Redhill ( ) is a town in the Reigate and Banstead region of Surrey, England. The city, which is adjacent to the town of Reigate in the west, is due in south Croydon in Greater London, and is part of the London commuter belt. The city is also a postal city and entertainment and commercial area of ​​three neighboring communities: Merstham, Earlswood and Whitebushes, as well as two small rural villages east of Tandridge, Bletchingley and Nutfield districts.
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History
Redhill is located about 3 miles south of the small pass in Merstham (elevation of about 120 m (390 ft) compared to a height of about 180 m (590 ft) on both sides) on the North Downs, which passes London-Brighton Road. Under this permit, two rival railway companies dug the Merstham tunnel, which is still used by regular commuter trains and freight transport, with two railroad lines intersecting to the south of Redhill station. The main factor in the development of the city is the arrival of trains. Redhill railway station continues to be an important crossroads.
A city formed here in the part of the rural parishes of Reigate Foreign and Merstham when the highway was built in 1818. The settlement was originally known as "Warwick Town" after Warwick Road, and was later known as Redhill when the post office moved from Red Hill It is common in the southwest of the city in 1856.
Redhill is one of the few places in the UK where a fuller earth can be extracted, although production ceased in 2000. Alfred Nobel showed dynamite for the first time at a Merstham mine, 2 miles north of Redhill in 1868.
A large and carved, Victorian-style mental hospital with well-trimmed grounds, Royal Earlswood Hospital, originally a Philanthropic Community farm school for prisoners, first established in 1788 in St. Louis. George's Fields, London, moved to Earlswood in what was south of Redhill in 1855. Prince Albert laid the first stone in 1853; the hospital for 40 years became home to two cousins ​​of Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mother Katherine Bowes-Lyon and Nerissa Bowes-Lyon, both of whom had learning difficulties. Other inmates James Henry Pullen (1835-1916) was an autistic scholar. He is a brilliant artist and artist whose work was received by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Some models of Pullen's ships, designs and artworks were used for display at Belfry Shopping Center in the city, but have now been moved to the Langdon Down Museum in Teddington. The main building has been converted into apartments and renovated grounds providing green open spaces to balance the large southwestern area of ​​the Earlswood train station.
Richard Carrington, an amateur astronomer, moved to Redhill in 1852, and built houses and observatories. The Dome Way, where the only Redhill tower block stands, is named after that. This site is suitable for isolated observatories, located above a plateau surrounded by lowland and swamp. Here in 1859 he made an astronomical observation that first reinforced the presence of solar flares and their electrical influence on Earth and its auroras. In 1863 he published the observation record of the sun point which first showed the differential rotation in the Sun. In 1865 poor health drove him to sell his house and move to Churt, Surrey.
St. John the Evangelist, built in 1843, was the first of three Anglican parish churches at Redhill. The parish initially stretches from Gatton in the north to Sidlow in the south.
Development, east of Redhill, from the M23 highway between 1972 and 1975 reduced the north-south traffic through the city.
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Geography
The natural gap in North Downs north of Merstham is at an altitude of 120 meters (390 feet) above sea level. From this point run a significant lime lace slope, sand, and some more full soil deposits, which underlie the usual humus (fertile) humus in the distance to downtown Redhill (approximately 75 meters or 250 feet). Similarly, Reigate High Street, further along the Holmesdale Pass, is at an altitude of 85 meters or 280 feet with a small hill immediately to the north where Reigate Castle is located. Redhill Common, now partly built in St. John's, is on Greensand Ridge.
The Redhill Brook runs through the city, especially the culverts, and upstream to the north-east of the city is the Moors nature reserve and watercolor housing development 2010-2012 (mid and low), consisting of 25 hectares (10 ha) of lakes, lanes and wildlife habitats managed by Surrey Wildlife Trust. The creek enters the culvert behind the Redhill station and shows up briefly in Halford's parking lot. The flat area in downtown Redhill was once a swampy floodplain caused by its often muddy waters. Trains and A23 also pass through or near the slit cut by the river through Greensand Ridge in Earlswood, just south of the city. The winding stream joins the Mole River in the south west of Woodhatch, Reigate at a height of 50 meters (164 feet), after flowing south and then westward.
Locality
Holmethorpe
Holmethorpe can refer to two adjacent developments, one residential, commercial/other industry and separated by the west line of the Brighton Main Line just north of Redhill. Organization members of Holmethorpe Industrial Estate exist to provide security and advertise recruitment among its 66 businesses and to work in traffic and planning local authorities. Holmethorpe has a 2001 population census of 1,128.
Watercolors
Watercolors are a settlement built and neighborhood 2008-2012 at Redhill to the village of Merstham across the lake from Ridge Greensand from the wooded village of Bletchingley and at the site of the former Holmethorpe Gravel Quarry.
