What is the Epsom and Ewell Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan?
The Epsom and Ewell Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan (LCWIP) is a long term investment plan for walking and cycling in the borough. It identifies where we want to prioritise investment and sets out some initial options and ideas for improving walking and cycling across the borough.
LCWIPs are the best practice approach nationally for planning walking and cycling improvements and our process follows Department for Transport guidance. To find out more about LCWIPs, including what they are and the process that we have followed to develop LCWIPs for the county, please see our plans to improve walking and cycling page.
The Epsom and Ewell LCWIP focuses on strategic network connections and aims to create a wider walking and cycling network for the borough. Local neighbourhood and street level interventions are not included within the LCWIP and will be part of separate workstreams that aim to improve walking and cycling provision at smaller scales. For example, we aim to develop 'Local Street Improvements' schemes to increase the comfort, safety and accessibility of walking and cycling on residential roads by recognising the importance of these streets as places for people, and not just their importance for the movement of vehicles. Local Street Improvements will create attractive local environments that connect residents to the wider LCWIP network and make walking and cycling easier, safer, more enjoyable, convenient and fun for everyone. To find out more about our plans for walking and cycling at the street and neighbourhood scale, please see our Local Transport Plan policies for Planning for Place and for Active Travel and Personal Mobility.
If you would like to view the Epsom and Ewell LCWIP report in full, please email surreytransportplan@surreycc.gov.uk to request a copy.
Executive summary
The Epsom and Ewell LCWIP's key proposals are cycling routes and walking zones, which together create a cycling and walking network for the borough.
All cycling routes and walking zones identified in the LCWIP have been designated as either Phase 1, 2 or 3. This helps to prioritise investment over the LCWIP's ten-year lifespan. Phase 1 routes and zones are those that we aim to implement in the short-term, whilst we aim to implement Phase 2 routes and zones over the medium term, and Phase 3 routes and zones in the longer term. Prioritisation of the routes and zones is based on a number of factors, including:
- Present and future demand for the route, including local stakeholder input, road traffic collision data and projected usage.
- The quality that improvements will deliver compared to the provision that currently exists.
- How the route or zone will contribute to increased access for walking and cycling to key destinations such as schools, doctors' surgeries, hospitals, rail and bus stations, high streets, and parks.
The full LCWIP report includes network maps that show the locations of all of the proposed cycling routes and walking zones. It also includes initial concept ideas for the Phase 1 routes and zones and explains and lists the full prioritisation programme of all of the different cycling routes and core walking zones.
The LCWIP has considered the full extent of the borough, with an emphasis on key trip attractors and destinations that will encourage and allow more people to take up walking and cycling as their everyday modes of transport.
Cycling network
Phase 1 cycling routes
A24 Dorking Road (Ashtead to Epsom Town Centre)
This corridor links Epsom Town Centre to Ashtead at the boundary of Epsom & Ewell and Mole Valley District. The alignment of this corridor includes the Town Centre Gyratory and Dorking Road in the South East of the Borough. Dorking Road, which makes up the majority of this corridor, is a single carriageway road with a mix of residential and semi-rural sections. Near to the Borough boundary, there are shared use footways adjacent to the carriageway. Figures highlight a potential cyclist demand of circa 350 daily commuter trips along Dorking Road. 5 collisions resulting in cyclist casualties were recorded in the latest 5-year period. The approximate length of this route is 2.8 kilometres.
A24 Epsom Town Centre to Sutton
This corridor links Epsom Town Centre to the boundary of the Borough with Cheam, in the London Borough of Sutton, providing links to Nonsuch School and Glyn School as well as Nonsuch Park. The alignment consists of a mix of off-road paths within Nonsuch Park, dual carriageway sections along Ewell By-Pass and single carriageway running along Epsom Road and East Street. There is wide shared use paths along East Street which facilitate cyclists travelling into Epsom Town Centre. Epsom Road and East Street have a potential demand of circa 700 daily commuter trips. Along the corridor, a total of 10 cyclist collisions were reported. The approximate length of this route is 2.7 kilometres.
