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Box Hill
Box Hill or Boxhill may refer to: Places Australia * Box Hill, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney, Australia * Box Hill, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia ** Box Hill railway station, Melbourne England * Box Hill, Surrey, a hill in England named for the box woodland it features ** Box Hill School, a public school located in Mickleham at the foot of the hill ** Box Hill & Westhumble railway station Box Hill & Westhumble is a railway station in the village of Westhumble in Surrey, England, approximately north of Dorking town centre. Box Hill, Surrey, Box Hill is located approximately to the east. It is down the line from . Train service ... * Box Hill, Wiltshire, a village in England Other countries * Box Hill railway station, Wellington, a station in New Zealand * Boxhill (Louisville), a historic house in the United States Other uses * SS ''Box Hill'', previously known as , a steamship sunk by a mine in the Second World War {{Dab, geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Box Hill Railway Station, Melbourne
Box Hill railway station is a commuter railway station on the Belgrave line, Belgrave and Lilydale line, Lilydale lines, which are both part of the Railways in Melbourne, Melbourne railway network. It serves the eastern suburb of Box Hill, Victoria, Box Hill, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Box Hill station is a below ground premium station, featuring four platforms, an island platform with two faces and two side platforms connected by a ground level precinct. It opened on 1 December 1882, with the current station provided in 1985. The station is located underground, beneath the Box Hill Central shopping centre. East of the station, towards Lilydale railway station, Lilydale and Belgrave railway station, Belgrave, the three tracks merge into double-track railway, two. History Box Hill station opened on 1 December 1882 when the railway line from Camberwell railway station, Melbourne, Camberwell was extended to Lilydale. When the station opened, Box Hill was a separate town ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Box Hill, Surrey
Box Hill is a summit of the North Downs in Surrey, approximately south-west of London. It is named after the ancient Buxus sempervirens, box woodland found on the steepest west-facing chalk slopes overlooking the River Mole. The western part of the hill is owned and managed by the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, National Trust, whilst the village of Box Hill lies on higher ground to the east. The highest point is Betchworth Clump at Ordnance Datum, above OD, although the Salomons Memorial (at 172 metres) overlooking the town of Dorking is the most popular viewpoint. Box Hill is part of the Surrey Hills National Landscape and forms part of the Mole Gap to Reigate Escarpment Site of Special Scientific Interest. The north- and south-facing slopes support an area of chalk downland, noted for its orchids and other rare plant species. The hill provides a habitat for 38 species of butterfly, and has given its name to a species of Coreidae, squash bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Box Hill, New South Wales
Box Hill is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Box Hill is located 48 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of The Hills Shire and is part of the Hills District region. Box Hill is a rapidly growing new release area of The Hills Shire Council in North West Sydney. Box Hill Precinct is planned under the NSW Government's North West Priority Growth Area along with other release areas, such as North Kellyville. The area, which was rezoned in 2013, is bordered by Boundary Road to the west, Annangrove Road to the east, Old Pitt Town Road to the north and Windsor Road to the south. By completion Box Hill will be home to approximately 42,480 residents (13,276 dwellings). In July 2020, a portion of Box Hill in the north was carved out and became the separate suburb of Gables Gables may refer to: * Gable, a portion of a wall between the edges of intersecting roof pitches * Gables, Nebraska, an unincorpo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Box Hill, Victoria
Box Hill is an Eastern suburbs (Melbourne), eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, east of the city's Melbourne City Centre, Central Business District (CBD), located within the City of Whitehorse Local government areas of Victoria, local government area. Box Hill recorded a population of 14,353 at the 2021 Australian census, 2021 census. Founded as a township in the 1850s, Box Hill has grown over the following century into a small city with its own central business district (CBD). It formed the centre of the former Local government in Victoria, local government of the City of Box Hill and has its own suburbs, including Box Hill North and Box Hill South. In the 1950s, Box Hill was absorbed into Melbourne as part of its eastward expansion. Today, Box Hill is notable for its large Chinese Australian, Chinese community, being one of the largest in Melbourne, and is home to the city's tallest high-rise buildings outside the CBD. A major transport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Box Hill School
Box Hill School was a Private schools in the United Kingdom, private coeducational Boarding school, boarding and day school until they merged with Reigate Grammar School and became RGS Surrey Hills in 2025. It was situated in the village of Mickleham, Surrey, Mickleham near Dorking, Surrey, England. Fees for day pupils started at £27,162 per year (up to £30,534 in the sixth form), and full boarding fees at £45,204 per year (up to £55,131 in the sixth form). The school was a founding member of the Round Square (educational organisation), Round Square Conference of Schools (an association in which the school's founding headmaster, Roy McComish, played a vital role in the establishment and early administration of), as well as being a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference. The school had offered the IB Diploma Programme, International Baccalaureate since September 2008 and re-introduced A levels in 2013, meaning both were available at Sixth form, Sixth Form. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Box Hill & Westhumble Railway Station
Box Hill & Westhumble is a railway station in the village of Westhumble in Surrey, England, approximately north of Dorking town centre. Box Hill, Surrey, Box Hill is located approximately to the east. It is down the line from . Train services are operated by Southern (Govia Thameslink Railway), Southern who manage the station, and South Western Railway (train operating company), South Western Railway. The station is the end point for the Thames Down Link long-distance footpath from Kingston upon Thames, and lies close to the midpoint of the Mole Gap Trail between Leatherhead and Dorking. The station is within of the North Downs Way. History The station was constructed at the insistence of Thomas Grissell the owner of Norbury Park, in part compensation for the railway cutting across his land to the north of the village. The main building was designed by Charles Henry Driver in the Châteauesque style and included steeply pitched roofs with patterned tiles and an ornamenta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Box Hill, Wiltshire
Box Hill is a small village in Wiltshire, England, most notable for its position above Brunel's famous Box Tunnel. It is located on the A4 road just northeast of Box village, approximately west of the centre of the town of Corsham, and approximately northeast of the World Heritage city of Bath. The village has a pub A pub (short for public house) is in several countries a drinking establishment licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises. The term first appeared in England in the late 17th century, to differentiate private ho ..., the ''Quarryman's Arms''. External links Box, Wiltshire Villages in Wiltshire {{Wiltshire-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Box Hill Railway Station, Wellington
Box Hill railway station is one of eight stations on the Johnsonville Branch, a commuter branch railway north of Wellington in New Zealand's North Island. It serves the suburbs of Khandallah and Te Kainga. It is the only station on the line to be set below street level, and one of four on the line which is on a curve. The station is usually called ''Box Hill'', but was signed by Tranz Metro as ''Boxhill'' on their platform signage. Electric multiple unit trains are operated under the Metlink brand through this station in both directions to Johnsonville (to the north) and Wellington (to the south). History Box Hill opened in 1956 as one of the more recent stations on the Johnsonville Branch line in an area where the railway runs roughly parallel to the street named "Box Hill" in the area formerly known as "Sentry-box Hill". As part of the Johnsonville line upgrade in 2009–10, plans envisaged the Box Hill Station closing for about two months from 3 May 2010 for the resu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
