Ashtead
Ashtead is a village inside the Metropolitan Green Belt of Surrey. The Ashtead Residents' Association, founded in 1945, aims to represent the opinions of all who live in Ashtead via a network of 142 Road Stewards and regular meetings. Ashtead includes a large two-part conservation area including the mansion Ashtead House made use of by City of London Freemen's School, and 6 other schools. Amenities consist of parks, outlying woodland trails in addition to a high street with convenience shopping, cafes and restaurants, a football club and a cricket club. There has been settlement in Ashtead since at least Roman times, with a Roman villa excavated in what's now Ashtead Common. Ashtead appears in the Domesday Book as Stede. The oldest part of Ashtead has the major shopping and social area of the village, with 2 pubs along with the Ashtead Village Club which is a C&IU affiliate. It features a small southern conservation area, however outside of this has eight listed brick buildings, each over two centuries old, including the Old Rectory which has been divided into Ashtead Lodge, Forge Cottage and Wisteria Cottage which are dated to about the 17th century and are in addition Grade II listed. The region north of the railway line is Ashtead Common, which is managed by the City of London Corporation subject to a long-standing preservation order, and is a national nature reserve. Lower Ashtead is a relatively flat location leading to Ashtead Common that has a recreation ground, a youth club and skate park, a pub, as well as a range of shops all built near the preserved large square of wood in front of the railway station. Ashtead Park contains three big listed buildings and four lakes/ponds. For all of your property upgrades, ensure that you use trustworthy specialists in Ashtead to make sure that you get the top quality service.