Epsom Town Centre to Epsom Downs
This corridor connects Epsom Town Centre to Epsom Downs Racecourse and Tattenham Corner via B290 Ashley Road and Tattenham Corner Road. Ashley Road is single carriageway running with adjacent footway up to Epsom Downs Racecourse. This corridor has a commuter demand circa 120 daily trips. There were two cyclist collisions identified on this corridor in the latest 5-year period. The approximate length of this route is 3.6 kilometres.
Hook Road – Longmead Road
This corridor runs from Chessington Road to Epsom Town Centre along Longmead Road and Hook Road, passing Blenheim High School on it. Both roads along this section are single-carriageway residential roads, there is some footway along Longmead Road with wide separation from the Carriageway. Demand for cycling, according to research is in the range of circa 200 daily commuters. There were 4 cyclist collisions recorded in the latest 5-year period. The approximate length of this route is 1.9 kilometres.
Chessington Road
This corridor follows the Chessington Road between Ewell West and Bourne Hall Park to the Hook Road Roundabout some 2 kilometres West. Chessington Road is a two-way, single carriageway with footways on both sides. There were 8 recorded cyclist collisions between 2018-2023, the corridor has a commuter demand circa 150 cyclists along Chessington Road. The approximate length of this route is 2.2 kilometres.
A24 Ewell to Nonsuch Park and Stoneleigh link
This corridor connects Ewell and Nonsuch Park, running between the Ewell By-Pass, south of Ewell Town, to London Road, north of Nonsuch Park. An additional spur is added on the corridor to provide a connection between Nonsuch Park and Stoneleigh local centre and the railway station. London Road is a single-carriageway main corridor, containing wide footways, while the Broadway in Stoneleigh offers a wide space with frequent on-street parking. Figures identify a demand for circa 250-300 daily commuter trips along London Road. There were 6 recorded cyclist collisions in the latest 5-year period. The approximate length of this route is 2.8 kilometres.
Phase 2 cycling routes
B284 Epsom Town Centre to Chessington
This corridor extends from the boundary of Epsom & Ewell Borough, between Chessington (in Kingston Upon Thames) to Epsom Town Centre via Chessington Road and Hook Road. This corridor mainly consists of off-carriageway shared use paths along single-carriageway roads (with the exception of a section of dual-carriageway running between Ruxley Lane and Hook Road Roundabout); close to Epsom Town Centre the corridor follows off-street cycle paths adjacent to Court Recreation Ground. This corridor links with corridors suggested in this LCWIP, including CC8 towards Ewell West and CC13. There were 13 collisions which involved cyclists in the latest 5-year period. Sections of Hook Road have in the range of 300 – 450 daily commuter trips, the highest of the network. The approximate length of this route is 4.4 kilometres.
Epsom Bypass
This corridor follows the alignment of the A240 Kingston Road and A24 Ewell By-Pass extending from Tolworth in Kingston upon Thames to the junction with Cheam Road, North of Ewell East station. The corridor intersects with many corridors proposed in this LCWIP including 11, 12, 13 & 14, and linking with corridor 3 and 15 at the southern extent. Cycle Demand is predicted as high as 250 daily commuting users, there were 10 recorded cyclist collisions on this corridor in the last 5-year period. The approximate length of this route is 4.5 kilometres.
Longmead Industrial Estate to Ewell
This corridor links Ewell and Epsom, passing through the Longmead Industrial Estate, West Street and Church Street. This corridor follows a mix of residential streets, Industrial estate roads and public footpaths, with crossing over the railway to the south of Ewell West Station via an existing footbridge. One serious incident involving a cyclist occurred within Longmead Industrial Estate between 2018 to 2023. The approximate length of this route is 2.2 kilometres.
