South Nutfield, The Village, Station Parade c.1955
Photo ref: S666001
Made in Britain logo

Photo ref: S666001
Photo of South Nutfield, The Village, Station Parade c.1955

More about this scene

A mile south of Nutfield, a new village grew up around the railway station on the Tonbridge line named South Nutfield. This view is taken looking along Station Approach north from beside the station; at this date, the shops and houses are almost unchanged since they were built in the 1890s. Now the pace of change has accelerated: the shopfronts in Station Parade have been renewed, and Southgate's is now Parade Stores and Post Office.

A Selection of Memories from South Nutfield

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from South Nutfield

Sparked a Memory for you?

If this has sparked a memory, why not share it here?

these were the council houses where I lived from 1941 -1961 I was born here xxx
I have many happy memories of lovely holidays at my grandparent's home at Ridge Cottages. My father ( Edward C Jones ) married a Yorkshire lass and we would come down each year for two weeks. My aunts lived there also so I had good times with my cousins. I especially remember the Cinder Path down to the cottage and my favourite house was Magpie Cottage. I used to play with a girl called Jasmine who ...see more