| Hinchley Wood | |
  Hinchley Wood shown within Surrey |
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| Population | 3,674 |
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| OS grid reference | |
| District | Elmbridge |
| Shire county | Surrey |
| Region | South East |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Esher |
| Postcode district | KT10 |
| Dialling code | 020 |
| Police | Surrey |
| Fire | Surrey |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| European Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Esher and Walton |
| List of places: UK • England • Surrey | |
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In 1999, Hinchley Wood residents took on McDonalds to defeat a plan to turn their local pub into a fast-food outlet. In 1997, the pub had earlier provided a historical footnote when former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and his wife, Raisa, visited it when their flight home to Russia was delayed. Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev ( Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachyov;; born 2 March 1931 in Privolnoye Stavropol Krai) is a Russian politician
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History
Initially the farmland on which Hinchley Wood was to be built was an outpost of Thames Ditton. Thames Ditton is a " Village " in Surrey, England, bordering Greater London. In 1925, 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 1885. Esher (iːʃə not /ɛʃə/) is a Town in the Surrey borough of Elmbridge in South East England near the River Mole. Thames Ditton is a " Village " in Surrey, England, bordering Greater London. Surbiton, a suburban area of London in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, is a commuter town next to the river Thames, populated with a mixture Claygate is a large village in the English county of Surrey, approximately south west of London on the edge of the Green Belt. The Southern Railway was not interested in a new station in 1925 because it would create no new traffic, but the opening of the Kingston Bypass changed everything. The Southern Railway (SR was a British railway company established in the 1923 Grouping. The A3, known as the Portsmouth Road for much of its length is a Trunk road in Southern England, connecting London to Portsmouth
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 settlement, with a housing stock so plainly superior to that typical of the 1930s. Design The station is of an island construction with entrance Footbridges from either side of the line
At its annual general meeting in 1927, the chairman called attention to “great increment in the value of the land, which goes into the pockets of vigilant people at our expense”. G. T. Crouch agreed to contribute £2,500 towards the cost (about one-third) of the building of the station.
Having been given planning permission to build Hinchley Wood in September 1929, Crouch struck a deal with the Southern Railway for the construction of the station. The Southern Railway (SR was a British railway company established in the 1923 Grouping. In order to persuade the Southern Railway to build it, Crouch had to help pay for it. The Southern Railway (SR was a British railway company established in the 1923 Grouping. Although the Southern Railway knew that a new settlement would bring new business, it also knew the benefit to Crouch. The Southern Railway (SR was a British railway company established in the 1923 Grouping.
Hinchley Wood railway station was to be built where conveniently the tracks separated already, making it the more economically built and manned. Design The station is of an island construction with entrance Footbridges from either side of the line 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. The Southern Railway (SR was a British railway company established in the 1923 Grouping.
When the station opened, Hinchley Wood comprised a couple of dozen houses and a petrol filling station in a field that bordered the bypass. Development took place around the shops that were built next to the station.
The speed at which the houses in Hinchley Wood were built was phenomenal, with the peak years being in 1933-34 when 750 residents moved in, many of whom were London commuters. The Hinchley Wood Residents’ Association was formed in 1931 and quickly became an effective voice for the community on Esher Council. Esher (iːʃə not /ɛʃə/) is a Town in the Surrey borough of Elmbridge in South East England near the River Mole. [1]
The train service in the 1930s, although considerably more frequent and faster than today, was the regular cause of complaint: such was the rapid growth of Hinchley Wood that overcrowding of trains became an issue as well as their timing.
McDonald's dispute
In 1999, Hinchley Wood residents, organised as Residents Against McDonald's (RAM), took on McDonalds to defeat a plan to turn their local pub into a drive-through fast-food outlet. The residents defeated McDonald's on June 16th 2000 after a 552-day continuous occupation. [2] The pub has since been demolished and has been replaced by retirement flats.
Trivia
Hinchley Wood is featured in Crap Towns: The 50 Worst Places To Live In The UK (ISBN 0-7522-1582-5), even though residents agree that it is more a village than a town.
References
- ^ Hinchley Wood history from the Surrey Advertiser
- ^ McDonalds foiled at Hinchley Wood (Surrey) r0006163
External links
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