Longmead Industrial Estate
This short corridor provides a link between Hook Road and East Street away from heavily trafficked corridors through the use of a mix of quieter residential streets and footpaths. This corridor uses an underpass to cross the railway. This section provides a connection between Longmead Industrial Estate and East Street, for access into Epsom Town Centre. The approximate length of this route is 0.7 kilometres.
Fairview Road path
This corridor runs along existing cycle corridors backing onto residential roads to the North of Epsom as well as along The Kingsway, a minor residential street. The corridor passes Glyn School and connects to the existing Footbridge by Larby Place. 1 cyclist collision was reported on this corridor. This section provides a valuable link away from main corridors. The approximate length of this route is 1.2 kilometres.
Hogsmill Open Space
This corridor crosses the Hogsmill River, running between the northern extent at Kingston Road to Chessington Road. The corridor contains a mix of residential streets and off-road footpaths connecting Stoneleigh to Ewell as a quiet, low traffic corridor. There were no recorded cyclist collisions along this corridor. The approximate length of this route is 1.7 kilometres.
Stoneleigh
This corridor contains a number of sections within Stoneleigh Village, linking Salisbury Road and proposed corridor 13 to Stoneleigh Railway Station and Kingston Road (Corridor 5). The corridor uses a mix of low-traffic, residential streets with options to cross the railway at the footbridge at Stoneleigh Station or via the Underpass, circa 200 metre South of the station. The approximate length of this route is 3.0 kilometres.
Ewell East to Nonsuch Park
This corridor connects Ewell East to Nonsuch Park. The corridor follows Queensmead Avenue and Holmwood Avenue which are low-traffic residential streets, passing underneath the railway, using public footpaths and bridleways through Warren Farm and Nonsuch Park. This corridor connects with proposed corridor 3 which follows The Avenue within Nonsuch Park. This corridor has a high potential for school cycle demand where circa 200 daily trips are expected on the corridor adjacent to Nonsuch Park. The approximate length of this route is 2.1 kilometres.
Reigate Road
This corridor follows the alignment of Reigate Road between Ewell By-Pass and the Borough boundary with Reigate and Banstead District, near to Epsom Downs Railway Station. Reigate Road is a semi-rural single-carriageway road with footway on one side of the carriageway, separated by grass verge. This corridor passes North East Surrey College of Technology (NESCOT), situated directly off Reigate Road. The approximate length of this route is 2.2 kilometres.
Epsom Town Centre to Epsom College (via A2022)
This corridor joins Epsom Town Centre to Epsom College following the alignment of Upper High Street and Alexandra Road. Cycle demand has a potential of circa 150 to 200 daily commuter trips close to Epsom Town Centre along Upper High Street. The corridor has a potential school cycle demand of 125 daily trips close to the college, there was 1 recorded serious cycle collision along Reigate Road in the period 2018 to 2023. The approximate length of this route is 1.8 kilometres.
Station Approach to Dorking Road
This corridor links Epsom Town Centre and Dorking Road using lower traffic volume residential streets including West Street and Rosebank and White Horse Drive. Between Rosebank and White Horse Drive the corridor utilises the existing off-road cycle path. This corridor passes two schools including Rosebery and St Josephs. This corridor has a high school cycle potential of circa 300 daily trips and no cyclist collisions were recorded in the last 5 years. The approximate length of this route is 1.4 kilometres.
Epsom Town Centre to Epsom Common
This corridor extends westbound out of Epsom Town Centre using Epsom and Ashtead Common to reach Malden Rushett. The corridor follows the alignment of Christ Church Road out of Epsom, joining Bridleway 29 through the commons for the western section. The approximate length of this route is 5.1 kilometres.
Langley Vale Road
This corridor follows the alignment of Langley Vale Road, North of Epsom Downs to the boundary with Mole Valley District. Langley Vale Road is single carriageway. This corridor is considered semi-rural owing to its location adjacent to the Downs. This section contained a fatal cyclist collision in the last 5-year period. Figures suggest a daily commuting demand of approximately 8 cyclists per day on this corridor. The approximate length of this route is 1.4 kilometres.
