A Walk Down Egham's Changing High Street
Exploring the shops and businesses which have defined Egham High Street since the nineteenth century. From 24 March 2020 all retail units except those selling essential foods and medical supplies closed down for the first of several national lockdowns during the coronavirus pandemic. Sadly some familiar household names closed permanently but we have welcomed the new businesses gradually taking their place.
[Learning more about Our Changing High Streets](https://eghammuseum.org/learning-more-about-our-changing-high-streets/)
0001-03-01 00:00:00
199 High Street, National Tyres and Autocare
199 is separated from number 198 by Milton Road.
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1-2 High Street
Between the years 1935 and 1937 Nos 1-4 High Street were demolished for road improvements and to create the Egham by-pass - ironic since Nos 1 and 2 had been home to motor works since 1908.
0001-03-02 00:00:00
3-4 High Street
Between the years 1935 and 1937 Nos 1-4 High Street were demolished for road improvements and to create the Egham by-pass.
0001-03-03 00:00:00
198 High Street, Cheeky Chicken & Grill
Cheeky Chicken & Grill, a fast-food restaurant, opened in October 2020.
0001-03-04 00:00:00
5-6 High Street, The King's Arms
In 2019, building work started to restore the former Loch Fyne restaurant into a new gastropub and hotel. Despite delays caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the newly renovated King's Arms opened in July 2020.
0001-03-04 00:00:01
196-7 High Street, E & M Tecnica
E&M Tecnica are consulting engineers established in 1998.
0001-03-06 00:00:00
195 High Street, Pepperstitch Designs
Pepperstitch Designs has had a long presence at this end of the High Street providing a tailor-made interior design service for clients in the UK and overseas.
0001-03-07 00:00:00
194 High Street, PhoneFix4U
A fonehouse shop offering new mobile phones or repairs opened at 194 in October 2021.Since 2023 it has operated as PhoneFix4U
0001-03-07 00:00:01
7 High Street, formerly Donland Engineering/Egham Roofing
No 7 has been empty for some time.
0001-03-07 12:00:00
193 High Street - Royal Barbers
No 193 opened in January 2020 as a Turkish barber - Royal Barbers.
0001-03-08 00:00:00
8 High Street, Scuderia Car Parts Ltd
Scuderia Car Parts have been at 8 High Street since 2002.
0001-03-08 00:00:01
192 High Street, Egham Beauty Clinic
Egham Beauty Clinic, formerly in Station Road, opened at 192 in Spring 2021, offering a range of beauty treatments and services.
0001-03-09 00:00:00
9 High Street, Courtel Communications Ltd/Triometric
Courtel Communications, founded in 1999, delivers a comprehensive Court List distribution service in electronic format to the legal community in England and Wales.
0001-03-09 00:00:01
191 High Street, Belle Vue Blinds
A company making bespoke blinds and curtains
0001-03-10 00:00:00
190 High Street, Alpha House
The Fitness Pod began operating as a fitness studio at this address in March 2021. It seems to have closed by December 2022 and was subsequently converted into 6 flats with the address Alpha House.
0001-03-10 00:00:01
10 High Street, Syscom Building Management Ltd.
Syscom are Environmental and Energy Management Control Specialists, previously in Station Road North.
0001-03-11 00:00:00
11 High Street, Premier Services
Premier Services, which moved to this address in 2021, provides intelligent security services for homes & businesses.
0001-03-11 00:00:01
189 High Street, Kingswood Holdings Ltd
Regency Investment Services opened at Number 189 in 1985, specialising in all forms of pension and investment planning. In November 2020 Regency was acquired by Kingswood Holdings Ltd.
0001-03-12 00:00:00
188 High Street, Egham Cowork
The offices at 188 High Street has been home to a variety of companies. Most of it is now administered by Egham CoWork letting out offices and meeting spaces. Part of the site, between 187 and 188 was originally built as a Salvation Army Citadel.
0001-03-12 00:00:01
12a High Street, Matt Wood Flooring Ltd
There were successive hairdressers at 12 or 12a from 1900-2022 until Matt Wood Flooring Ltd opened here in June 2023.
0001-03-13 00:00:00
12b/c High Street, The Frame Workshop
The Frame Workshop has been at 12b/c High Street since 1997, providing a bespoke Framing, Trophy & Engraving service and expanding from its original premises at 12c only.
0001-03-13 00:00:00
186-187 High Street, TG Egham Service Station and convenience store
There have been garages, showrooms or petrol stations at this address since 1931.
0001-03-14 00:00:00
13-14 High Street
The shops at 13-16 High Street were demolished in 1962 to make way for the new Council Offices and Library. Only no 16 was subsequently rebuilt.
0001-03-14 00:00:01
186 High Street, Wards MOT and Service Centre
Wards is an independent garage established in 2000. The site was originally home to Boshers Farm.
0001-03-15 00:00:00
Limes Mews
Limes Mews, a small residential development, was created in 1995 between numbers 185 and 186 High Street. The site was originally part of Boshers Farm.
