Theatres · South East England
Archway Theatre
Also known as: Doughas House
Archway Theatre is a theatre in the United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 2 h–3 h
- Nearest railway station
- Horley · 0.1 km
- Wheelchair accessible
About
Archway Theatre is a working theatre in the United Kingdom, listed in OpenStreetMap as a public performance venue. Records date its origin to 1952. Also known as: Doughas House. Coordinates: 51.1690°, -0.1618°.
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Protected designations
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: High Weald
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Surrey Hills
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
The Archway Theatre is a unique amateur theatre based in Horley, Surrey, United Kingdom. It is operated by a membership organisation, the Archway Theatre Company. It consists of a 95 seat main auditorium and a 40 seat studio complex. The group performs 10 main productions each year of 10 performances each over a 2-week period. The choice of productions is wide and varied and in 2012 included works by William Shakespeare, Martin McDonagh, Alan Ayckbourn, Alan Bennett and Arthur Miller.
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Background
Architecture
The Archway is hosted, as its name suggests, underneath the Victoria Road railway arches in Horley, which were built in 1909 when a road bridge was built over the railway in Horley.
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- Coordinates
- 51.1690, -0.1618
- County
- Surrey
- District
- Reigate and Banstead
- Parish
- Horley
- Postcode
- RH6 7NQ
- Parliamentary constituency
- Dorking and Horley
- Phone
- +44 1293 784398
- Established
- 1952
- Nearest railway station
- Horley — 0.1 km
- Official site
- archwaytheatre.co.uk
Sources
- osm: n577419862 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Archway Theatre (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Archway Theatre - geograph.org.uk - 1754697.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Archway Theatre?
- Archway Theatre is in Surrey, South-East England, United Kingdom (postcode RH6 7NQ), in the parish of Horley.
- When was Archway Theatre built?
- Built or established in 1952.
- Who owns Archway Theatre?
- Archway Theatre is owned by Archway Theatre Company.
- Is Archway Theatre a protected site?
- Yes — Archway Theatre is part of the High Weald National Landscape (AONB) and the Surrey Hills National Landscape (AONB).
- How do I get to Archway Theatre?
- The nearest railway station is Horley, about 0.1 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode RH6 7NQ.