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Welcome to Horley’s new community hall Plus: Countryside volunteers, wearable technology, confidence online

Your magazine from & Borough Council Spring 2018 KEEP IN TOUCH CONTENTS Welcome Follow us on social media From Cllr Victor Broad, We post our latest news and updates Leader of Reigate & on our social media. You can join in Banstead Borough Council In this edition we are proud to show how the conversation by following us on: the Council is helping improve people’s lives, whether through new facilities in our communities, helping to create jobs and services or enabling individual Love support to keep people independent. On pages 8 and 9 we show you how our regeneration @reigatebanstead projects are helping people across the borough. Read about the new community café at Hub, a new community hall for Horley and the progress rate monitors are helping people manage their health @reigatebanstead made in Redhill. conditions and live independently for as long as possible. We want all of our residents to benefit from the With no money coming from central government and opportunities of being able to use the internet with Reigate & Banstead Borough Council with County Council facing significant financial confidence. One of our residents, Ann Church, shares pressures, we are doing more with less. We are achieving her story on page 11 of how learning to get online has this while keeping increases to our portion of Council Tax opened up a whole new world. as small as possible. Find out how we are doing this and We also feature on page 10 how cutting edge technology the breadth of services we cover on page 13. I hope you Borough News is the official such as motion sensors and wearable devices like heart enjoy this edition Apply, book and report it online magazine of Reigate & Banstead Borough Council. It Our website is available 24/7 and you can access many of our services online. is also available on our website: So why not head to www.reigate-banstead.gov.uk when you’re looking to sign www.reigate-banstead.gov. up to our garden waste service, make a planning application, use another of our uk/boroughnews Contents services or report issues. To advertise in Borough No access to the internet? You News please contact 4 News 10 Technology with a human touch 13 What does your Council can call us on 01737 276000 communications@reigate- Cutting edge technology is keeping Tax pay for? Helping local businesses thrive or write to: Reigate & Banstead banstead.gov.uk 6 people independent for longer Read about the range of resident James Pyman talks services your Council Tax Borough Council, Town Hall, Advertisements do not imply about starting a new business Find your way online pays for endorsement by Reigate & 11 Castlefield Road, Reigate, RH2 Local resident Ann Church shares her Banstead Borough Council 0SH. If you have a hearing Volunteer in the great outdoors story about learning to use the internet What’s on of any goods or services. 7 14 impairment you can text us on Find out about our countryside volunteers Events taking place near you ©Reigate & Banstead 07834 626468. Have your say on new Borough Council. 12 8 Improving and sustaining ward boundaries 15 R&Be Active If you need information our communities Borough ward boundaries are being Free and low cost activities in other formats, please Regeneration updates from reviewed. Find out how to take part for children and young people contact our Customer Horley, Merstham and Redhill in the review Contact Centre on 01737 276000. 6 Helping businesses 7 Countryside volunteers 10 Wearable technology Other useful contacts

