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M25 Egham Great Fosters

Post to the south Thorpe GreenBlack Lake CloseBlack Lake Christmas Tree FarmM25Stroude RoadGreat Fosters. Very posh hotel, on this site since 1931. The estate dates from the 1550s when it was owned by...

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M25 Thorpe Lea

Post to the south Egham Great FostersPost to the north EghamAmbleside WayThis is part of an estate of houses which appear to be on the site of part of Thorpe Lee Nurseries which lay to the east of...

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M25 Wraysbury Reservoir

Post to the south M25Wraysbury ReservoirThis reservoir more or less fills this square – it is also partly in squares to the north, west and south, with a smaller part in the squares to the east and...

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M25 Iver Heath

Post to the east UxbridgePost to the north DromenaghBangors Road NorthThe Black Horse. This large corner pub appears to date from the 1930s. It is a Hall and Woodhouse house. Near to Pinewood Studios...

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M25 Iver Heath The Clump

Post to the east DromenaghPost to the north Gossams WoodM25Pinewood GreenHousing Estate. Much used as a film location due to its nearness to the studios – see ‘Carry on at Your Convenience’., “Carry on...

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M25 Alderbourne

Post to the south Junction 16Post to the north Tatling EndBroadspring WoodAncient woodland within the Colne Valley Regional Park.Fulmer LaneAlderbourne Lodge. This is a cottage ornee from the early...

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M25 Denham Lane

Post to the south Chalfont ParkPost to the east Chalfont Old Shire LaneDenham LaneWarren Farm.Warren Farm Quarry. This appears to be active for the extraction of sand and hoggin. It is also partly a...

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M25 Chalfont. Old Shire Lane

Post to the west Denham LanePost to the west TroyPost too the north Chalfont LaneM25Old Shire LaneThis is thought to be on the route of an old boundary separating the Saxon kingdoms of Wessex and...

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M25 Chalfont Lane

Post to the south Old Shire Lane ChalfontPost to the east West HydePost to the north Maple CrossChalfont LaneNarrow featureless road between flat fields.M25Old Shire LaneThis footpath  is thought to be...

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M25 Maple Cross

Post to the south Chalfont LanePost to the east Maple CrossPost to the north Rickmansworth Bottom WoodBeechen WoodThis small wood has some semi-mature trees which probably  date from the 19th including...

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M25 Rickmansworth Bottom Wood

Post to the south Maple CrossPost to the east Maple CrossBottom WoodWood. In this wood all except the perimeter trees were cut down during the Second World War to make rifle butts.  There are...

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M25 Rickmansworth Shepherd's Lane

Post to the south Maple CrossMill WayShepherd Primary SchoolRickmansworth Children’s CentreM25Junction 17. Maple Cross Interchange, This was built with the A405  in 1976.Shepherds LaneJehovahs Witness...

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M25 Chorleywood Dog Kennel Lane

Post to the south Rickmansworth Shepherds LanePost to the east Rickmansworth Solomons WoodBerry LaneThe Fringe. ~Wooded area and wildlife siteChorleywood CommonChorleywood Golf Course. The club was...

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M25 Rickmansworth Solomon's Wood

Post to the west Rickmansworth Dog Kennel LanePost to the east Royal Masonic School for GirlsPost to the north SolesbridgeBerry LaneArnett Hills Junior and Mixed Infant School. This opened in...

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M25 Sarratt Great Wood

Great WoodThis is mixed deciduous and coniferous woodland.It is said to he  at least 600 years old and maybe once used for pannage. It has now been re-planted with Lodgepole Pines, and patches of Oak...

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M25 Chandlers Cross

Post to the west Great WoodChandlers LaneChandlers Cross. An outlying settlement of SarattPottens Farm. Equestrian and Livery. The farm house is 16th later rebuilt, refronted and extended. It has a...

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M25 Langleybury Lane

Beechen BottomWoodland and wildlife site. Some old quarry and chalk pit sites within it.Brickfield SpringWoodland with evidence of old quarry site.Fir Tree HillGreat Westwood Quarry. Fir Tree Hill...

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M25 Langleybury

Post to the south Langleybury LanePost to the north Kings LangleyPost to the east Hunton BridgeCrabtree DellWoodland alongside the motorwayDellshot SpringWoodland alongside the motorwayLangleybury...

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M25 Kings Langley Egg Farm

Post to the west Kings LangleyEgg Farm LaneOvaltine Egg Farm.. These were the Model Poultry Farm buildings from the 1930s thre architecture of which echoed the farm built by the French King, Louis XVI,...

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M25 Abbots Langley

Post to the west Kings Langley Egg FarmBedmond RoadMidway. House with 17th originsThe Oaklands. Traveller community site.2 Ovaltine Cottages. This is the former entrance to the Ovaltine Model Dairy...

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