A232 road

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A232 road
Direction East - West
Start Ewell
Primary
destinations1		 Croydon
Sutton
End Orpington
Roads joined A21 road
A23 road
A24 road
A212 road
A214 road
A217 road
A222 road
A223 road
A224 road
A233 road
A236 road
A237 road
A2022 road
Notes
  1. Primary destinations as specified by the Department for Transport.
Junction with the A233 road.
Junction with the A233 road.

The A232 is a road running east-west across South London, which connects the A24 in Ewell with the A224 Orpington bypass.

Between Croydon and Ewell, the route runs close to the Sutton & Mole Valley Line. London Buses route X26 bus runs along the route between Waddon and Cheam.

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[edit] History

See also: M23 motorway

In the 1970s the plans for the construction of the M23 motorway north of Hooley had the motorway crossing the A232 Croydon Road in Wallington between Hilliers Lane (B272) and Demense Road. It is probable that a junction would have been provided here if the motorway had been built. In the late 1970s, when the M23 plan was scaled back to omit the section across Mitcham Common, the road may even have ended on the A232 at this point.

[edit] Administrative districts and towns that the A232 passes through

[edit] Major roads intersected by the route

[edit] Landmarks on the A232

Waddon railway station
Waddon railway station
Ewell East railway station
Ewell East railway station

[edit] Rivers that start near the A232

The route closely follows the ridge of chalk to the south, over London clay to the north, especially between Ewell and Addiscombe. As a result, there are many springs near the route, and many of the suburbs it passes through developed out of prehistoric spring line villages.

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