History - A Timeline of Tongham Wood
20th Jun 2004
Formation of TWIG
The voluntary group Tongham Wood Improvement Group is formed.
Oct 2002
BVCP and local volunteers get to work
Blackwater Valley Countryside Partnership (BVCP) recruit local volunteers to clean up Tongham Wood. The start of a regular task programme.
2000
BVCP take over management
Blackwater Valley Countryside Management on behalf of Surrey County Council
1992
Improvements to the site begin
Two new plantations of mixed deciduous woodland planted either side of the old woodland to alleviate the impact of the road and enhance the landscape.
1990
Blackwater Valley Relief Road
Land was taken over to build the Blackwater Valley Road scheme.
1935
Tongham Fruit Farm Worker mid-1930s to 1950s
Memories of a former worker on Tongham Fruit Farm. Part of the old orchard lies within the wood and some old fruit trees remain.
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1898
Rail branch line opened for gas works
A short branch was opened from Tongham to Aldershot Gas Works.
1849
Tongham station was opened by the London and South Western Railway (LSWR) as one of two intermediate stops on a now-closed section of the Guildford to Alton line
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