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Route Guide: Roehampton Lane Site Self Guided Tour

Froebel College, Roehampton Lane, London, SW15 5PJ

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Introduction

Grove House To Rear Of Lawrence Building

  • From the Grove House main entrance, turn right through the Grove House car park.
  • The car park has an even and level tarmac surface.
  • Follow the tarmac road out of the car park, continuing past the concrete slab path leading to the Montefiore building.
  • The road is a shared space for pedestrians, vehicles and cyclists.
  • After approximately 50m there is a speed bump in in the road.
  • Continue straight along the shared space road, passing between the Montefiore building on the right, and the Cedar building on the left.
  • After approximately 50m keep right and follow the shared space road.
  • Keeping right, the road passes between the Montefiore and Multi-Use Games Area.
  • Follow the path ahead, bearing slightly right and then keeping left down the side of the Lawrence Building, past the Blue Badge Bay.
  • The path here is obstructed by 2 bollards 55cm high, with a spacing of 146cm.
  • Follow the tarmac path round to the right, with Gym Roehampton and the Michaelis building on the left, and the Lawrence Building on the right.
  • Follow the path around to the right.
  • At the end of the tarmac path opposite the rear entrance to the Lawrence building, turn left to follow the dirt path.
  • There is a rough sloped kerb between the tarmac path and the dirt path.

Rear Of Lawrence Building To Rear Of Digby Stuart College

  • The wooded path is level with a loose stone/dirt surface.
  • There is occasional bench seating on the left hand side of the path.
  • Some seating was broken at the time of survey.
  • The path continues along the left hand side of a lake.
  • Continue along the path around the lake for approximately 140m.
  • Keep left as the path splits on the far side of the lake.
  • The path continues on a downward slope with a very easy incline.
  • The path surface here is loose stone/dirt and is uneven.
  • After approximately 110m there is an upward slope with a slight incline.
  • At the end of the path is a centrally located bollard providing 120cm clearance on each side.
  • Past the bollard, the path continues into the Digby Stuart campus.

Rear Of Digby Stewart College Entrance To The Richardson Building

  • After entering the rear of the Digby Stewart campus, cross a disused zebra crossing.
  • The crossing is very uneven with rough kerb stones and potholes, and slopes to the left.
  • The route continues onto a concrete set gravel path.
  • Continue straight for approximately 20m and turn left along the rear of the Library.
  • The route continues between the Mary Seacole Health Innovation Centre and Mandela Building on the left, and the rear of the Library on the right.
  • The route along the rear of the library is a concrete set gravel and is on a slope with a slight incline downhill.
  • After approximately 70m as the route becomes level, keep right and continue along a wall next to the Library.
  • The path then becomes level with a stone block surface.
  • After approximately 25m turn right around the end of the Library, passing paths to Shaw House and the Southlands Campus on your left.
  • After approximately 40m turn right to head up the front of the Library.
  • The path here has a stone block surface and is on a long uphill slope with a slight incline.
  • Continue straight uphill between the Conference Centre/Elm Grove Halls on the left, and the Library/Sir David Bell Building on the right.
  • The path here is on a slope with a slight incline.
  • Approximately 80m beyond the Library the path ends at an access road.
  • Here there is a line of tactile paving and bollards with a spacing of 140cm.
  • The Richardson building can be seen diagonally left, on the other side of the access road.

Richardson Building To Digby Stuart Square

  • The route continues to the right in front of the Richardson Building.
  • After approximately 15m there is a short section of pavement to the left with dropped kerbs.
  • After a further 5m turn left between the Richardson and Jubilee buildings.
  • The Jubilee Building was in a state of reconstruction at the time of survey (September 2024).
  • There were scaffolding facades on the right hand side of the route past the Jubilee Building.
  • Any resulting width restriction remained above 150cm for this part of the route.
  • The route continues along an uneven tarmac surface on a slope with a slight gradient, and levels out after approximately 30m.
  • After a further 20m, continue left around a service building onto a paving slab surface which is even.
  • After a further 5m there is a ramp with a slope on a slight gradient and handrails on both sides.
  • After the ramp, continue for approximately 15m to turn right under a covered walkway.
  • The surface under the walkway changes to block paving.
  • Continue under the walkway past the Howard Building main entrance on the right, and The Den Diner and Café on the left.
  • The other side of the walkway opens out on the left into Digby Stuart Square.

Digby Stuart Square To Medical Centre

  • Continuing ahead into Digby Stuart Square the ground surface is an even, level brick block surface.
  • After approximately 25m at the end of the square, turn right in front of Digby Chapel.
  • Here the route progresses up a 5m long slope with a steep incline.
  • Continue towards the exit to Digby Stuart Square via a brick archway 180cm wide.
  • There is wall mounted signage here on the right for Garden Court, New Court and Old Court.
  • Beyond the archway the path surface changes to a loose stone path on a slope with a very easy gradient.
  • The path levels out after approximately 20m and the surface changes to concrete set gravel.
  • After a further 10m there is post mounted signage for Old Court.
  • Turn left here, passing Garden Court on the left.
  • Continue diagonally along cobblestones for 15m to the far right corner of the courtyard towards a covered walkway.
  • Continue through the walkway into the Old Court courtyard which has a very uneven, cobblestone surface with a slight downward camber to the left.
  • Continue across to the far right corner of the Old Court courtyard towards another covered walkway.
  • The surface through the archway is tarmac and is on a reasonably even slope with a very easy incline.
  • The entrance to the Medical Centre can be seen immediately to the right after the exit to the archway.

Medical Centre To Grove House

  • Continue straight along the roadway for approximately 20m, towards a pathway on the right.
  • The path here is level with a tarmac surface, although uneven in places with some potholes on the left.
  • After approximately 20m, at the end of path, turn left, and then after a further 5m, turn right.
  • The path here has an even and level tarmac surface with occasional shallow potholes.
  • After approximately 40m the route reaches the entrance to Grove House Gardens.
  • The path here changes to a stone slab surface, which may be uneven in places.
  • After approximately 40m turn left along the side of Grove House to the Grove House car park.
  • Turn right to continue in front of Grove House.
  • The car park tarmac surface is generally even, but may be uneven in places where tree roots have raised the surface.
  • The entrance to Grove House is approximately 20m on the right.