another confluence, this one being with
9555-411: The wall behind the plaque, there is a photograph of Hannah, a copy of 'The Times' newspaper of the day and a letter from William Coulthurst stipulating that the church should remain in the evangelical tradition. The church and vicarage cost £26,500. The old vicarage was pulled down in 1939 and a subsequent one was built on the same plot. In 2012, work started on a new vicarage on part of the plot and this
9660-596: Was a public space planning scheme, the Mayor's "Great Outdoors" initiative. The barrier on the central reservation was removed, which itself has been widened. The stripey green "sureset" resin surface allows users to walk the length of Tolworth Broadway on the Greenway and to cross the Kingston ByPass (A3) at street level. The scheme aimed to revitalise Tolworth Broadway, improve safety and reduce traffic speeds. Critics believed that
9765-420: Was built in 1862–63, by Charles Lock Luck and lengthened in 1866. The chancel aisles were added in 1864, and 1871. It has no tower, and is built of red brick with stone dressings with some black brick voussoirs . The east stained-glass window was done by Clayton and Bell , the central stained-glass window by Burne-Jones , while the other stained glass was done by Lavers, Barraud and Westlake . Saint Matthew's
9870-400: Was burnt down in the 1950s. Until 2011, the green at the junction of Ewell Road, Red Lion Road and King Charles Road opposite the former Red Lion Public house was the site of an extremely rare double fronted wooden bus stop, located at the former Tolworth turning point of the 603 trolleybus service, which ceased in May 1962. (It was previously served by trams between 1906 and 1931.) The shelter
9975-420: Was completed in 1875, having taken less than 2 years to build. The church and the original vicarage were paid for by one man, William Matthew Coulthurst, who was the senior partner of Coutts Bank . On the outside of the east end of the church, there is a stone plaque recording this and the fact that it was partly built in memory of Hannah Mabella Coulthurst, the dead sister of William Matthew Coulthurst. Built into
10080-543: Was completed in 2013. The East stained-glass window by Henry Holiday was destroyed by a V-1 flying bomb on 23 June 1944. They were replaced in 1953 with windows by Hugh Easton , with his maker's mark of a weather vane signed H Easton with a cockerel on the top. The Clayton memorial triptych window was installed in 1921, designed by Louis Davis , 'the last of the Pre-Raphaelites ', and made by Thomas Cowall (1870-1949) for James Powell and Sons . The Caporn memorial window
10185-632: Was developed into Watton Point flats by CNM Estates . The Police station moved to the former St Matthew's School building on the other side of the Ewell Road in 1977 where there was vehicle parking. It was also near the Metropolitan Police Garage in Hollyfield Road acquired in 1968 – formerly used by the Cooper Car Company . All have now been vacated by the Police. The building has been sympathetically restored to its previous educational use and
10290-643: Was done in Northwood , North-West London, and John Sessions and Phil Cornwell 's comedy series Stella Street . Surbiton station features in the 2009 film version of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince , with actors Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter and Michael Gambon as Albus Dumbledore . Filming took place in November 2007. The station also appears in Agatha Christie's Poirot : The Adventure of
10395-523: Was in the historic county of Surrey and since 1965 it has been in Greater London . Surbiton comprises four of the RBK's wards: Alexandra, Berrylands , St. Mark's, and Surbiton Hill. Founded originally as Kingston-upon-Railway when the area was first developed in the 1840s, Surbiton possesses a mixture of grand 19th-century townhouses , Art Deco courts , and more recent residential blocks blending in with semi-detached 20th-century housing estates . With
10500-522: Was installed in 1970 and designed by W T Carter Shapland who had also designed the West window at St Mark's . Some of the original windows by Powell & Sons survive, known as Quarry windows because they are made up of pre-stamped diamond-shaped glass known as 'Quarries'. Other churches in Surbiton include Surbiton Hill Methodist Church on Ewell Road, opened in 1882, and the Roman Catholic church of Saint Raphael's , completed in 1848 and located to
10605-463: Was originally named Kingston-upon-Railway . It was only renamed Surbiton to distinguish it from the new Kingston railway station on the Shepperton branch line , which opened on 1 January 1869. The present station has an art deco façade. As a result, Kingston is now on a branch line, whereas passengers from Surbiton (smaller in comparison) can reach London Waterloo in as little as 16 minutes on
10710-558: Was removed after Transport for London decided that it was the only bus stop they were not prepared to maintain, on the basis that it was wooden. David Bowie launched his Ziggy Stardust stage show with the Spiders from Mars at the Toby Jug pub in Tolworth on 10 February 1972. Other bands to play there included Led Zeppelin , Fleetwood Mac , The Yardbirds , John Lee Hooker , Black Sabbath , King Crimson , Blodwyn Pig , John Mayall &
10815-536: Was supposed to have provided the flour for Queen Victoria's bakers. The Upper Mill was the last working corn mill on the river, still working in 1951 when visited by Jack Hillier. It is now the headquarters of the Samaritans . Another group of gunpowder mills were established at Worcester Park by William Taylor in 1720. They were variously known as the Malden Mills, Long Ditton Mills or Tolworth Mills, being located on
10920-497: Was the Royal Windsor Laundry employing 100 girls by 1920. Tolworth has King George's Field , a memorial to King George V . Corinthian-Casuals F.C. , a non-league football team, plays its home games at the playing fields, the site was formerly the home ground of Tolworth Football Club before it merged with Corinthian-Casuals in the late 1980s. Tolworth is also the home of amateur football teams Tolworth Athletic (who play in
11025-670: Was the access to Tolworth Hall and nearby, along the Hogsmill River , were watercress beds. "The Estate that never was": plans for the Station Estate were approved by Surbiton Corporation and Surrey County Council in January 1940, comprising 459 houses and 10 shops on four sites, separated by the Kingston Road and the Southern Railway Chessington Branch Line (which was to be extended to Leatherhead). As part of
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