"Pothole hell" is how a pockmarked Fetcham road has been described by those who use it.

In the past week the Advertiser has been inundated with complaints about Cobham Road in Fetcham.

Cyclist Hugh Baker is one of those who contacted the Advertiser about the state of the road, which runs the length of the village and is a major route between Leatherhead and Cobham

On Fridays Mr Baker does a tandem cycle with clients from visual impairment charity SeeAbility, taking them along Cobham Road on the way to Polesden Lacey.

He said: "In many places the road is broken up right across the road. In other places there are continuous broken edges along old trenches. Now the road is so bad, even cars are having to swerve across the carriageway, narrowly missing oncoming traffic.

"Riding on the back of a tandem is frightening when the bike hits a pothole – even worse if you cant see.

Just a few weeks ago cyclist Mike Ellis was seriously injured after hitting a pothole along the A25 in Westcott.

The road was described as "appalling" by another Fetcham resident, Catherine Coles.

She said: "Despite having been patch repaired after the snow, a huge number of deep potholes have reopened along Cobham Road.

"My car went into one along the section between the Lower Road and Cannon Grove roundabouts this morning, causing a flat tyre, and no doubt further damage to my car will be revealed when I take it to a garage.

"This series of deep potholes is unavoidable as they stretch some distance across the road and with cars parked along one side of the road there is nowhere else to go. There must be many other local motorists like me who have damaged their vehicles in this way.

"In addition, it is only a matter of time before there is an accident caused by cars swerving to try to avoid the potholes."

County councillor Tim Hall told the Advertiser there were plans afoot to fix up the road surface. He said: "There are plans in our budget to completely resurface the road in the financial year starting on April 1."