In common with a number of our other Surrey towns, Horley’s growth was driven by the arrival of the railway. The London to Brighton line through Surrey in the 1840s put the place on the map, and allowed it to become the commuter area that it now is. But transport links don’t end there. Our own location in Charlwood, on the West of the RH6 area, is as strategic as it is because we are so close to the M23, with easy travel on to the M25 and down to the Sussex and the South Coast.
And of course, transport fuels the local consumer market: Gatwick Airport is the largest local employer, and and very large proportion of our granite and quartz worktops goes into airport employees’ homes.