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Place - Leatherhead (Historic factors (Leatherhead station was opened in…
Place - Leatherhead
Historic factors
Leatherhead station was opened in 1867 to serve the London Brighton and South Coast Railway line to Dorking. This would have been the starting point of linking Leatherhead to London, Epsom, Sutton, Wimbledon and Guildford. Commuter town.
In the 1870s, a group of clergymen built the private St John’s school in the town
Once parish industries included Ronson’s Lighters and Goblin Vacuum Cleaners. Both were used as ammunition plants in the Second World War. Most of the assembly plants pulled out of Leatherhead in the late 1970s or early 1980s, in favour of commerce, transport and distribution.
In the 1940s and 50s Leatherhead/Ashtead was made home to a Remploy factory which was designed to provide work for disable people in the local area. On 22 May 2007, Remploy announced that the Leatherhead factory along with 42 other sites would close.
In the late 1970s and early 80s, Mole Valley District Council modernised the town, with a pedestrianised high street and a large one-way system.
In 1986, the town was joined to the UK motorway system, when the M25 motorway was built. Leatherhead became Junction 9.
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Infrastructure
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Swan Shopping Centre
One aim of the councillors is to redevelop the Swan Centre in order for it to provide an attractive and sustainable mixed-use environment with shopping and leisure to meet the needs of the community and attract more visitors to the town. The council plans to achieve this by improving car parking, improving High Street frontage, by making improvements to the public realm, using advanced digital technology as well as several other methods. The redevelopment of the Swan Centre will improve the character of Leatherhead as it will attract people into the town centre and encourage them to spend money on local businesses which will in turn help the town to prosper.
Claire and James House
Development:
redevelopment of Clarie and James House. The redevelopment plans to see the house turned into a landmark mixed use building potentially including a restaurant or café on the ground floor and apartments on the upper floors. The redevelopment plans to include special architectural consideration in order to maximise the view of the riverside, contemporary design of high quality suitable to the historic setting and car parking accommodated at the rear. This redevelopment has the potential to transform the character of Leatherhead as further housing may be created through the form of apartments as well as a restaurant or café to attract people looking for something to do in the Surrey area on a day out.
The inclusion of a car park means that people will have easy access to the Claire and James House which will only increase people’s desire to live and visit the area.
Bull Hill
the land within the existing one-way system known as red House Gardens or Bull Hill will be redeveloped to create a new mixed-use development to complement the Retail and Leisure Quarter due to the help of these authorities. Some of the key principles of this development that will improve the character of Leatherhead include safer, direct and more attractive routes between the station and town centre, significant improvement to the landscaping and environment and a new plaza at the junction of North Street and Bull Hill
These changes will help change the character of Leatherhead in a positive way as it will provide people visiting Leatherhead with easier access to the town centre which will help improve the local revenue in shops and restaurants as well as attracting people to live and visit the area due to the inclusion of safer and more attractive roads and a plaza at the junction of North Street and Bull Hill.
One Way System
Another method that the council are using to improve the character of Leatherhead is by making improvements to and simplifying the road system. Previously Leatherhead has been hindered by the one-way system as it means that people can’t drive directly through the town centre and instead have to drive around it. If the council could improve upon this and find a way of allowing people to drive through the town centre as well as simplifying the road system to allow companies with large offices in Leatherhead such as Unilever to drop off employees in the town centre then this would greatly improve the character of Leatherhead as once again it would mean that more people would be likely to spend money in the town centre and support local businesses which would in turn help Leatherhead to prosper.
Cultural factors
Famous People
The Wetherspoons pub is named after Edmund Tilney - Master of Revels to Queen Elizabeth I (Royal Censor of plays)
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Jane Austen's 'Emma' mentions Highbury which is widely understood to be Leatherhead as the novel is set in this area
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Physical Geography
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Surrey Hills
Area of outstanding natural beauty very close to Leatherhead. This may have a significant impact on the town as people may go for a walk or walk their dog in the Surrey Hills and then decide to get something to eat or drink in a surrounding town such as Leatherhead.
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Economic characteristics
North Leatherhead
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Occupations
Managers, directors and senior officials = 11.3%
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Caring, leisure and other service occupations = 9.3%
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South Leatherhead
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Occupations
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Caring, leisure and other service occupations = 6.7%
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Managers, directors and senior officials = 15.9%
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