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2 www.reigate-banstead.gov.uk www.reigate-banstead.gov.uk 3 news Your personal data Pest problems? The rules around how your personal data can be collected, Our new pest control contractor, Mitie, can deal with most stored and used are changing. common pests such as wasps, rats, mice, squirrels and bed We are working to make sure that the Council holds bugs. Booking and paying online for the service is easy. all personal data in line with this new UK legislation and the Through Mitie, we provide long term preventative contracts European equivalent, the General Data Protection Regulation and one-off treatments to commercial customers too. (GDPR). For example, when you report something to us or sign up for a new service, you will see new privacy notices Book online at www.reigate-banstead.gov.uk/ about how we will use your personal data and how long we pestcontrol or call the Council’s Customer Contact will hold it for. Team on 01737 276000. If you would like to know more about the changes or how we Local Plan latest look after your personal data, please email our data protection officer [email protected] . Thank you to everyone who took part in the latest stage of Reigate & Banstead’s Development Management Plan, which sets out where new homes, Register to vote businesses and facilities should go over the next 10 Look out for customer accounts Are you registered to vote? Borough councillor elections are years and which areas should be protected. This summer, we on Thursday 3 May and you have until 17 April to register. It’s The plan and all responses now go to the Planning are launching My quick and easy to register at www.gov.uk/register-to-vote. Inspectorate for consideration and public hearings Reigate & Banstead If you think you may be away on voting day, apply as soon will take place in the summer. – online accounts as possible for a postal vote. Leaving it until the postal vote for residents and All councils must have a plan about where future application deadline of 5pm on 18 April means you may businesses. Signing not get your voting pack until up to three days before the development should go. Being plan-led puts up for an account the Council in the best position to manage election. For a proxy vote – when a friend or relative casts will give you a your vote for you – you must apply by 5pm on 25 April. development pressures by controlling when and one-stop shop for where it happens and what it looks like, rather than Council services Visit www.reigate-banstead.gov.uk/vote to apply for it being imposed by Government. That way we and make it quicker a postal or proxy vote. If you don’t have access to the Readers’ feedback can make sure new development is appropriate, internet, call us on 01737 276794. and easier to use We received 437 responses to sustainable and secures, as far as possible, the them. You’ll be infrastructure the borough needs. our readers’ survey in the last able to make new Dispose of rubbish properly issue. Feedback was generally requests or reports, very positive. Thank you to those track their progress, Did you know that who took part. and manage services such as garden waste and booking you can be fined kids’ activities – all in one place. for putting the Readers like the clear layout, wrong materials concise articles and range of into the Council’s services that Borough News in brief community covers. The What’s on section is popular too. Two editions a Thank you for recycling: New government statistics by eliminating the risk of the cooker being accidentally recycling year is about right for many show that Reigate & Banstead residents recycle 55% of their turned on or left on. Find out more information at containers, such as although some would like it rubbish. This is the highest recycling rate we’ve ever achieved www.sgn.co.uk/Safety/Locking-Cooker-Valve those at car parks to be more frequent. and puts us in the top 10% of councils nationwide. Thank and supermarkets? Shared ownership: Struggling to buy your you for recycling. For more information on recycling visit Recycling, parks and open first home? Shared ownership might be for you. Just like clearing www.reigate-banstead.gov.uk/recyclemore. spaces, and the Council’s Visit www.helptobuyese.org.uk to find out about up dropped litter regeneration projects were Search ‘members low cost home ownership and whether it’s right for you. and fly tipping, dealing with household waste left in Councillors’ allowances: the top three topics people allowances’ on our website to see the payments containers meant for recycling (such as paper, glass or Report crime anonymously to wanted to hear more about. made to councillors through the 2016/7 Members’ plastics), costs the Council money. When recycling is With that in mind, we have Allowance Scheme. Crimestoppers: Crimestoppers will listen to contaminated like this, we risk the whole load being sent you about any crime you have information about. to landfill at a cost of £110 per ton. That is why we issue a double page spread on Cooker safety: Southern Gas Network’s safety cooker You can call them on 0800 555 111 or report online at fines to people who contaminate community recycling regeneration in this issue valve scheme aims to keep vulnerable people safe at home www.crimestoppers-uk.org. containers and have even taken people to court. on pages 8 and 9.

4 www.reigate-banstead.gov.uk www.reigate-banstead.gov.uk 5 ECONOMIC PROSPERITY OUTDOORS AND ACTIVE Helping local businesses thrive Volunteer in the Our borough has a vibrant economy with a great mix of great outdoors! small and large businesses from all kinds of industries. With a borough full of award winning parks and open spaces, it takes many hands to keep them Reigate & Banstead Borough Council offers a range of support to help our local businesses start, develop and grow. looking their best. Luckily, our Greenspaces Whether you’re thinking of starting a business, getting one off the ground or looking to expand, we can help. See team is supported by a range of volunteer www.reigate-banstead.gov.uk/business for more information. Here is some of the support we offer. groups who help them do just that.

Business Support Learning Lunches Let’s Start a Entrepreneur It’s Local Database Here are some of the groups who’ve helped Grant Information on Business Workshop Academy Helping you us recently. If you’d like to find out more about Apply for a grant of business topics plus Guidance and support Workshops on shop local volunteering with our Greenspaces Team or up to £1,000 networking to get you started business topics plus any of the green fingered organisations we the chance to win work with, head to our website and search £5,000 funding ‘Greenspaces volunteering’.