Redstone Hill
Redstone Hill is above the office and the Royal Mail depot, centered around one of the three Redhill conservation areas, across from the station using the A25 or subway from most of the city. This environment includes restaurants and superb for conservation areas, no nationally listed buildings although some buildings are listed locally. Far below the conservation area, the relentless service of the east branch of Brighton Line Main is run. Redhill Common (north) and Linkfield Street
This area includes four nationally listed buildings: three in Grade II and one, Fengates House, in Grade II *. Fengates is a three-story Georgian building built of red brick with gray canopy and printed tape on the second floor. The roof is high and extends over the walls creating a roof. Six panel doors have architrave and a porch formed with dentile cornices.
Redhill Common (south) and St. John's
St. John's is a densely packed urban area on a small highland Redhill Common cape, with a medium-sized garden between Earlswood Common and Redhill Common, accessible by road access on the hill side of London Road. The five listed buildings in this area include one in Grade II * St. John the Evangelist Church. John Loughborough Pearson overhauled it after the 1842-3 construction by James T Knowles (senior), retained only the aisles that were added in 1867 by Ford & amp; Hesketh. Pearson was awarded the RIBA Royal Gold Medal in 1880 and is remembered for a series of excellent churches. It often features a strong French influence: the tower at St. John's has been likened to the Abbey of Saint-ÃÆ'â € ° tienne tower in Caen (St Steven's Abbey). Another Pearson characteristic in St. John's is the stone dome cavity and the transverse arch in the center. The most famous Pearson buildings are Truro Cathedral (1880) and the first English cathedral built on a new site since Salisbury in the early thirteenth century. This Gothic architecture is reflected by several buildings nearby.
Shaw Angle
Shaw's Corner is centered around the intersection that forms on Reigate Road, in more precise terms called Hatchlands Road before arriving here Reigate Road close and includes houses on both sides of Reigate County Court, St. Paul's Church and a chapel. At this intersection, on the south side in the middle of Blackstone Hill street, is Richard R. Goulden Corner Corner Memorial Shaw, a registered class II bust and statue: a bronze statue on a square stone square footprint, from a man, carrying a child in one hands, and holding the torch light up aloft with the others. At the top of the base is a post:
On the other hand is the uppercase words of Courage; Honor; and Self-Sacrifice. A further inscription below is a graph and includes "The fire eats meat." The spirit is invincible. " World War II dates have been added since the first opening by Earl Beatty. Halfway along Blackstone Hill is declining access through Redhill Common to London Road Redhill where the Common extends and borders South Redhill, also known as Earlswood.
Transport
Redhill is at the crossroads of A23 and A25. The M25 and M23 motorways are three miles away.
Redhill railway station is at a three-lane crossing: London's main line to Brighton, North Downs Line from Redhill to Reading, and Redhill to Tonbridge Line. Until 1845 there was a separate station from which one could travel to Ashford and Dover.
Many bus services are operated into the city, by Arriva, Metrobus and Southdown PSV. In May 2008, the 100 to Crawley route became part of Fastway's fast bus transportation system, after redeveloping the Redhill bus station.
Air access is available at London Gatwick Airport, located about seven miles to the south, as well as a small Redhill Aerodrome (EGKR) to the southeast of downtown Redhill. Heathrow Airport is thirty miles to the northwest and both Luton and London City airports are accessible by train.
Shopping
Redhill has a masterminded High Street, unified by Belfry Shopping Center. More stores available at Warwick Quadrant. There are also street markets every Thursday, Friday and Saturday, sometimes including the French market.
Culture and community
Redhill is part of the district government of Reigate and Banstead. Not far from town was Gatton Park, an area once owned by the Colmans; estate has a private chapel (now open to public) and a Japanese garden.
The city has a typical red brick complex called Warwick Quadrant, which houses the Harlequin Theater and Cinema, and the public library, as well as Sainsbury and other shops.
The old Odeon theater was built in 1938. It was converted into a nightclub in 1976, operating under various names until 2011 when it was permanently closed to make way for new housing. Although there are plans to maintain the registered watershed façade, delays in rebuilding and aversion to using façade means it falls into decay and is destroyed in December 2017.
Redhill has in the past hosted the annual exhibition in the aerodrome, as well as the steam exhibition. London to Brighton Veteran Car Run passes through town every year.
Economy
SES Water, Santander Consumer Finance, AXA damage assistance, Travelers Insurance, and Aon plc Risk Services have their headquarters in the city. There are also three industrial and business areas: Holmethorpe Industrial Estate, Kingsfield Business Center, and Reading Arch.
Redhill Aerodrome (IATA: KRH, ICAO: EGKR) is 1.73 miles (2.8 km) south-east of Redhill and operates leisure, flying, and private commercial flights.
While the city is a commercial center, with shopping centers and some large corporate offices, most economically active people work in Greater London and other parts of Surrey.
For some central government statistical purposes, Redhill and Reigate are classified as part of the Crawley Urban Area. Redhill is 18 miles east of Guildford. Average mileage in 2001 for workers was 13.8 kilometers (8.6 mi) in East Redhill and 13.6 kilometers (8.5 million) at Redhill West. Unemployment stood at 1.81% in the east and 2.13% in the west in 2001.
The first iteration of British Island Airways has its headquarters at Congreve House in Redhill.
