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You can normally see lots of fish swimming in the water under and near the Clattern bridge.
The Rose theatre near the bridge was built on the site of the original Kingston Odeon.
http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/21194
Well who'd have thought that two well-known paintings were composed on such a relatively minor river (I assume the Holman Hunt one was wishful thinking).

The stilted walkway under the railway reminded me of a very similar example in Milton Keynes (Bradwell) I used to use regularly.
From the mid sixties to the mid seventies the stretch from the railway bridge to Ruxley Lane was my playground. In those days to get under the railway bridge meant getting into the river and lifting the chain link fence, trying to avoid a wellington boot full of water.

The tributary mentioned rises on the north side of Epsom near the Common, until recently the meeting place banks were concrete walls and bottoms. When Bourne Hall opened we had yet another playground. If we got bored there was Nonsuch Park.
Did this section 18 months ago, in the spring. Thanks for bringing back good memories.
Would Clattern Bridge qualify as the oldest bridge in use in London?
Londonist seems to think so.

The Clattern Bridge is a Grade I listed building and a scheduled ancient monument!
Aah back to normality after yesterday's post.
Thanks for the added information!

I can't detail all the historical interestingness of every feature along a 7 mile walk, which is why the Clattern Bridge only got a sentence.

But if you'd like a full-blown background-detail-level account, I can heartily recommend Des's utterly comprehensive version here: http://desdemoor.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/london-loop-78-banstead-ewell-kingston.html
Mildly confusing to be told on the first sentence that this is the penultimate section, and in the last that you have completed it. "Mind the Gap"
Re the section with no pavement and a rat run. Historical photos show a pavement was there and there's a very slim path on the left going up. However, a jogger was killed there last year, so a walk via Cuddington is much safer. As to the missing pavement? Eaten up and absorbed into the road probably. Modern times.
I think you’ll regret making section 16 the culmination of your London Loop. Although section 16 has some good bits the walk along the A1 is arguably the least pleasant part of the whole Loop.










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