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Whitebushes is a small town in the Surrey
Surrey
Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire. The historic county town is Guildford. Surrey County Council sits at Kingston upon Thames, although this has been part of...

 borough of Reigate and Banstead
Reigate and Banstead
Reigate and Banstead is a local government district with borough status in east Surrey England. It covers the towns of Reigate, Banstead, Redhill and Horley....

. It is composed entirely of the housing estate
Housing estate
A housing estate is a group of buildings built together as a single development. The exact form may vary from country to country. Accordingly, a housing estate is usually built by a single contractor, with only a few styles of house or building design, so they tend to be uniform in appearance...

 of the same name. Its lies just south of Redhill
Redhill, Surrey
Redhill is a town in the borough of Reigate and Banstead, Surrey, England and is part of the London commuter belt. Redhill and the adjacent town of Reigate form a single urban area.-History:...

. It lies on the opposite side of the railway from a town which has no specific name, but is usually called South Earlswood or part of Salfords
Salfords
Salfords is a village in the borough of Reigate and Banstead in Surrey, England. It lies approximately 3 miles or 5 km south of Redhill on the A23 London to Brighton road. It was the original UK home of the Monotype Corporation and Salfords railway station was originally built to service the...

. The census area Earlswood and Whitebushes has a population of 8,234.

The housing development was built in the 1970's and early 1980's. East Surrey Hospital adjacent to the estate opened in 1979, The Common Land on the bottom part of the housing estate has had gypsy horses graze the land since the 1950's

Transport

Although the Brighton Main Line
Brighton Main Line
The Brighton Main Line is a British railway line from London Victoria and London Bridge to Brighton. It is about 50 miles long, and is electrified throughout. Trains are operated by Southern, First Capital Connect, and Gatwick Express, now part of Southern.-Original proposals:There were no fewer...

 passes Whitebushes, there is no station present. People from Whitebushes would take the 435 Bus to Earlswood
Earlswood (Surrey) railway station
Earlswood railway station serves Earlswood, south of Redhill, in Surrey. It is on the Brighton Main Line, south of the junction between the 'Redhill line' and the 'Quarry line'. Train services are provided by Southern.-History:...

 or Redhill
Redhill railway station
Redhill railway station serves the town of Redhill, Surrey, England. The station is a major interchange point on the Brighton Main Line 21 miles south of London Victoria...

 stations. Salfords railway station
Salfords railway station
Salfords railway station serves the village of Salfords , Surrey, England. It is on the Brighton Main Line south of London Bridge station, and train services are provided by Southern...

 is also a short bus journey away, but it offers less frequent services than Redhill.just a walk down the road to east surrey hospital for most buses.

Nearest Places

  • Earlswood
  • South Earlswood
  • Royal Earlswood
  • Salfords
    Salfords
    Salfords is a village in the borough of Reigate and Banstead in Surrey, England. It lies approximately 3 miles or 5 km south of Redhill on the A23 London to Brighton road. It was the original UK home of the Monotype Corporation and Salfords railway station was originally built to service the...

  • Redhill
    Redhill, Surrey
    Redhill is a town in the borough of Reigate and Banstead, Surrey, England and is part of the London commuter belt. Redhill and the adjacent town of Reigate form a single urban area.-History:...

  • Woodhatch
    Woodhatch
    Woodhatch is a village in the Borough of Reigate and Banstead, Surrey, England. It lies just south of Reigate on the old London to Brighton road. Woodhatch is part of the census area South Park and Woodhatch which has a population on 7,145...

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