0001-03-16 00:00:00
Fairhaven, High Street, Egham Library
Egham Library, in Fairhaven (between numbers 12 and 16 of the High Street), was officially opened on 14 May 1964. It has a free car park with a maximum permitted stay of two hours
0001-03-17 00:00:00
16 High Street, formerly Grill Land Peri Peri and Pizza
Grill Land Peri Peri and Pizza opened in November 2019. Since October 2021 it has apparently been at Domino's Pizza, 19 High Street and No 16 is empty.
0001-03-18 00:00:00
17 High Street, Magic Wok
Magic Wok is a Chinese restaurant and takeaway at 17 High Street - but not the first Chinese restaurant at this address
0001-03-19 00:00:00
18 High Street, Egham Food & Wine
Egham Food & Wine is a convenience store
0001-03-20 00:00:00
19 High Street, Domino's Pizza
Domino's Pizza (opened approx 2015) is the latest in a line of food establishments at this address since 1975. Since October 2021 Grill Land Peri Peri and Pizza has apparently also been based at Domino's.
0001-03-20 00:00:01
185 High Street, Egham Youth Centre
Originally a large private house with grounds and an orchard, "The Limes" stood at 185 HIgh Street. The house was demolished in 1963 to create a new youth and community centre.
0001-03-21 00:00:00
20 High Street, Golden Cafe
The Golden Cafe opened in 2013 on a site which has housed restaurants and takeaways since 1975.
0001-03-22 00:00:00
21 High Street, Prestige House
21-29 High Street was originally a collection of shops and dwellings. The buildings were all demolished in 1986 to make way for a new office block, Prestige House. This has now been adapted into apartments.
0001-03-23 00:00:00
Walnut Tree Gardens
Walnut Tree Gardens is a small park in the High Street, created in 1946 by the demolition of two cottages: 183 and 184 High Street.
0001-03-23 00:00:01
22 High Street, Prestige House
21-29 High Street was originally a collection of shops and dwellings. The buildings were all demolished in 1986 to make way for a new office block, Prestige House. This has now been adapted into apartments.
0001-03-24 00:00:00
23 High Street, Prestige House
21-29 High Street was originally a collection of shops and dwellings, including a nineteenth century beer house at no. 23. The buildings were all demolished in 1986 to make way for a new office block, Prestige House. This has now been adapted into apartments.
0001-03-25 00:00:00
24 High Street, Prestige House
21-29 High Street was originally a collection of shops and dwellings, The buildings were all demolished in 1986 to make way for a new office block, Prestige House. This has now been adapted into apartments.
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25 High Street, Prestige House
21-29 High Street was originally a collection of shops and dwellings. The buildings were all demolished in 1986 to make way for a new office block, Prestige House. This has now been adapted into apartments.
0001-03-27 00:00:00
26 High Street, Prestige House
21-29 High Street was originally a collection of shops and dwellings. The buildings were all demolished in 1986 to make way for a new office block, Prestige House. This has now been adapted into apartments.
0001-03-28 00:00:00
27 High Street, Prestige House
21-29 High Street was originally a collection of shops and dwellings. The buildings were all demolished in 1986 to make way for a new office block, Prestige House. This has now been adapted into apartments.
0001-03-28 12:00:00
28-29 High Street, Prestige House
21-29 High Street was originally a collection of shops and dwellings including, until the early 20th Century, twelve Strode's Almshouses. The buildings were all demolished in 1986 to make way for a new office block, Prestige House. This has now been adapted into apartments.
0001-03-29 00:00:00
182 High Street, Strodes View and Walnut Tree House
A shop and semi-detached house at this address was demolished in 1973 to make way for office buildings and later rebuilt as flats.
0001-03-29 00:00:01
30-36 High Street, Strode's Sixth Form College
Henry Strode left money for a free school which was established in 1706. In the early twentieth century Strode's became a boys' grammar school and it subsequently developed into a mixed Sixth Form College in 1975. It is now part of the Windsor Forest Colleges Group.
0001-03-29 00:00:03
37 High Street
No 37 was originally an independent house and shop, now part of the Crown public house.
0001-03-30 00:00:00
181 High Street, Strodes View
A shop at this address was demolished in 1973 to make way for office buildings and and later rebuilt as flats.
0001-03-31 00:00:00
180 High Street, Strodes View
A former shop, house, yard and warehouse at this address were demolished in 1973 to make way for office buildings and later rebuilt as flats.
0001-04-01 00:00:00
1 Blue Ball Lane
From 1737 until the mid 19th Century numbers 177-179 High Street were part of the Blue Ball And Jolly Sailor Beer House at the junction with Blue Ball Lane. After 1840 they became shops and residential premises.
0001-04-02 00:00:00
179 High Street, Stirling Ackroyd Estate Agents
From 1737 until the mid 19th Century numbers 177-179 were part of the Blue Ball And Jolly Sailor Beer House at the junction with Blue Ball Lane. After 1840 they became shops and residential premises. There has been an estate agent business at this site since at least 1900.
0001-04-03 00:00:00
178 High Street, Big Fry
From 1737 until the mid 19th Century numbers 177-179 were part of the Blue Ball And Jolly Sailor Beer House at the junction with Blue Ball Lane. After 1840 they became shops and residential premises. Big Fry Fish and Chips opened under this name in 2011 but there has been a fish and chips shop on the site for much longer...
0001-04-04 00:00:00
38 High Street, The Crown
There has been a Crown public house on this site since at least the early eighteenth century.