When was hinchley wood built

Initially the farmland on which Hinchley Wood was to be built was an outpost of Thames Ditton. In , Esher Council considered a petition from the small number of residents of Manor Road, in which ribbon development from Thames Ditton was taking place, for the provision of a new station between Surbiton and Claygate on the railway that had opened in The Southern Railway was not interested in a new station in because it would create no new traffic, but the opening of the Kingston Bypass changed everything.

Immediately the speculative possibilities created by the bypass were considered. Furthermore, even as it was being built a sewer was laid under it, at Manor Road, to facilitate development. The opening of Hinchley Wood railway station brought about the rapid emergence of Hinchley Wood as a coherent, identifiable village, with a housing stock so plainly superior to that typical of the s. GT Crouch was such a visionary man with an eye to the profit to be made from building a new village.

Having been given planning permission to build Hinchley Wood in September , Crouch struck a deal with the Southern Railway for the construction of the station. The result is today's town. Hinchley Wood railway station was to be built where conveniently the tracks separated already, making it the more economically built and manned. Additionally, the Southern Railway bought some more land on which to build a goods yard, which in the event was never built because competition from road haulage became too great, but the land was retained, ultimately to allow a car park to be provided.

A collection of 10 houses and 3 apartments positioned just moments from the village shops. Hinchley Wood is a suburban village in the Elmbridge borough of Surrey, it has village shops including a Costa Coffee, butcher, baker and a post office to name a few. For further retail and leisure, there are many options, just a 5 minute drive away, Esher includes an Everyman Cinema, Waitrose and a variety of restaurants.

Alternatively, Bushy Park is 3 miles away, known for its mix of waterways, gardens and grassland. Another rumour is that of it being used by Ordnance Survey and the MOD for printing maps for the Gulf war but I am pretty sure that Ordnance Survey would have been long gone by then — with Ordnance Survey leaving in and the staff there were transferred to Maybush, and continued to receive the London Living Allowance, much to the annoyance of other staff!

Now that rumour has came up about the Maybush head office and unfortunately in that case, it was not true although there were definitely several air raid shelters under the old temporary buildings at OSO Crabwood…. However, a detailed archaeological study failed to find any evidence of underground bunkers or similar structures on the site.