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Claygate Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Claygate

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Claygate history

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Etymology

Claygate may have its name from the clay pits in the village that provided bricks for some of Hampton Court Palace. Claygate’s lack of main thoroughfares has been attributed to the angle of the River Thames leading the A307 main road (from London) south-west instead through Esher.

Manor

Claygate appears in Domesday Book as a manor of Thames Ditton, Claigate. It rendered £2 10s 0d per year to its overlords. The manor descended from the Vincent family to the Evelyn family.

Other medieval history

Claygate was formed as an ecclesiastical parish from Thames Ditton in 1841. Scant remains were traced in boundary lines of an early medieval track running from Kingston Hill to the ford of the Mole.

19th century

Claygate’s development chiefly was in the 60 years after the construction of its railway line and station. In 1840 its church, Holy Trinity, was built of stone in 14th-century style, with a tower, enlarged in 1860, and restored in 1902.

20th century

Claygate was under the same urban council as Thames Ditton in 1911. In 1911 brick and tile production works, rather than retail sites, continued to employ men near the station.

21st century

The Al-Hilli family who were killed in the Annecy shootings lived in Claygate. The family lived in the town of Claygate, near the city of Annecy.

Claygate geography / climate

Claygate’s topsoil rests upon the youngest beds of the London Clay after which the village is named. The Rythe is a major stream running north through Claygate, and as a responsive channel in the clay basins has been implicated in late 20th century flash flooding in small pockets of the village. The centre-to-centre distance from London is 14+1/4 miles (23 kilometres)

You can visit Claygate places with Walkfo Claygate to hear history at Claygate’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Claygate has 79 places to visit in our interactive Claygate map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Claygate, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Claygate places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Claygate & the surrounding areas.

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79 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Best Claygate places to visit

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Claygate has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Claygate’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Claygate’s information audio spots:

River Ember The River Ember is a short river in the north of Surrey, England . It is a channel of the River Mole which splits in two south of Island Barn Reservoir, between East Molesey and Lower Green, Esher . The two rivers then flow side by side approximately north east and merge 400 metres before joining River Thames .

Giggs Hill Green Giggs Hill Green is a triangular park in Thames Ditton bordered on one side by the Portsmouth Road which has, since 1833, contained as a major part of it, the village’s cricket green .

Sandown Park Racecourse Sandown Park is a horse racing course and leisure venue in Esher, Surrey . It hosts 5 Grade One National Hunt races and one Group 1 flat race, the Eclipse Stakes . The venue has hosted bands such as UB40, Madness, Girls Aloud, Spandau Ballet and Simply Red .

The Homewood The Homewood is a modernist house in Esher, Surrey, England. Designed by architect Patrick Gwynne for his parents, it was given to the National Trust in 1999.

Oxshott Heath and Woods Oxshott Heath and Woods covers approximately 200 acres (81 ha) It is owned by a local authority, but historic rights of access and gathering dead wood where necessary for individual fires are shared and exercised by landowners. The area has existed since the end of the 19th century.

Oxshott railway station Oxshott railway station is 16 miles 79 chains (27.3 km) down the line from London Waterloo. The station is on the New Guildford Line, and is served by trains from Waterloo to Guildford via Cobham.

Claremont (country house) Claremont, also known historically as ‘Clermont’, is an 18th-century Palladian mansion less than a mile south of the centre of Esher in Surrey. The buildings are now occupied by Claremont Fan Court School, and its landscaped gardens are owned and managed by the National Trust.

Oxshott Oxshott is a low density suburban village in the borough of Elmbridge in Surrey, England. It is located 2 miles (3.2 km) from the A3 (Portsmouth Road) and the M25 (London Orbital motorway) A survey in 2010 asserted it was “the village with most footballers” in England and mentioned other celebrities who chose to live in the village.

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