The London/Surrey boundary. Banstead Downs

Banstead Downs
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The London/Surrey/Sutton boundary comes across the edge the Banstead Downs crosses Sutton Lane and reaches the Brighton Road. It then turns south down the Brighton Road to the roundabout when it then turns southwest to follow the edge of the downs.

Area to the north of the small Surrey town of Banstead. Some 20th century housing alongside open space on the Downs.

Post to the east Banstead prisons
Post to the north Belmont

Sites on the Surrey, Banstead side of the boundary

Avenue Road
Once extended into a track way over the common

Brighton Road
Reservoir
Clubhouse

Burdon Lane
Was a drove way across the common but was closed in the 1960s and became part of the golf course. It may be named after a local stream.

Sources
British History Online. Web site
Industrial Archaeology of Reigate and Banstead
Penguin Surrey
Pevsner and Cherry. Surrey
Surrey Industrial Archaeology
Surrey County Council. Web site

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