Hinchley Wood
Hinchley Wood | ||
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Shire county | ||
Region | ||
Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Post town | Esher | |
Postcode district | KT10 | |
Dialling code | 020 | |
Police | Surrey | |
Fire | Surrey | |
Ambulance | South East Coast | |
UK Parliament | ||
Hinchley Wood is a suburb in the
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History
The only old
Initially the farmland on which Hinchley Wood was to be built was part of
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.
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
After the Second World War, the Inland Revenue had large offices housed in the single storey inter-connected barrack blocks of former Italian Prisoner of War camp on the north side of the railway station. These blocks were eventually demolished to become a very dense turn of the Millennium housing development.
In 1953, the community's church in the Church of England, St. Christophers Church[3] was built.
In 1999 residents took on
Transportation and growth
When the station opened, Hinchley Wood comprised a couple of dozen houses and a petrol filling station (Esher Filling Station, colloquially referred to as "EFS") 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.[6]
Hinchley Wood is served by the
The local authority has varied from Conservative to Residents Association since its 1974 formation.
Countryside and recreation parks
Many residents visit Littleworth Common, where it meets Esher Eagles Rugby League club, a community rugby club. These are followed by, in the south west, a historic but now small woodland named Hinchley Wood. Telegraph Hill is also southwest of Hinchley Wood and is the largest nearby walking spot and has some visitor attraction for its Grade II (architecture)
Education
Hinchley Wood has two schools, Hinchley Wood Primary School and Hinchley Wood School, one of the main secondary schools in the area, that includes a sixth form.
Demography and housing
Output area | Detached | Semi-detached | Terraced | Flats and apartments | Caravans/temporary/mobile homes | Shared between households[1] |
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(ward) | 1,089 | 342 | 109 | 312 | 7 | 0 |
The average level of accommodation in the region composed of detached houses was 28%, the average that was apartments was 22.6%.
Output area | Population | Households | % Owned outright | % Owned with a loan | hectares[1] |
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(ward) | 5,068 | 1,859 | 40 | 45 | 320 |
The proportion of households in the settlement who owned their home outright compares to the regional average of 35.1%. The proportion who owned their home with a loan compares to the regional average of 32.5%. The remaining % is made up of rented dwellings (plus a negligible % of households living rent-free).
In the media
McDonald's rebuffed
Hinchley Wood has independent cafés and small supermarkets. Nonetheless in 1999 McDonald's sought to widen its reach, by opening a rare pure suburbia outlet. Hinchley Wood residents, organised as Residents Against McDonald's (RAM), took on McDonald's to defeat a plan to turn their local pub into a drive-through fast-food outlet. The residents defeated McDonald's on 16 June 2000 after a 552-day continuous occupation.[8][9] The pub has since been demolished and has been replaced by retirement flats.[10]
Irreverent jibes
Hinchley Wood unwittingly featured in an irreverent semi-comical book Crap Towns to be ranked "48th worst" in the United Kingdom. In response to the ranking, the local councillor stated "People like it here because it is a quiet place, very convenient for the city and, if you want to get to Kingston, it is easy as well. You have all the peace and quiet you want and it is near the countryside and the rivers. While we do not have a pub we do have a strong community spirit". The town lost the status in later editions.
Location
References
- ^ United Kingdom Census 2011 Office for National StatisticsRetrieved 21 November 2013
- ^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1030164)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
- ^ https://www.stchristopherschurch.org.uk
- ^ "Gorby pops in for pie and pint". Thefreelibrary.com. Daily Record (Scotland). Retrieved 6 January 2021.
- ^ Sounes, Howard; Wilson, Emily. "CHEERS, IT'S GORBY". Thefreelibrary.com. The Mirror. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
- ^ Hinchley Wood history from the Surrey Advertiser
- ^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1377481)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
- ^ Sengupta, Kim; Lyon, Nina. "Villagers' McDonald's protest may force new law on pubs". The Independent. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
- ^ Almond, Peter. "Victory for the village that took on McDonald's". The Telegraph. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
- ^ "Hinchley Wood". Closedpubs.com. Retrieved 5 January 2021.