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The A23 north from Purley forms the Purley Way, which leads to Croydon's trading and industrial hinterland and also to the former Croydon Airport, the predecessor of the present London Heathrow Airport and London Gatwick Airport.
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A23 and north
Purley Cross gyratory connects routes leading south-east to East Grinstead and Eastbourne ( the A22 ), west to Epsom and Kingston ( the A2022 ), south to Redhill and Brighton ( the A23 ), and north to Croydon and Central London ( the A23 and A235 ).
The M23 / A23 road to Brighton, uses the western, narrower, part of the Weald where there are stream headwaters, crossing it from north to south.
Following the A272 to the west, it joins the A23 road which runs both to Brighton to the south and London to the north.
* from the interior north and center, take the A23 ( free ), then the IP2 ; if you want freeway only, ( IP2 being a highway ) take the A23 ( free ), then the A1 to Santarém, where you will cross the Tagusriver, then A13 and A6.
The road was extended north to Westminster Bridge which was later renamed the A23.
West Green is a roughly triangular area of, bounded by the Arun Valley railway line to the south, the A23 ( Crawley Avenue ) to the west and north, and the High Street to the east.
Croydon lies on a natural transport corridor between London and England's south coast, to the north of two gaps in the North Downs, one followed by the A23 Brighton Road through Purley and Merstham and the main railway line and the other by the A22 from Purley to the M25 Godstone interchange.
The old village thus became generally known as Old Merstham and occasionally is known as Top Merstham, although no roads climb significantly except for a few roads in the north and the A23 itself takes a natural dip to 110m above sea level, avoiding rises to over 220m to either side.
Ellerhoop is situated to the north of Hamburg, close to the A23 Autobahn.
It begins in the north at Streatham Hill railway station, being an end-on junction with Streatham Hill and continues south to Norbury where the A23 becomes London Road.
A23 and from
The smaller, nearer the A23 London Road, can be entered from the east side ; two people can stand comfortably inside it.
In 1780 it then became the route of the turnpike road from London to Brighton, and subsequently became the basis for the modern A23.
These included long term population movements out to Croydon, Kingston and Sutton ; the growth of heavy traffic on the A23 ( main road from central London to Gatwick Airport and Brighton ), and a lack of redevelopment sites in the town centre.
Running through Waddon, from Purley to West Croydon, is Purley Way, the A23, home to many superstores and light industrial units.
The London Fire Brigade initially despatched four fire appliances and a turntable ladder, with units from A24 Soho Fire Station being the first on the scene at 19: 42, followed shortly by colleagues from C27 Clerkenwell, A22 Manchester Square and A23 Euston.
* Google Earth ground view of Croydon Airport from the A23 road ( Purley Way )
The motorway runs from south of Hooley in Surrey, where it splits from the A23, to Pease Pottage, south of Crawley in West Sussex where it rejoins the A23.
It was just off the A23, but now is at the southern end of Old Brighton Road South, and is really in Handcross although it cannot be accessed from there.
These are separated from Southgate by the A23 ( Crawley Avenue )— part of the Crawley bypass built in the 1930s — and the A2004 Southgate Avenue.
The route along the A23 ( and, often, nearby minor roads ) from London to Brighton in south-east England is popular for races, tours, charity rides and rallies.
Many people from the Chagga and Pare ethnic groups live in Moshi, which lies on the A23 Arusha – Himo east – west road connecting Arusha and Voi, Kenya.
Over the A23 from Gossops Drive is Goffs Park, one of Crawley's main parks.
Merstham's conservation area is centred around its High Street which winds in the village centre to the northwest, forms part of the A23 road and includes many listed buildings ; the street with the greatest number, Quality Street, arcs off at a tangent from this curve of the High Street.
Tarvisio has access to the A23 Alpe-Adria autostrada, part of the European route E55, running from the Austrian A2 Süd Autobahn to Udine, and the A4 autostrada at Palmanova.
Streatham High Road, some two miles ( 3. 6 km ) in length, is part of the main A23 road from London to Brighton, and is in the London Borough of Lambeth.
This led to General Staff specification A23 for a cruiser version of the A22 Churchill tank from Vauxhall, the A24 from Nuffield Mechanization & Aero Limited based upon their Crusader tank design, and a design from Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company also based on the Crusader.
A23 and Purley
Much of the site has been built over, but some of the terminal buildings near Purley Way ( the A23 ) are still visible, clearly identifiable as to their former purpose.
* Thornton Heath the Croydon bypass, Thornton Road and then Purley Way ( known for its superstores, particularly Ikea, and for the site of Croydon Airport ) takes the place of the original road through Croydon, now the A235, rejoining the A23 at Purley near the Purley War Memorial Hospital, now named Brighton Road.
The M23 was planned to relieve congestion on the A23 through Streatham, Thornton Heath, Purley and Coulsdon in south London and was originally intended to terminate in Streatham Vale at a junction with the controversial London Ringways Plan's Ringway 2 ( the intended replacement of the South Circular Road ( A205 )).
Traffic for Eastbourne begins along the A203 through Vauxhall to reach its junction with the A23 road before it travels southwards through Brixton and Streatham passing the site of the old Croydon Aerodrome until, at Purley Cross Junction, south of Purley, the A22 is reached.
Purley Way is a section of the A23 trunk road in the London Borough of Croydon, in the areas of Purley, Waddon and West Croydon, and has given its name to the out-of-town shopping area alongside it with a catchment area covering most of South London.
* 1995-The second London store opens in Croydon on Purley Way ( A23 ).
Green space is provided to the west by the enormous Purley Way Playing Fields, and the hidden green space with gardens that is Haling Grove sandwiched between Pampisford Road and the A23.
A23 and Way
Norbury, like Streatham and Croydon, lies on the London to Brighton Way Roman road, the northern part of which has become the A23 road.
A23 and which
The next major change to Pease Pottage was the opening of the M23 motorway in 1975 which continued as the A23 road, a two lane dual carriageway south to Handcross with the houses of Tilgate Row facing onto it.
Gossops Green is on the A23 trunk road which was the main London to Brighton route before the M23 motorway was opened in the 1970s, which by-passed Crawley.
The main estate road is Gossops Drive which leads off the A23 and links up with Mowbray Drive in Bewbush.
A23 and leads
To distinguish the spur on road signs, the road it leads to is usually given-for example " Gatwick Airport ( A23 )".
A23 and industrial
There are also large warehouses next to the old crossroads, and two small industrial parks-one between Brighton Road and the A23, and the other along Parish Lane.
A23 and also
The railway and A23 also pass through or near the gap cut by the brook through the Greensand Ridge at Earlswood, just south of the town.
Abrantes is also located along many important road and rail links throughout the country, including the Madrid-Badajoz-Lisbon railway, being at the junction with the Guarda-Abrantes line, and the Lisbon-Porto access ( the A23 and Beira Baixa roadways ).
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