180 grants awarded 1,200 people 127 people helped 61 joined up over 1,643 businesses attended in 4 years with their new past 5 years joined businesses The Woodchips The Woodchips have one simple aim: to care for the countryside. Their work ranges from grassland and woodland maintenance to litter picking, scrub clearance Divine Wine – with help from the Council and also wildlife surveys. Woodchips organiser Andy Kay explains: “Working in In 2017 Earlswood resident James Pyman set up his own business, the countryside helps to keep us fit and we are supplying wine for weddings, events and customer wine cellars. constantly learning about our wonderful wildlife – we find something new each day, and often it’s “The support the Council offers to businesses is so impressive. something nationally rare.” It’s been invaluable to me in setting up Divine Wine, and honing it to offer a really personalised customer experience. Email Andy at [email protected] if you would like to volunteer with the group. “The Entrepreneur Academy and Let’s Start a Business Workshop covered topics from accounting to marketing, and helped me write my business plan. The Business Support Grant Downlands Partnership enabled me to buy my initial wine stock and samples. Perhaps most importantly, the networking opportunities have been fantastic and Volunteering with the Downlands Partnership is great for your health, happiness and the habitat! The group works with directly led to my first large corporate order. I’m now looking forward the Council to manage chalk grassland sites across the borough to really establishing my business in 2018.” through targeted practical work and conservation grazing. Regular volunteer Warwick says: “When I retired I knew I wanted to do some volunteering – ideally something manual as for many years I Get gardening James’s business timeline had been stuck behind a computer all day. Downlands is great as it If you love being in the great outdoors, provides me with a physical challenge which I enjoy. Retiring meant have you considered renting an allotment? losing touch with many of my acquaintances, so it’s great to be Start a new hobby, grow your own Registered business Launched cultivating a new set of genuine people to be friends with.” 2017 with Companies House Divine Wine veg and meet new friends. Contact

Head to www.surreycc.gov.uk and search ‘Downlands’ to find out [email protected] July October more about the group. for more information. April June September Thanks also to The Reigate Area Conservation Volunteers, Horley Conservation Group, Nork Park Conservation Entrepreneur Let’s Start a Awarded Academy begins Business Workshop £1,000 Grant Volunteers, The Friends of Merstham Parks and Greens, Gatwick Greenspaces Partnership and many other individuals and groups who help to keep our green spaces looking great.

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“It’s a lovely space for the children – light and airy, surrounded by trees and with an enclosed garden.”

a building where we can meet up and run activities helps make that happen. We’ve held activities here already and would like to see more people using it.” Michelle says: “Most of the children who come to the pre-school are from the Acres so we feel very much part of the community. The extra bookings we take for events when the pre-school isn’t open helps make the building financially sustainable. It suits small community events like

Samantha (left) and Michelle (right) from Horley Pre-school children’s parties.” “It’s a lovely space for the children – light and airy, around: I’ve grown in confidence, gained new skills, become surrounded by trees and with an enclosed garden area,” a trustee of the Merstham Community Facility Trust and even adds Samantha. “It has all the facilities we need: kitchen, got back into work.” toilets with disabled access, dedicated parking plus direct New community centre for Horley access to the garden. Our equipment packs neatly away Tanyard Barn when we are not here.” is a beautiful Keeping it local in Redhill new community A bigger, better Sainsbury’s, new gym and Travelodge hotel hall in the heart have opened in Redhill. The entrance to the library and of the Acres Harlequin Theatre, and public space in Road have neighbourhood in also had a facelift, and there is more town centre parking. Improving and sustaining Horley. The Council has worked with Peter Boarder, Reigate & Banstead’s Regeneration Manager private developers tells us what these improvements could mean for local people: to bring the “The redeveloped Warwick Quadrant has resulted in many formerly derelict benefits for the town centre. Redhill now has a bigger and Grade II locally our communities supermarket that listed building provides more choice back to life for for local people, new Reigate & Banstead Borough Council’s investment in communities community use. hotel accommodation gives residents better access to new homes, jobs and services. By day, it is for visitors and a gym currently home to for people to keep Horley Pre-school; fit and active. The New community café “People like coming here because at other times, Council’s investment in Reigate & Banstead Borough Council led the it’s welcoming and friendly.“ Martin from the Acres’ Residents’ Association it can be booked the hotel also generates development of Merstham Hub a new community for events a regular income which building that houses the library, a café and other (www.horleycommunitypreschool.co.uk). Michelle helps to support the “There’s so much going on: the repair café where you can community facilities. Diane Flower (pictured above), who McGill-Clayden and Samantha Lister, owner-managers of services we provide get broken household items fixed, fitness sessions – and works at the new Merstham Mix café in the Hub, tells us Horley Pre-school, and Martin Saunders, who is chair of the to our residents and there are plans for more. Drop in and see for yourself. what it offers residents. residents’ association and features on our front cover with businesses. “The café sells wholesome meals made from fresh other Acres’ residents, explain how the hall is helping the “The advantage of the Hub is that all the services – the “Construction of the ingredients donated by local supermarkets and other food Acres’ community. new library, Merstham Community Facility and the new cinema, shops businesses, and homemade cakes. People like coming here Regeneration Manager, Peter community café – are in one building so people come in “The Acres is only a few years old so as residents, we have and restaurants on because it’s welcoming and comfortable. for one thing and see what else is on offer. New parents the challenge of building a community feeling from scratch,” Marketfield Way begins later this year – a major step come for a cuppa and hear about our baby and toddler “I’m delighted to give something back to my community by says Martin. “We want to do more to bring people together forward. As well as more local jobs, these projects groups, older people renew their bus passes at the library working here. A few years ago, my life was very different. and help them meet their neighbours. Getting to know mean that residents will have greater leisure choice and soon they’re signing up for IT training sessions. The services provided in Merstham helped me turn my life the people in your community is so valuable and having closer to home.”

