Old Woking

Claremont Avene

Built in 1887 from Guildford Hill to Elm Bridge to open up the land for building and provide a route from Woking Village.  Called after the home of the Duchess of Albany who laid the foundation stone at Christ Church.

Cross Lanes Estate

The Fladgate family of Cross Lanes Farm sold their land for building in 1883.  This went from the Guildford Road down to White Rose Lane and the Hoe stream.  This sale determined the shape of southern Woking.  Most of the land was sold to private owners who employed their own architects  and were posh , but not as posh as all that, but in the southern part it was sold in parcels to building companies.

Elmbridge Lane

This was originally Tinkers Lane, widened and renamed by developers in 1928.

Hoe Stream

Drains the meadows of Worplesdon, Pirbright and Wanborough and feeds into the Wey eventually. Also called the Stanford Brook.

Kingfield Green

Woking was divided administratively into seven tithings from the 14^th. This area was Kingfield.

Woking Town Field, common field, stretched from here to Hoe Bridge and was still there in 1841.   It was divided into 30 strips and plots with six owners.

Pond  - traditional pond now restored

Houses and speculative building in the 1920s between here and Elmbridge Green

Kingfield Road

Howard’s Farm, half timbered near Kingfield Green

Elmbridge Green is the area in front of the entrances to Woking Park and it once stretched along Kingfield Road to join Kingfield Green.

Loop Road

The area of the Green stretched down here and there were four water splashes.

Turnoak Roundabout

Built in 1934 the first ‘traffic circus’ in the area.

Westfield Road

Previously called Gongers Lane

Woking Park

Named Woking Park in 1927

The area was bought by the local authority from the Suburban Land Company who were developing the land as the Hillview Estate.  Laid out in 1905 with interesting slopes and the Hoe Stream.  Completed in 1904 with a rose garden, tennis courts, bowling green, playground etc etc.

Open-air swimming pool.  The first one was opened  beside the Hoe Stream in 1910.  timber lined rectangle with water direct from the river and the local tip next door.  Then in 1935 a lido was opened floating on a concrete raft over the decomposing rubbish.    Later this was replaced by the Pool in the Park with a tropical atmosphere and lots of glass. 

Bowling Green – site of Blackness Farm.  This was a half timbered house demolished in 1908 to clear the ground for the park.

Tip – this was on fields next to the park and then closed in 1920.  planted with trees and two ponds installed.