| A232 road | |
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| East end: | Ewell |
| A21 road A23 road A24 road A212 road A214 road A217 road A222 road A223 road A224 road A233 road A236 road A237 road A2022 road |
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| West end: | Orpington |
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| Primary destinations: |
Croydon Sutton |
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The A232 is a road running east-west across South London, which connects the A24 in Ewell with the A224 Orpington bypass.
Between Croydon and Ewell the road runs close to the Sutton & Mole Valley Line. London Buses route X26 bus runs along the road between Waddon and Cheam.
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In the 1970s the plans for the construction of the M23 motorway north of Hooley had the motorway crossing the A232 Croydon Road in Wallington between Hilliers Lane (B272) and Demense Road. It is probable that a junction would have been provided here if the motorway had been built. In the late 1970s, when the M23 plan was scaled back to omit the section across Mitcham Common, the road may have ended on the A232 at this point.
The road closely follows the ridge of chalk to the south, over London clay to the north, especially between Ewell and Addiscombe. As a result, there are many springs near the route, and many of the suburbs it passes through developed out of prehistoric spring line villages.
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