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Most of us want to live as With so many services available online, it’s becoming ever more important to be able to use a computer and the internet. independently as possible in our Whether you are a complete beginner or would like to brush up your skills, there is lots of help available across the borough. own homes for as long as we can. Why not call or drop in to one of these local centres or libraries for help?

Smaller, smarter technology is Redhill, Reigate and Ask about Banstead Libraries: “It’s opened up a whole new life” helping many people whose needs Digital Buddies 01483 543599 Earlswood resident Ann Church, 73, tells us how learning or conditions would previously to use a computer has changed her life. Woodhatch, Horley and have made independence difficult. Take a beginners’ “I’d never used a computer but knew it would help me Banstead Community IT course Centres: 020 8942 8256 keep in touch with my son in New Zealand. I joined a Pathway for Care is Reigate & Banstead beginners’ IT course at the Woodhatch Community Borough Council’s private social care Centre. I was nervous but everyone was so friendly. Merstham Community company. Through digital monitoring Visit the IT Café We started right at the beginning and went through Hub: 07522 922124 via wearable devices and discreet everything step by step. The course means I’ve met home-based sensors, Pathway for new people and made friends too. Care’s innovative service supports Age Concern – “Learning about the internet was a huge help for me. I independent living. Merstham, Redhill and Reigate: 01737 645636 Join the now do my food shopping online, arrange deliveries to Computer Club Pathway for Care’s Health and Age Concern – my door – I even use it to book doctor’s appointments Wellbeing Manager John Wilson (pictured left) explains how Banstead: 01737 352156 and order medication. It’s helped me in so many technology is transforming how we live well. practical ways. And emailing and Skyping my sons and grandchildren is wonderful! Often older people lack Raven Housing Digital Hubs What technology is used? What if extra help is needed Trust: 0300 123 3399 available for tenants confidence with the internet, but we are the very people “We offer our customers a digital monitoring wristband and to stay independent? who can benefit most. fit various sensors around the house, which closely monitor “Pathway for Care can also provide practical and emotional “I’ve also become site manager on the complex I live on – wellbeing, from sensing falls and tracking movement, to heart support at home and in the community, personal care and a thanks to the course I’m now writing professional emails, rate, hydration and even stress levels.” range of therapies.” making posters and designing bills on my computer. It’s made a huge difference to those living here. How does the technology work? Visit www.pathwayforcare.com or call 01737 904204. “Our devices work in the background, constantly analysing “Now I’m better on the computer than my sons! I and monitoring various conditions and needs, all feeding into feel extremely lucky to have gained these skills. I’d a Home App displayed simply through a digital photo frame encourage anyone to try it – it can broaden your mind at home. By looking for patterns and anomalies in your data and make your life so much easier.” Pathway for Care offers another layer of reassurance at home.” How does this help? Customer story: Get online for Universal Credit “We aren’t just about technology. We notify customers Parkinson’s sufferer John, 60 Universal Credit is a new single monthly payment for quickly of anything unusual and often before they might get Home-based sensors were people who receive benefits. It can only be claimed into difficulty. This is first through the Home App and then, installed to monitor mobility and online. It starts rolling out in the borough from October. if necessary, through our dedicated team via a phone call, triggers for ‘bad days’ including Look out for more information in the next Borough News a personal visit or even as part of an emergency response. or visit www.gov.uk/universal-credit. Every person we support can consent to nominate family, poor sleep and dehydration. friends and others to be notified or to respond at each stage. A falls sensor also “This is smart care in action and we are all about helping alerts his wife. The IT course at her local community centre helped people stay independent and reassuring them and their Ann learn to use her computer. families – not dazzling them with science.”

