Ashtead
Ashtead is a village within the Metropolitan Green Belt of Surrey. The Ashtead Residents' Association, established in 1945, aims to represent the opinions of all who live in Ashtead by way of a network of 142 Road Stewards and frequent meetings. Ashtead includes a significant two-part conservation area including the mansion Ashtead House utilised by City of London Freemen's School, and 6 other schools. Amenities include parks, outlying woodland trails plus 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 the Roman period, with a Roman villa dug up in what's now Ashtead Common. Ashtead is named inside the Domesday Book as Stede. The oldest part of Ashtead has the major shopping and social area of the village, with 2 pubs and the Ashtead Village Club which is a C&IU affiliate. It has a small southern conservation area, however outside of this has eight listed brick buildings, both over two centuries old, including the Old Rectory which has been divided into Ashtead Lodge, Forge Cottage and Wisteria Cottage which are dated to roughly the 17th century and are in addition Grade II listed. The region north of the railway line is Ashtead Common, 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 includes a recreation ground, a youth club and skate park, a pub, as well as a number of shops all built near the preserved large square of wood in front of the railway station. Ashtead Park contains three substantial listed buildings and four lakes/ponds. For all of your house upgrades, make sure that you employ trustworthy professionals in Ashtead to make sure that you get the very best service.
