There are two routes into Westerham from the north, the B2024 Croydon Road and the A233 (which leads into London Road), while access to the south is by the B2026 Hosey Hill; this leads to Crockham Hill, which lies about two miles away, high on the southern slope of the Greensand Ridge.
Westerham's principal road, bisecting the town, is the A25 - until the 17th Century the only east-west hard-surfaced road in southern England (the other route, through Hythe and Haywards Heath, being only a track which
was often impassable in winter). The A25 runs parallel with the M25 and serves as its relief road in the event of motorway hold-ups.
Many of the town's oldest buildings (some of them are six centuries old) line the route of the A25 and thus limit its width. Any widening that might have been possible has been
achieved long ago by reducing pavements and front gardens.
This leaves us with a situation in which the sheer size of the commercial vehicles permitted under EU regulations makes it impossible for them to pass other traffic, unless somebody stops to give way or even mounts the kerb.
The results, in terms of accident risk, traffic congestion and pollution, pose one of the largest unsolved problems facing the Parish.
However, since we appreciate that highway and traffic issues are not