10 www.reigate-banstead.gov.uk www.reigate-banstead.gov.uk 11 DEMOCRACY VALUE FOR MONEY Have your say on new What does your ward boundaries Council Tax pay for? For Reigate & Banstead Borough Council’s services, a typical household pays £220.85 a year A public consultation is open until 9 April 2018 – less than £4.25 a week*. You pay just 12 pence in every pound of Council Tax for all the Banstead Village The independent Local Government Boundary services we provide. Here are some of the things our 12% share of the bill pays for each year. Commission for (LGBCE) is carrying out a Banstead ansterne review of Reigate & Banstead ward boundaries and Nork ad electoral arrangements. Nork Helping older people The Commission is calling for information from people stay active. Over Making the borough a nice place to live. across the borough to help it to produce a new pattern Chipstead 2,400 older people We clear over 2,400 tonnes of litter, Tattenhams of wards with 45 councillors: three councillors for each h took part in our 2017 investigate 1,400 cases of flytipping 3,700 ward. This will reduce the number of wards from 19 to Preston Living & Ageing Well and reports of flyposting, littering, 15 and result in six fewer councillors. antisocial behaviour and graffiti each year. Kingswood programme. Chipstead, HooleyNetherne “This is a positive opportunity to Kingswood and Woodmansterne A safe evening shape the future of your Council.” with Burgh Waltonlt on the HillHeath out. Every year we Providing fun places 1,000 Please give your views so that the Commission monitor over to play. We maintain understands the nature of our communities and food businesses Tadworth and Walton 55 parks and for cleanliness and local circumstances and can take them into account. er Merstham open spaces and safety. We regulate Merstham 33 children’s play over 3,200 bars, Why we need a review areas which receive restaurants, events, The review will take account of recent and predicted almost 9 million taxis and minicabs future population growth. This is to ensure that visits a year. Teaching children to and their drivers. councillors each represent a similar number of people Reigate Hill Redhill Redhill swim. Our 3 leisure Supporting people. so that everyone is equally represented. It also aims to West East £334,000 Redhill centres receive over We awarded ensure that wards reflect the interests and identities Reigate 1.2 million visits in grants to voluntary of local communities. Reigate annually. groups last year. Central and St. The review will look at: John’s Earlswoodrl This year we are raising our share of your Council Woodhatch • Council size – the number of councillors needed Earlswood and Tax bill by 2.99%. For a Band D household that is How your Council Tax bill is allocated * overall to ensure an efficient and effective structure is South Whitebushes an increase of less than 12p per week . Surrey Police 13p in place. Park and Woodhatch As central government no longer gives us any money • Ward patterns – boundaries, ward names and for running services and with financial pressure on the