Cheam Road to Belmont Railway Station
This corridor links East Ewell to Belmont and Nonsuch High School with the eastern extent in Belmont within Greater London and the Borough of Sutton. The corridor alignment is situated primarily on single-carriageway A-roads, with the leg to Belmont additionally utilising off-street cycle paths close to the station. The approximate length of this route is 4.2 kilometres.
Old Malden Lane
This corridor is made up of Worcester Park Road and Old Malden Lane, located in the North-East of the Borough, situated on the boundary with Kingston Upon Thames. These roads are single-carriageway, residential roads. Old Malden Lane provides access to facilities to the North in Kingston Upon Thames yet does not contain any footway or cycle provision. This corridor witnessed two cyclist casualty collisions in the past 5 years and was identified to have demand for 20 daily cycle trips. The approximate length of this route is 1.2 kilometres.
Ruxley Lane to Worcester Park
This corridor follows the length of Ruxley Lane and Salisbury Road from the Southern Extent at the junction with Chessington Road to Worcester Park in Kingston Upon Thames. The North of Ruxley Lane widens to dual-carriageway running, although actual two-lane operation is often limited due to parked cars. Salisbury Road is a single-carriageway residential street, with access to Auriol Park and Cuddington Primary. Three schools are situated on or close to Ruxley Lane, including Epsom & Ewell High School, West Ewell Primary and Riverview C of E. Cycle research shows demand circa 100 daily commuter trips along sections of Ruxley Lane. There were 5 recorded collisions involving a cyclist casualty in the last 5-year period. The approximate length of this route is 3.8 kilometres.
Phase 3 cycling routes
Poole Road (Ewell to Tolworth). This route will link residential streets to Ewell West station via multiple roads such as Poole Road, Station Avenue, and Old Schools Lane. The approximate length of this route is 3.3 kilometres.
Horton Lane. This route will link Christ Church Road to Hook Road. The approximate length of this route is 2.8 kilometres.
Longdown Lane. This route links Tattenham Corner Road to Reigate Road, via Old London Road, Burgh Heath Road, Longdown Lane, and the A2022. The approximate length of this route is 2.6 kilometres.
Epsom Town Centre to Ashtead Park. This route will link Pleasure Pit Road to the A24, via Wilmerhatch Lane, Woodcote Green Road, and Woodcote Road. The approximate length of this route is 2.2 kilometres.
Epsom Town Centre to The Wells. This route covers Wells Road, Evelyn Way, and Wheelers Lane. The approximate length of this route is 1.3 kilometres.
Walsingham Gardens. This route aims to link Salisbury Road and Cuddington Avenue to Stoneleigh Park Road, via multiple roads such as Walsingham Gardens and Thorndon Gardens. The approximate length of this route is 1.9 kilometres.
Chantilly Way to Chessington Road. This route covers part of Chantilly Way, as well as an offroad path which goes all the way to Chessington Road. The approximate length of this route is 1.8 kilometres.
Manor Green Road. This route connects the B280 to Bloomsbury Close, via Manor Green Road, Hurst Road, Andover Close, and Blakeney Close. The approximate length of this route is 1.7 kilometres.
Auriol Park to Malden Manor.This route connects Malden Manor to Auriol Park via Cromwell Road. The approximate length of this route is 2.2 kilometres.
Alexandra Park to Cheam Road. This route covers The Bridle Path and a bridleway running perpendicular to Reigate Road. The approximate length of this route is 1.6 kilometres.
Church Road. This road covers Church Road, Pitt Road, part of Church Street, Downs Road, and Downs Hill Road. The approximate length of this route is 1.6 kilometres.
Windmill Lane to allotments. This route links the A24 to Church Road, via Windmill Lane, Wallace Fields, a bridleway running through Alexandra Recreation Ground, Bridle Road, and Albert Road. The approximate length of this route is 1.6 kilometres.
