Cobham
Cobham is a large village in the Borough of Elmbridge in Surrey, England, centred 17 miles south-west of London and 10 miles northeast of Guildford on the River Mole. It has a commercial/services High Street, a significant number of primary and private schools and the Painshill landscape park.
Here are a few interesting facts about Cobham:
1. Cobham is a large village in the borough of Elmbridge in Surrey it is centred 17 miles (27 km) south-west of London and 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Guildford on the river Mole. It has a commercial High Street a significant number of primary and private schools and the Painshill Landscape Park.
2. Cobham appears in the Doomsday Book as Covenham and is thought to mean a settlement on the curve of a river.
3. Chelsea F.C’s training ground is nearby, close to Cobham and Stoke d'Abernon railway station and some of its more deluxe private homes belong to Chelsea's players.
4. To the north and west of the town is the A3 trunk road, a major arterial route from London to Portsmouth. This road links to the M25 Motorway at Junction 10, immediately to the southwest of Cobham. The Cobham and Stoke d’Abernon Railway Station opened in 1885 and is on the New Guildford line from London Waterloo.
5. The River Mole provides a setting for the red brick water mill, constructed late 18C and once part of a much larger complex. It stands on the site of earlier mills dating back to the Middle Ages. The mill was in use until 1928, when it became uneconomical to continue operating. Thereafter it was used as a storehouse.
