Malden Rushett

Coordinates: 51°20′12″N 0°19′13″W / 51.336769°N 0.320285°W / 51.336769; -0.320285

Malden Rushett
Malden Rushett  Malden Rushett shown within Greater London
OS grid reference	TQ171610
London borough	Kingston
Ceremonial county	Greater London
Region	London
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CHESSINGTON
Postcode district	KT9
Dialling code	020
Police	Metropolitan
Fire	London
Ambulance	London
EU Parliament	London
UK Parliament	Kingston and Surbiton
London Assembly	South West
List of places: UK • England • London

Malden Rushett is a small settlement in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, London at the southernmost tip of the Royal Borough.

Facilities

Malden Rushett sits on the crossroads of the A243 road from Kingston upon Thames to Leatherhead and the B280 from Oxshott to Epsom. It consists of a few houses, a pub, petrol station and shops. It is less than one mile from Junction 9 on the M25 motorway.

The area also houses the Explorer Gate (south entrance and car park) of Chessington World of Adventures & Zoo Resort.

Rushett Common

South of Malden Rushett is Rushett Common consisting of two strips of woodland alongside the A243 to the edge of the boundary between Greater London and Surrey.^[1] These are bounded by the Surrey woodlands of Princes Covert to the west and Epsom Common to the east. Within Rushett Common is Telegraph Hill - earlier known as Cabbage Hill - which was the site of a station on the Admiralty Shutter telegraph line. This used the shutter system to communicate between London and Portsmouth from 1796 until 1816. The buildings were small two-roomed wooden huts with a frame which held the six wooden shutters.^[2] The station was replaced by a semaphore station built at Claygate.

Education

For education in this area, see Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames.

Transport and locale

Nearby places

• Epsom
• Leatherhead
• Oxshott
• Esher
• Tolworth
• Surbiton
• Kingston upon Thames

Nearest railway stations

• Chessington South railway station
• Chessington North railway station

Bus routes

• London Buses route 465

References

1. ^ London Wildweb Rushett Common
2. ^ Rushett Common

Next station upwards	Admiralty Shutter telegraph line 1795	Next station downwards
Putney Heath	Malden Rushett	Netley Heath