Events

The newly-launched Surrey Hills Artisan Festival 2021 will take place on Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th July as a showcase of the very best of the Surrey Hills’ food, drink, art and crafts. The first event of its kind, the two-day outdoor festival at Denbies Wine Estate in Dorking will …

Butterfly Walks at Polesden Lacey, Hatchlands Park and Rivery Way, Godalming Navigation With their beautiful colours and graceful, darting movement, it’s easy to see why they’re perhaps Britain’s best-loved insect. This Summer why not take a stroll through the parklands at Polesden Lacey and Hatchlands park, or wander along the …

I think dogs are better than humans. There, I said it. In fact, I think we can learn a lot from them, especially after the last 12 months we’ve all had. For full disclosure, I was never ‘a dog person’. I never had a dog growing up and when I …

This summer, Painshill in Surrey invites you to sit in a beautiful English walled garden and be transported to the wilds of Africa, a fairy-filled forest glade, and the decks of a British warship. The historic 18th century landscape garden is hosting a magical summer of outdoor theatre, cinema and …

Dogs for Autism  YOU CAN HELP US HELP THEM   As you all know I always have a great time when I visit The Walled Garden, but when I went down yesterday I was greeted with PUPPIES…and yes I mean plural! The walled garden closed their doors to the public …

Charlotteville was a small village immediately adjoined to Guildford and is claimed to have been the town’s first suburb.  With all the shops now closed and with the pubs disappearing, the identity of The Village as it was known has largely disappeared. In the late 1960s the community centre (also …

Heralded as one of the first of its kind in the UK, the Hannah Peschar Sculpture Garden continues to exhibit contemporary sculptures in a truly magical environment. The story started thirty five years ago, when landscape designer Anthony and his wife Hannah bought some land in Surrey. Having grown up …

Phil Kemp meets the show organisers to find out what makes this agricultural event so popular On the 28th May, Guildford’s Stoke Park hosts the country’s biggest one-day agricultural show welcoming visitors from far and wide – visitors who not only want to enjoy the excitement of watching competitive events …

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