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4 unusual facts about Oxted


Surrey and Sussex Junction Railway

The railway originated as an independent scheme drawn up by several former officers and directors of the LB&SCR in 1864 for a line from Croydon to Tunbridge Wells, via Oxted.

The Surrey and Sussex Junction Railway was an abortive railway scheme which obtained powers in July 1865 to build a line from Croydon to Tunbridge Wells, via Oxted with the intention that it should be worked by the London Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR).

Much of the trackbed for this railway was later used in a joint scheme by the LB&SCR and SER to create a joint line from Croydon to Oxted.

Vickers Vulcan

# G-EBDH; Type 61 - Delivered to Instone Air Line in July 1922, accident at Oxted, Surrey, in 1922.


Francis Charig

Francis Charig (born 23 November 1960 in Hurst Green, Oxted, England) is the British Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of BetWiz Sports and is also a board director of Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon plc, a Japan-focussed investment trust.

Ian Pearce

Pearce started his career at Oxted & District FC then moved to Chelsea during the 1991–92 season.

Lingfield Park Racecourse

Lingfield Railway Station adjoins the course, served by trains from London to East Grinstead via Oxted.

Oxted School

Having previously been known as The Performing Arts Society, the new name Odd Youth Theatre (Oxted Dance and Drama) was adopted when the company took Dancing In The Dark, adapted from the novel by Joan Barfoot, to The Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 1992.

Rotherfield railway station

It was the original name of the station now called Crowborough, on the Oxted - Uckfield - Lewes line (Oxted Line)

See also the nearby Rotherfield and Mark Cross railway station on the Oxted - Heathfield - Polegate line (Cuckoo Line)

Tandridge District

Tandridge is a local government district in Surrey, England containing part of the North Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, part of the Weald and the towns of Warlingham, Caterham, Oxted, Godstone and Lingfield.


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