Epsom Town Centre to Epsom College (via Church Street). This route covers Church Street, Randolph Road, and College Road. The approximate length of this route is 1.4 kilometres.
Livingstone Park. This route covers Harvester Road, Tonstall Road, Almond Road, Nimbus Road, Hollymoor Lane, and Sefton Road. The approximate length of this route is 1.3 kilometres.
Pound Lane. This route will link the B280 to the B284, via West Hill, a small section of Meadway, a bridleway running through Court Recreation Ground, and Pound Lane. The approximate length of this route is 1.1 kilometres.
Worple Road to Avenue Road. This route will link Dorking Road (A24) to Church Street, via Woodcote Road, Avenue Road, and Worple Road. The approximate length of this route is 1 kilometre.
Kingston Road. The approximate length of this route is 0.8 kilometres.
Sweetbriar Lane. This route covers Sweetbriar Lane and Heathcote Road. The approximate length of this route is 0.6 kilometres.
Nonsuch Park. This route runs through the park, linking London Road to The Avenue. The approximate length of this route is 0.5 kilometres.
Burnet Grove. This route links West Street to Hogsmill River, via West Hill, Burnet Grove, and a bridleway running through Court Recreation Ground. The approximate length of this route is 0.5 kilometres.
Hylands Road. This route links Dorking Road to Woodcote Green Road, via Whitmore Close and Hylands Road. The approximate length of this route is 0.4 kilometres.
Langley Lane Road. This route extends to Mole Valley, via Shepherd’s Walk, Pebble Lane, and Stane Street. The approximate length of this route is 1.3 kilometres.
Langley Bottom Farm. This route covers Headley Road and part of Walton Road. The approximate length of this route is 0.9 kilometres.
Summers Gate Path to the Wells. This route covers Summers Gate Path and part of Lewins Road. The approximate length of this route is 1.3 kilometres.
Banstead Road. This route will allow for better links to Reigate and Banstead. The approximate length of this route is 1.1 kilometres.
Stamford Green Road. This route links Christ Church Road to Evelyn Way, via Stamford Green Road, a small section of Lewins Road, and part of Wheelers Lane. The approximate length of this route is 0.5 kilometres.
Hogsmill Path. This route runs alongside the Hogsmill river. The approximate length of this route is 1.9 kilometres.
Meadow Walk. This route crosses over the railway. The approximate length of this route is 0.8 kilometres.
Walking network
Phase 1 Core Walking Zones (CWZ)
Ewell Centre
This core working zone is diverse with multiple land uses which generate demand for people to walk to. At the centre of the zone is the local centre and retail zone which is complimented by three schools located within zone. On the periphery of the zone there is a supermarket, adjacent to the A24 (Ewell Bypass).
Bourne Hall and the nearby park are also captured within the CWZ, adjacent to which are two different medical centres. All of these naturally generate demand for people to travel to - and notwithstanding the proximity to Ewell West railway station located to the west of the zone.
Epsom Town Centre (north)
There are a significant number of trip attractors within the Town Centre. Due to its large size and slightly different land uses, two CWZ were defined: 11 and 12. The nature of the Town Centre is dominated by retail and the railway station. The railway station is the busiest within the Borough with direct links to London Waterloo and Victoria.
Whilst this CWZ is dominated less so by retail, its position in the area does incorporate a leisure centre, medical centre and small retail area. The cumulative effect of these key destinations is that it generates demand for people to travel to and thus provides the basis of this CWZ.
Epsom Town Centre (south)
Similar to CWZ 11 this CWZ also recognises that the Town Centre is dominated by retail and characterised by the gyratory. Similarly, the zone also incorporates the railway station providing direct access to Central London. Additionally, it also extends outwards from the centre to incorporate a school and retail centres.
