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1. View from Box Hill – View of Epsom Downs Racecourse loop from Ewell East

39.4km

02:33

440m

Intermediate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. View of Epsom Downs Racecourse – View from Box Hill loop from Tooting Broadway

68.8km

04:17

620m

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3. View from Box Hill – Denbies Wine Estate loop from Stoneleigh

68.6km

04:35

930m

Expert bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Simon B

July 3, 2020

"In 1859 an invasion by the French, under the Second Empire of Napoleon III, was widely feared. Volunteer movements of riflemen sprang up all over the country, and Epsom hosted the 8th Corps of the Surrey Rifle Volunteers. They trained in Rifle Butts Alley, beside a long valley leading up to the Downs, and relaxed afterwards at a pub in East Street, still called the Rifleman. In 1881 the volunteers became a territorial detachment of the regular East Surrey Regiment." (eehe.org.uk/?p=33248)

The area was used in the late C19 for shooting practice, but the range was abandoned when Grand Stand Road was laid out across the downs above. Rifle Butts Alley is a pleasant walk up to the downs away from the traffic. On Derby Day each year, it is greatly used as a means of access to the races by local people. (geograph.org.uk/snippet/2348#:~:text=The%20area%20was%20used%20in,the%20races%20by%20local%20people.)

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Distance 615 m

Uphill 30 m

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Location: Surrey, South East England, England, United Kingdom

Rifle Butts Alley

1. View from Box Hill – View of Epsom Downs Racecourse loop from Ewell East

2. View of Epsom Downs Racecourse – View from Box Hill loop from Tooting Broadway

3. View from Box Hill – Denbies Wine Estate loop from Stoneleigh

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