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House of Fraser, Epsom is hosting fashion event on Thursday 31st May at 7pm with drinks and canapés, in aid of Cancer Research UK. The evening will showcase the latest summer trends, with style sessions …
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House of Fraser, Epsom is hosting fashion event on Thursday 31st May at 7pm with drinks and canapés, in aid of Cancer Research UK. The evening will showcase the latest summer trends, with style sessions …
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![Dist:0.1km<br/>Epsom & Ewell footpath 32 at its junction with the horse margin alongside Langley Vale Road. The rather old signpost reads 'Footpath to Walton on the Hill'. The horse margin itself is in the foreground, and was created in the 1990s, parallel to Langley Vale Road, to provide a safer route to and from the training gallops on Epsom and Walton Downs, for horses in training at the yards on Headley Road and in [[54105]]. Somewhat controversially, the margin was recorded as a public bridleway (Epsom and Ewell bridleway 146/Leatherhead bridleway 599), meaning that it could be used by cyclists, leading to reports on conflict between cyclists heading down the margin at speed, and racehorses ascending it. Hence the sign in the right foreground, which reads 'Beware Cyclists Give Way to other Users Please Pass with Care', and the Public Bridleway guidepost.](http://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/74/84/2748449_110ae699_120x120.jpg "TQ2057 : Footpath to Walton on the Hill, Langley Vale Road")
![Dist:0.1km<br/>The horse margin was created in the 1990s, parallel to Langley Vale Road, to provide a safer route to and from the training gallops on Epsom and Walton Downs, for horses in training at the yards on Headley Road, and in [[54105]]. Technically, the margin was recorded as a public bridleway (Epsom and Ewell bridleway 146/Leatherhead bridleway 599). The crossing shown across Langley Vale Road here enables the riders of horses in training (and the odd walker, cyclist or leisure rider who comes this way) to cross from the margin, and [[2748449]], to [[2748416]], which gives access to yards in Headley Road. Barely visible, on the right hand side of the horse margin beyond the crossing, is a high level push button unit mounted on a pole, which is accessible to mounted riders, and which changes the lights after a very short, fixed delay (no waiting for a break in the traffic!), and which keeps the lights at red (to traffic) for longer than the usual interval, to allow a string of racehorses to cross. There is a similar facility mounted a short way along Chalk Pit Road.](http://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/74/84/2748481_f60f96ef_120x120.jpg "TQ2057 : Horse margin and equestrian crossing, Langley Vale Road")
![Dist:0.6km<br/>The island at the southern end of The Ridge, a private estate road on the west side of Woodcote Park, a country club and golf course (the course is immediately behind the houses on the left side of the road). Just to the right is an alleyway into Headley Road. See [[27090]] for the view from the other side of the island.](http://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/74/27/2742741_455b72ce_120x120.jpg "TQ2058 : The Ridge: island")
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