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 The A2022 road nearWoodmansterne, Surrey. | ||||
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| East end | West Wickham | |||
| Major intersections |  A232 A212 A22 A23 A235 A237 A217 A240 A24 | |||
| West end | Epsom | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United Kingdom | |||
| Constituent country | England | |||
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The A2022 is a non-primary road inEngland. It runs south-west into the foothills of theNorth Downs fromWest Wickham in theLondon Borough of Bromley throughAddington,Forestdale,Selsdon,Sanderstead,Purley, the Woodcote part of that town,Banstead inSurrey andEpsom Downs through which it descends to a similar altitude as at its beginning to end atEpsom.
The A2022 starts inWest Wickham in theLondon Borough of Bromley at a roundabout with theA232 and a minor road, of which it acts as a continuation, as Addington Road 1 mile (1.6 km) before entering theLondon Borough of Croydon. As it enterslinearAddington Village it runs as Kent Gate Way and passesAddington Village Interchange on theTramlink. It then crosses the tramlink and a roundabout with theA212. It runs as Selsdon Park Road pastForestdale, Selsdon and Selsdon, where it again becomes Addington Road as the elevated district's only A-road, passing Selsdon Community Centre and heads intoSanderstead past its common at 175mAOD (an overall high point), before coming to a roundabout with the B269. The A2022 becomes Rectory Park, and then Mitchley Avenue, where it passes nearRiddlesdown railway station, Downs Court Road as it comes intoPurley and it stops at a T-Junction with theA22, 300m from Purley Cross andPurley railway station to which it has its own continuation Approach Road leading to a station drop-offapron.[1]
The Purley to Nork westerly less straight, curved hill-cross route starts at a set of traffic lights with theA23, part of the Purley Cross system as Foxley Lane and it climbs through the Woodcote locality, before it comes to a mini roundabout with Woodcote Road and Smitham Bottom Lane (bothA237). It changes name to Little Woodcote Lane, and leaves the suburban landscape as it heads into Little Woodcote in theLondon Borough of Sutton, passing a wide area of farms. It then comes to two mini-roundabouts with the B278, the first roundabout for the northbound road toCarshalton, and the second, for the southbound road toWoodmansterne. It passes wideOaks Park (London), Carshalton and comes to a dip at 104 mabove sea level as it exitsGreater London.
The road enters, with further gentle curves, an unnamed outlying neighbourhood of Banstead in theSurrey borough ofReigate & Banstead and ascends through low-density housing. It reaches a westerly high-point of 152m Ordnance Datum just before enteringBanstead. It then descends, before coming to a mini roundabout with the B2219 Bolters Lane. Almost immediately after the mini roundabout, it comes to the Banstead Crossroads with theA217.
The A2022 becomes Fir Tree Road and heads west, passes within 50m ofBanstead railway station inthe Nork locality westwards; then it stops at the crossroads by the Drift Bridge, 500m short ofEpsom Downs railway station, where it co-runs with theA240 and faces the B291 (also Fir Tree Road).
On the other side of the Drift Bridge at a roundabout, the Drift Bridge to Epsom section of the A2022 starts as College Road. After about half a mile, it comes to crossroads with Longdown Lane North and South; the South being the B288. It then passesEpsom College, before College Road heads left and the A2022 becomes Alexandra Road. It passes near Alexandra recreation ground and the other part of the B288 (Bridge Road.) It changes name to Upper High Street and it passes an Odeon Cinema before coming to the junction inEpsom Town Centre with theA24 High Street and East Street, and the B284 Church Street.
The road at Epsom is home to theUpper High Street which includes a largeOdeon cinema and theLaine Theatre Arts. Also on the road areEpsom College,Croydon High School,John Ruskin College,Croydon RFC and theWickham Theatre
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