Phase 2 and 3 Core Walking Zones (CWZ)
Chessington Road (East). The focus of this Core Walking Zone is on Chessington Road and Ewell West railway stations. It seeks to capture the demand from the station and reflect the existing flow of pedestrians along Chessington Road, particularly considering its proximity to the retail centre directly to the east. Additionally, there is a local school and retail within the CWZ as well as the existing path running north/south alongside the river.
Chessington Road (West). There is some overlap and similarities with Core Walking Zone 1 as it is positioned north-west of it and follows a similar alignment along Chessington Road. The focal point of this CWZ is the retail area along Chessington Road although also recognises the path running south from the junction with Bakers Field Close which provides an important link.
Holymoor Road. This CWZ is located predominately west of Longmead Road with the focus on Blenheim High School and a small retail centre. Longmead Road is the principal highway in this CWZ heading north/south which also provides wider connectivity to the area.
Hook Road B284. Hook Road has a diverse mix land use with two retail centres as well as a medical centre and school. This mix of uses creates demand for people to travel to these areas. The area is already well connected with the neighbouring centres. A key feature of the area is the path which follows the Hogsmill River. This provides added connectivity to areas north and south of this location.
Stoneleigh (East). This CWZ runs parallel to the railway line and serves Stoneleigh Railway Station. There is a significant local centre, as identified by the Local Plan, which attracts people to travel for commuting and utility purposes. The CWZ also contains part of Kingston Road within which there is a secondary retail area and a medical centre.
Stoneleigh (West). This CWZ runs parallel to the railway line and serves the station at Stoneleigh. It also covers the area along Kingston Road including a significant retail area. Whilst there is some overlap between zones, this CWZ does incorporate the local centre located predominantly to the east of the railway station. Whilst there are a number of different trip attractors either side of the railway line, the character of each side is different therefore it was decided to created two distinct CWZ.
West Ewell (South). This CWZ is located directly west of the Hogsmill Open Space through which the river runs and also provides recreational connectivity. Additionally, the CWZ incorporates a small retail centre and a primary school. The location of the CWZ is on the boundary of Chessington Road which provides connections to the rest of the Borough and beyond.
Ewell Bypass A240. The intersection between London Road and Ewell Bypass is at the centre of this CWZ, part of London Road recreation Ground is also included. Additionally, this zone connects with the Ewell Centre core walking zone.
Kingston Road A240. The intersection between Kingston Road A240 and Ruxley Lane is at the centre of this CWZ, Park Hill Cricket Club is also included within this zone.
Langley Vale. Most of the village is covered by this core walking zone.
West Ewell. Ruxley Lane and Epsom & Ewell High School are at the centre of this CWZ, part of the Hogsmill River is also included in this zone.
Worcester Park. Located in Cuddington, this CWZ includes the local school and scout hall.
Ewell East. This CWZ covers Ewell East station and Nescot Sports Ground.
Next steps
The Epsom and Ewell LCWIP report should be used to support the case for further stages of design, assessment, and stakeholder engagement, and to secure funding to progress improvements for the routes and zones identified by the report. As the LCWIP is intended to facilitate a long-term approach to developing active travel proposals, over a period of approximately 10 years, all of the corridors identified will be recommended for further consideration at an appropriate time.
The next stage of implementing the Epsom and Ewell LCWIP will be to further develop the design concepts for the Phase 1 cycling and walking routes into a feasibility level of design and assessment, with consideration of alternative route alignments to support delivering schemes that best meet scheme design standards. This includes early assessment of additional phase 2 schemes within the feasibility development stage of work. On completion of the feasibility stage, priority schemes in the local area will be taken to public consultation, allowing residents and other local stakeholders to have their say on the individual scheme proposals.
The LCWIP will be reviewed and updated periodically, particularly in response to significant changes in local circumstances such as the publication of new policies or strategies.
If you wish to view the full Epsom and Ewell LCWIP report, please email surreytransportplan@surreycc.gov.uk