The A2022 is a non-primary road in

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. It runs south-west into the foothills of the

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from

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in the

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through

Selsdon Selsdon is an area in South-East London, England, located in the London Borough of Croydon, in the ceremonial county of Greater London. Prior to 1965 it was in the historic county of Surrey. It is located south of Coombe and Addiscombe, west of ...

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, Addington, Purley, the Woodcote part of that town,

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in Surrey and

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through which it descends to a similar altitude as at its beginning to end at

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Route

West Wickham to Purley

Section of the Art Deco houses in Selsdon

The A2022 starts in

in the

at a roundabout with the A232 and a minor road, of which it acts as a continuation, as Addington Road before entering the

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. As it enters

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Addington Village it runs as Kent Gate Way and passes

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on the

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. It then crosses the tramlink and a roundabout with the A212. It runs as Selsdon Park Road past Forestdale, Selsdon and Selsdon, where it again becomes Addington Road as the elevated district's only A-road, passing Selsdon Community Centre and heads into

past its common at 175m AOD (an overall high point), before coming to a roundabout with the B269. The A2022 becomes Rectory Park, and then Mitchley Avenue, where it passes near

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, Downs Court Road as it comes into Purley and it stops at a T-Junction with the A22, 300m from Purley Cross and

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to which it has its own continuation Approach Road leading to a station drop-off

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Purley to Oaks Park

The Purley to Nork westerly less straight, curved hill-cross route starts at a set of traffic lights with the A23, part of the Purley Cross system as Foxley Lane and it climbs through the Woodcote locality, before it comes to a mini roundabout with Woodcote Road and Smitham Bottom Lane (both A237). It changes name to Little Woodcote Lane, and leaves the suburban landscape as it heads into Little Woodcote in the

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, passing a wide area of farms. It then comes to two mini-roundabouts with the B278, the first roundabout for the northbound road to

Carshalton Carshalton () is a town, with a historic village centre, in south London, England, within the London Borough of Sutton. It is situated south-southwest of Charing Cross, in the valley of the River Wandle, one of the sources of which is Carshalto ...

, and the second, for the southbound road to

Woodmansterne Woodmansterne is a village in the borough of Reigate and Banstead, Surrey, bordering Greater London, England. It sits on a small plateau of and a southern down slope of the North Downs and its ecclesiastical parish borders continue to span old ...

. It passes wide

Oaks Park (London) Oaks Park is a public park in Carshalton in the London Borough of Sutton. It is bounded on the south by Croydon Lane (A2022), and on the east by Woodmansterne Road; smaller roads lie to west and north. History The park was substantially laid out ...

, Carshalton and comes to a dip at 104 m above sea level as it exits Greater London.

Oaks Park to Nork

The road enters, with further gentle curves, an unnamed outlying neighbourhood of Banstead in the Surrey borough of Reigate & Banstead and ascends through low-density housing. It reaches a westerly high-point of 152m Ordnance Datum just before entering

. It then descends, before coming to a mini roundabout with the B2219 Bolters Lane. Almost immediately after the mini roundabout, it comes to the Banstead Crossroads with the A217. The A2022 becomes Fir Tree Road and heads west, passes within 50m of Banstead railway station in the Nork locality westwards; then it stops at the crossroads by the Drift Bridge, 500m short of

Epsom Downs railway station Epsom Downs railway station is in the Borough of Reigate and Banstead in Surrey. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Southern. It is on the Epsom Downs line down the line from , measured via West Croydon. In the past the ...

, where it co-runs with the A240 and faces the B291 (also Fir Tree Road).

Drift Bridge to Epsom

On the other side of the Drift Bridge at a roundabout, the Drift Bridge to Epsom section of the A2022 starts as College Road. After about half a mile, it comes to crossroads with Longdown Lane North and South; the South being the B288. It then passes

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, before College Road heads left and the A2022 becomes Alexandra Road. It passes near Alexandra recreation ground and the other part of the B288 (Bridge Road.) It changes name to Upper High Street and it passes an Odeon Cinema before coming to the junction in

Town Centre with the

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High Street and East Street, and the B284 Church Street.

Notable Places

The road at Epsom is home to the ''Upper High Street'' which includes a large Odeon cinema and the

Laine Theatre Arts Laine Theatre Arts, sometimes referred to as Laines, is an independent performing arts college, based in the town of Epsom in Surrey, England. The college was founded in 1974 by former professional dancer and dance teacher Betty Laine OBE, and ...

. Also on the road are

, Croydon High School, John Ruskin College,

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and the Wickham Theatre