Liphook Road
Probably named after Liphook Golf Club, founded in 1921, in Liphook, Hampshire, England.
The 1896 map shows what was here before the estate. Drag the round handle to compare it with today.
The name
Liphook Road probably takes its name from Liphook Golf Club. Liphook is the only golf course Arthur Croome ever designed, and he played in the four-man match that opened it in 1923.
Where the club's facts come from: Liphook Golf Club, England - Ncg Top 100s Review, National Club Golfer.
How sure we are of the match: Likely
The estate's streets were named after golf courses. The streets page explains how each match was made.
In the story
- Building the Estate: The estate goes up
Families were in Woodhall Lane by July 1948, and others remember moving to Caldwell Road, Liphook Road and Kilmarnock Road that year. - Schools: No schools at all
A resident who moved to Liphook Road in 1948 went first by coach to Oxhey School near Bushey Arches, and moved to Warren Dell School as soon as it opened.
On the timeline
- 1948 Families are living in Woodhall Lane by July, and others remember moving into Caldwell Road, Liphook Road and Kilmarnock Road during the year.
Close by
Buildings
- The Dick Whittington 70 m
- Prestwick Road Meadows 150 m
- Clarendon School (site) 240 m
- Little Oxhey Lane shops 290 m
- St Martin's Church, Muirfield Road 300 m
Ancient woods
Walk stops
- The Dick Whittington 70 m
Schools, churches and shops walk - Little Oxhey Lane shops 290 m
Schools, churches and shops walk - Pond Wood 440 m
The heart of the estate walk
Distances are in a straight line from a point on the street.