A Walk Around BEDDINGTON PARK | Surrey

[@derrickharvey295]

I grew up in Beddington and lived there until I was 11, when my family moved to Canada.....in 1956. I went to what was Park Farm School located behind Carew manor in the housing estate......to see the park again and to instantly recollect playing cricket and football and sailing my boat on the pond that seemed huge as a kid......thanks for this.....very much appreciated.....I attended several weddings in St Mary's as well and my aunt kept horses in the old stables......too many memories.......happy camper here.

[@MarqEnglish]

Thank you Derrick for sharing your lovely memories, makes me smile!

[@tantan5057]

This is where I used to play as a child. It's a place that I return to, in my mind, when I meditate as it has always given me a calming sense of peace. Thankyou for showing me my favourite weeping willow tree along the stream. Haven't seen that in real time for over 40 years. Most appreciated!

[@MarqEnglish]

Thank you, you're very welcome.

[@matthewbaker4056]

Thanks Marq for sharing your walk with us! It was interesting to see familiar areas of the park. When I was at Wallington Grammar School bearing in mind this was 50 years ago, we would do cross-country running around the park. The bridges, dovecote, boating lake etc were all included. The new intakes each year had a challenge each October, involving running through the (very cold) streams, scaling the Orangery wall, through the woodland copse etc. In my time Carew Manor was used by the school for 11/12 year olds. Science/biology lessons outside were fun! Loved seeing this again, thank you!

[@steveshepherd8921]

Enjoyed that , thanks Marq 👍

[@MarqEnglish]

What great memories, you're welcome.

[@MarqEnglish]

Thanks Steve

[@haroldofcardboard]

oh wow marq. such a lovely surprise. watching you there from all the way over here in the middle of missouri usa. my mum was born in beddington and my nans was 1 step away from beddington park. as a boy and teen we went there all of the time. and my mum played there as a little girl too. kin da crazy to be all the way over here and seeing a video of somewhere so special to our family. as kids we used to follow the stream betwwen waddon ponds and beddington all the time. on foot or on our bikes. thanks so much.

[@MarqEnglish]

That's great I've stirred the old memories. I'm just around the corner from the Park.

[@marlenejones1433]

I remember being there as a young teenager in the early 60s I loved that park

[@iainet]

The Roman Villa is located at “what 3 words” location “fakes.slam.soil”. I worked there during the 80’s. Also, I’m looking forward to your video on the Beddington tunnels. As a youth I used to go into the tunnel located behind the Plough Pub in Beddington. The original entrance was much higher up the bank than it appears to be now at street level.

[@MarqEnglish]

Thanks you. That's really helpful. much appreciated.

[@movesky6696]

@@MarqEnglish carew manor was a school in 1970s

[@MarqEnglish]

@@movesky6696 It still is.

[@hazelb7218]

Spent a good few years in that park as a kid when we moved to Beddington from the St Helier estate!! Not been back there for a while so was nice to see it again...thank you!! I didn't know that gangway of trees leading up to Carew Manor was called Queen Elizabeth's Walk....but i once rode my horse through that gangway of trees...years ago now...from the bottom right up to Carew Manor....had a great canter ....something i always wanted to do lol.....even though no horse riding is allowed in the park !! Have they closed all the public access to the orangery with them railings??

[@MarqEnglish]

Thanks Hazel for sharing those lovely memories. The Orangery is in the grounds of Carew Manor so not much access.

[@dantaylor333]

nice video sir. I took my GS for a walk over there today and saw the swan sat on the nest. I love that place

[@MarqEnglish]

Thanks Dan.

[@theaultones5790]

Thanks Marq, very comforting watching this today. Part of the film "If" starring Malcolm McDowell was filmed inside Carew Manor. It came on BBC late one night in the 90's and I recognised the inside from singing in there with a school choir. IMDB backs this up.

[@MarqEnglish]

Thanks for that info. I didn't know that.

[@matthewbaker4056]

It was filmed during my time as a schoolboy at Carew Manor 😊

[@MarqEnglish]

@@matthewbaker4056 Fascinating stuff (and great movie).

[@JamieBoy-ij2ri]

The Aultones is the movie available online or on dvd?

[@theaultones5790]

@@JamieBoy-ij2ri Have a Google on Amazon, CEX or eBay and you should find it 😉 Otherwise try online and see if anyone is streaming? Cheers, Nick

[@stomperthemixer1]

Love the history I use to walk through this park every morning on my way to work in the lates 80s

[@MarqEnglish]

Thanks Neil.

[@joemcguire4385]

Fantastic vid!

[@MarqEnglish]

Thank you.

[@sparrowhawk84]

I used to live opposite and I walked my dog for an hour every day in that beautiful park.

[@sandraridout8940]

Lovely, thank you.

[@DannyTP1888]

Enjoyed that, thanks Marq.

[@MarqEnglish]

You're welcome.

[@aindriasobaoighill1591]

I was taken to the top of the church tower when I was a little boy, Marq!

[@MarqEnglish]

Oh, how fantastic. Very envious.

[@MrGreatplum]

Great video, Marq. Ben had a football match at the park a few weeks ago. The dormers on the church are a clue to a Victorian restoration - a number of churches were given these to improve light into the nave (I can think of Banstead and tandridge locally.)

[@MarqEnglish]

Thanks Matthew.

[@andrewnorris1]

I was filming in pretty much all these places here just a few weeks ago, our paths could have so easily crossed and maybe they did at some time or other! Thanks, Marq.

[@MarqEnglish]

When you are over next, we shall do a Video Andrew.

[@Waynethepainsmurf]

Hi marq. Did you find the outside toilet in the graveyard ? And in beddington park the spring that you can drink out of straight from the ground? I can show you if you need to do a future video. Thanks. Wayne.

[@MarqEnglish]

I'd be up for that Wayne as did not know about that.

[@Waynethepainsmurf]

@@MarqEnglish. No problem just let me know. I’m also on Facebook. Cheers. Wayne

[@MarqEnglish]

@@Waynethepainsmurf Thanks Wayne, I'll be in touch soon.

[@JamieBoy-ij2ri]

I had a walk through Beddington Park yesterday too.. shame I didn’t see you

[@MarqEnglish]

Damn, you could have been in the video.

[@Scottie1210]

Another interesting video thanks. Would like to know more about the Beddington tunnels you mentioned from your paranormal investigation. Are these tunnels linked to the local cave system ??

[@MarqEnglish]

Thank you. It will be interesting to find out if the tunnels are linked when I do the research, I'd be surprised if there not.

[@matthewbaker4056]

When I was a schoolboy at Carew Manor 53 years ago we were shown a tunnel that was said to lead to Croydon Palace (as an escape route for the bishop from Croydon, or the family from Carew Manor, who knows?!) The tunnel didn't go far, it had been sealed off, apparently was unsafe. Or to stop us escaping perhaps!

[@sanishthomas2858]

Nice. It is in Wallington London?

[@MarqEnglish]

Well, Wallington in Surrey but Greater London as well.

[@thinking-as-I-wander]

Ok....thank you for making this, a perfect-relaxing ending for my day. Now I'm going to Google "doomsday book "

[@MarqEnglish]

Thanks Jeff, you may what to Google 'Domesday Book' not 'Doomsday Book'.