number of councillors representing each ward. County Council, we have to do increasingly more but Reigate & Banstead for less money. Borough Council 12p 75p Surrey Salfords and Sidlow Get involved To keep Council Tax increases as low as possible, County Council This is a positive opportunity to shape the future of your we are finding new ways to generate income and Council. For more information, including interactive be self-supporting such as setting up a waste maps, and to give your views visit www.lgbce.org.uk. Horley West service for businesses, selling our fraud investigations service to other councils and raising income from Alternatively, you can visit the Town Hall in Reigate to The total annual Council Tax bill for a typical Horley property investments. * see a display and then respond by post. Horley East Band D property is £1,868.71. Reigate & We want to make sure the borough remains a great Band D Banstead Borough Council receives £220.85  Follow the LGBCE on Twitter for updates @LGBCE Horley Central place to live and work for all of our 145,000 residents. of that. Residents in Horley or Salfords and A further public consultation on proposed new ward In the coming year we will be doing even more to Sidlow will pay a bit more for your town or boundaries and ward names is planned for the summer. deliver affordable housing to help local people get on parish council’s services. to the housing ladder and working with our partners © Crown Copyright and database right 2018. Ordnance Survey licence number 100019405 to help residents in need. *For a 2 adult household in a Band D property. 12 www.reigate-banstead.gov.uk www.reigate-banstead.gov.uk 13 What’s on Star for a Night: The late and the great Picnic in Priory Thursday 12 and Friday 13 April, 7pm Sunday 27 May, 1pm Harlequin Theatre, Warwick Quadrant, Redhill, RH1 1NN Priory Park, Bell Street, Reigate, RH2 7RL Great family entertainment at this variety show performed Family friendly music event. Bring a picnic and a blanket Less time spent doing physical activity, more time in front of a by young people. Featuring music from legendary artists or chairs. Licensed bar and food available. screen and an abundance of high energy foods has made it harder such as Michael Jackson, David Bowie and Freddie Mercury. Entry from £8 (under 16s free). for young people to maintain a healthy lifestyle. R&Be Active is a Tickets: £8-10 from www.harlequintheatre.co.uk Visit www.picnicinpriory.co.uk for more information. programme of free and low cost activities for children and young people living in the borough. St George’s Day Fair Horley Carnival: Heroes and villains School holidays: From pond dipping to paddle boarding with den Saturday 21 April 16 June, 12pm – 5pm building and squash along the way, R&Be Active holiday activities Horley Recreation Ground, Horley Town Centre make it affordable for your child to get the recommended hour of Road, Horley Hosted by the Horley Association of Traders, St George’s daily activity. Costs from £6 (£3 for families on a low income). Day in Horley is a fun packed day for all. There are top Cheer on the floats through Star for a Night: It’s free to take part in our annual variety show quality bands, children’s entertainment, fun fair rides Horley town centre and starring young people. Participants receive free expert tuition in and stalls. head to the recreation ground for more fun. singing, dancing or drama. Tickets to see this year’s shows are on Everyone welcome, free. More information at sale now (see page 14). My Fair Lady www.horleycarnival.co.uk Specsavers Surrey Youth Games: Up to eight weeks of free training is available in sports such as squash, badminton, netball, Wednesday 2 – Armed Forces Day with SSAFA Big Brew Up Saturday 5 May and more. Selected participants go on to represent the Harlequin Theatre, Monday 25 June, 10.15am borough at the Specsavers Surrey Youth Games in June. Warwick Quadrant, Ceremonial Entrance, Town Hall, Castlefield Road, www.reigate-banstead.gov.uk/randbeactive  #RAndBeActive Redhill, RH1 1NN Reigate, RH1 0SH Production of this classic Flag raising ceremony followed by a reception hosted by show by local operatic the Mayor with fundraising for armed forces families’ group, ESOSOC charity, SSAFA. Tickets: £16-18 Everyone welcome, free available from www. Please contact [email protected] harlequintheatre.co.uk for more details or to book a place

Fun Run and Sports Festival Music in Nork Park Sunday 6 May, 10.30am-3pm Sunday 8 July from 12pm Priory Park, Bell Street, Reigate, RH2 7RL Nork Park, Banstead, 5 mile adult race, 1 mile adult and junior fun runs, displays Local favourites Ultra 90s and Colin Ray are among this from local clubs, free sports taster sessions, bouncy castle year’s acts at this annual musical extravaganza. and face painting. More information on Facebook @musicnorkpark Register for the fun run at www.ymcaeastsurrey.org.uk Find out about the Sports Festival at www.reigate- Heritage Open Day banstead.gov.uk Saturday 15 September, 11am-4pm Lower Kingswood Village Fete Town Hall, Castlefield Road, Monday 7 May, 1.30-4.30pm Reigate, RH1 0SH Recreation Ground, Buckland Road, Lower Kingswood, The Town Hall will be open KT20 7DN for the day. Activities include: Traditional fete with the theme this year of ‘At the countryside.’ commemorative celebrations for More information on Facebook the end of World War I, women @LowerKingswoodMayFete starting to get the vote and RAF100. Meet Heritage Hattie and Heritage Henry, children’s area with lots of activities plus wonderful pop-up café, music and displays. Everyone welcome, free.

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