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Berkeley's 600-home plan for Lower Road, Effingham drops the new Howard of Effingham School. The council says school places must be tested across its catchment.
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Guildford
Guildford Panto 2026: Sleeping Beauty, 5 Dec to 10 Jan
The Yvonne Arnaud's 2026 panto is Sleeping Beauty, with Lucy Benjamin and Peter Gordon: 58 shows, 5 Dec to 10 Jan, tickets from £15. Every date and time.
Wisley
RHS Wisley Glow 2026: 20 Nov to 3 Jan, From £7.50
RHS Glow at Wisley runs on selected dates from 20 November 2026 to 3 January 2027, 4pm to 9pm, and opens on Christmas Eve for the first time. From £7.50.
Guildford
Guildford Fireworks 2026: Stoke Park 7 Nov, Ripley 31 Oct
Guildford Lions' firework festival is Saturday 7 November at Stoke Park, gates 5pm, adults £14 to £20, under 16s free. Ripley Bonfire is Saturday 31 October.
Health
Windlesham Doctor Given Last Rites at 25 Tells His Story
Dr John Murphy was given the last rites after a 1984 crash. He became an NHS psychiatrist for 22 years, and his book Mending My Brain tells how.
Planning
Ash Neighbourhood Plan Referendum: Vote on 29 October
Ash votes on 29 October on a plan protecting 33 green spaces and a gap between Ash and Ash Green. Register by 13 October. Every deadline, and what is in it.
History
Guildford WW1 Officer Frank Fleming Named on His Grave
Guildford-born 2nd Lt Frank Fleming, missing since April 1918, now has his name on his grave in Belgium, 108 years on. How a member of the public found him.
Business
Guildford House of Fraser Sold: Records Date Deal to June
Moretons Investments owned the empty House of Fraser by 25 June, Companies House shows. It is the Brighton firm's third Guildford High Street buy since 2024.
Council
Guildford Parish Council Approved: £69 a Year at Band D
Guildford town gets its own parish council from 1 April 2027, with 24 seats, a £1.98m budget and about £69 a year at Band D. Elections are in May 2027.
Music
Rattus at The Star Guildford: Stranglers Night on 3 Oct
Rattus play The Stranglers at The Star on Quarry Street on Saturday 3 October, their third show at the pub where the band played its first public gig in 1974.
Health
Birthrights Day on 26 Sept: Film by Guildford's Amie Hill
The first Birthrights Day is Saturday 26 September. Guildford film-maker Amie Hill gave her time to the charity's short film on rights in maternity care.
Planning
Clandon Park Hinemihi: Carvings to Return to New Zealand
The National Trust wants to send Hinemihi's 1880 carvings home to New Zealand and build a replacement meeting house at Clandon. Comments close on 16 October.
Schools
Guildford Knife Crime Project: 183 Pupils, 6 Schools
At Christ's College, pupils saying they would report a knife rose from 18% to 82%. Guildford Shakespeare Company's eight-week course, and what it cost.
The Guildford Post covers Guildford and the villages around it, from Ash and Shalford to Worplesdon. The questions we answer first are the small, specific ones: when the bin is going out, what the hoardings on that corner are for, and whether the flats behind the station will take the last of the school places.
We work from the borough’s own paperwork. Planning applications and decisions, police crime data, food hygiene inspections, budgets and licensing notices are all public, and almost nobody has time to read them, so we do, then set out what they mean for the town, for Ash and Tongham, for Shalford, Chilworth and Merrow, and for Ripley, Send and the Horsleys. Every figure we print carries a link to the record it came from.
The practical pages get the same treatment. Tariffs, collection days and bands are checked against the council’s published figures and dated, so you know when we last looked.