Demographics
Population, type of house ownership and population density are provided by the 2011 census. The proportion of households in Redhill who own their homes is directly below the regional average of 32.5%. The proportion of homes with loans in each ward is 5.5% of the regional average, at Redhill East 5.3% larger, or 0.9% greater than the average for the borough. The data in each ward and overall for the composite show the proportion of residential property of rented and social housing close to the average in Southeast England and with that of local authorities, much larger at Redhill West than in Redhill East where 21.8 % of the leased property of the registered social landlord or directly from the local authority.
Famous people
- Ronnie Biggs lives on Alpine Road, Redhill, when he is arrested for engaging in Great Train Robbery.
- Bernard Bresslaw, the actor, best known for his role in Carry On Films, lived in Redhill.
- Liz May Brice, the actress, best known for her role in Bad Girls was born here in 1975. Richard Christopher Carrington, a self-taught astronomer, lived in Redhill from 1852 to 1865. While at his observatory at Redhill, he observed the famous solar beacon.
- Mike Christie, singer and composer, was born and raised in Redhill.
- Aleister Crowley, occultist. He and his family live in The Grange, Redhill between 1881 & amp; 1884.
- Edwina Currie, a former Conservative MP and a junior health minister, lives at Redhill until 2007.
- Nick Falkner, a cricketer.
- Michael Greco, EastEnders actor who played Beppe DiMarco, went to school at St Bede's on Carlton Road, Redhill.
- Gareth Hunt, the actor. Remember to portray Frederick Norton's horsemen on the Upper Floor, Lower Floor and Mike Gambit at The New Avengers.
- The Dry team, best known for appearing in Star Wars Episode VI: The Return of Jedi and being half of the Tik and Tok duo, which popularized the robot mime in Britain in the 1980s, was born at Redhill in the year 1952.
- Carole Hersee, best known for appearing as an eight year old boy in the central picture of the iconic TV Test Test, was born in Redhill in 1958.
- David Hewlett, actor, writer, director, and voice actor best known for playing. Rodney McKay at Stargate Atlantis and Stargate SG-1 was born here in 1968 before she and her family emigrated to Canada.
- Bevis Hillier, biographer of Sir John Betjeman, was born here in 1940.
- Peter Howitt, actor and director, used to live near the Donyngs Sports Center.
- Kevin Kenner, an American-born concert pianist, lives in Redhill.
- John Linnell, painter, rival John Constable, lives in Redhill.
- Diana Liverman, renowned geographer, lives and goes to Redhill
- Ian McKay (formerly Laidlaw), an art critic and writer, lived here between 1976 and 1980.
- Katie Melua, singer and songwriter, stayed here briefly in 1998.
- Robert Milsom, Aberdeen F.C. midfielder, born here.
- Nick Hornby, the author, was born in Redhill on April 17, 1957.
- Samuel Palmer, landscape painter, etch, and graphic maker, lived in Redhill from 1862 until his death in 1881.
- Derek Paravicini, the famous blind prodigy, lives at RNIB College in Redhill
- Henry Thomas Pringuer, organist and composer, is an organist at St. Matthew's Redhill c. 1870-1880.
- Sophie Raworth, journalist and newsreader, was born here in 1968.
- Alec Harley Reeves, an electronic engineer, inventor of Pulse code modulation, was born here in 1902.
- Chris Robshaw, Harlequin F.C right now. and the England Rugby captain, was born in Redhill in 1986.
- Anna Smith, a tennis player, was born in Redhill in 1988.
- George Smith, English soccer player & amp; league manager, train Redhill F.C. 1951-52.
- David Wiffen, singer-songwriter, was born in Redhill, 1942.
- Max Chilton, the Formula 1 driver and former Formula 1 driver for Marussia F1 was born in Redhill.
Government
The Surrey District Council has one representative from Redhill, elected every four years:
- Dr Lynne Hack, Conservative, was reinstated by voters in 2009, at the Adult Social Care Select Committee, the Health Investigations Committee and the relevant Local Committees. Previously Dr. Hack was a Cabinet Member of Surreal for the Environment.
The second party, forming the main local opposition, is the Green Party getting 1,591 votes versus 1,761 winning candidates.
6 council members sit in the Reigate and Banstead borough councilors, which are:
Sports and recreation
City features:
- Redhill Bowling Club, Redhill's grass bowling club.
- Redhill Football Club, a non-league football club playing at Kiln Brow.
- Donyngs sports center, which includes an indoor swimming pool.
- Sailing, canoeing and wind surfing are available near the large Mercers Country Park, where the company provides mooring, boat storage, instruction and accessories, Aqua Sports Company, Royal Canadian Union (BCU) and A Licensing Center Activity Center Activity Adventure (AALA) is recognized.
Education
- St. Bede School, a high school specializing in Music and IT.
- East Surrey College is based at Redhill.
- The Warwick School, a public high school is on Noke Drive.
- Dunottar School, close to Redhill Common. Founded in 1926, the school of independent girls moved here in 1933, to the "Tall Trees", built by Walter Blanford Waterlow in 1867.
See also
- List of places of worship in Reigate and Banstead
References
External links
Media related to Redhill, Surrey on Wikimedia Commons
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