Oxted Walk: Town Centre【4K】

Located in the county of Surrey, and around 20 miles south of central London, is the town of Oxted.

The first recorded reference of a settlement at Oxted dates back to 862 AD in a charter where it appears as 'Acustyde'. The name is derived from Old English for 'oak place', i.e. place of the oak trees.

During the medieval era, a small settlement developed about a mile west of the town centre of today, adjacent to the Guildford to Canterbury road. In 1884 the railway arrived in Oxted. The site for the station was located to the northeast of what is now known as Old Oxted. This was due to practical reasons relating to the gradient of the landscape. With its proximity to London, a new settlement formed around the station. Oxted grew as a result, owing to its practicalities as a commuter town. Today, trains into central London take around 30 to 40 minutes.

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Filmed: 14th October 2022

Link to the walk on Google Maps: https://goo.gl/maps/4xusW4JVronNiwn57

Filmed on a Sony FDR-AX700 with a Zhiyun Crane 2 and a Sony ECM-XYST1M Stereo Microphone.

TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 Station Road East
5:51 Oxted Railway Station
6:40 Hoskins Walk
7:21 Station Road West