Banstead

Banstead

Statistics
Population:
Ordnance Survey
OS grid reference:	Maps for TQ251596
Administration
District:	Reigate and Banstead
County:	Surrey
Region:	South East England
Nation:	England
Other
Police force:	Surrey Police
Ceremonial county:	Surrey
Historic county:	Surrey
Post office and telephone
Post town:	BANSTEAD
Postal district:	SM7
Dialling code:	01737
Politics
UK Parliament:
European Parliament:	South East England
Image:Flag of England.svg

Banstead is a town (although it still tends to be called a village) in Surrey, England on the border with Greater London. It is part of the Borough of Reigate and Banstead. Banstead is on the North Downs and Banstead station is the stop between Belmont and Epsom on the Epsom downs railway line from London to the south coast and Brighton.

Landmarks

• The old village well stands to the east of the town centre in Woodmansterne Lane. It is almost 300 feet deep and was last used around the end of the 19th Century. The wellhead cover dates from the 18th Century and still contains the winding gear.

• The parish church of All Saints was built around the end of the 12th Century on a site donated by Nigel de Mowbray, Lord of the Manor. The West Window was designed by Dante Gabriel Rossetti and produced by William Morris.

• The graveyard surrounding the parish church is filled with generations of families and local celebrities, both famous and infamous.

See also

• Banstead railway station

External links

• Banstead History Research Group
• A vision of Banstead and Reigate through time
• Map of Banstead's historic boundaries
• Modern day map of Banstead from Mapquest.co.uk
• Epsom Downs Branch railway line site

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