Badshot Lea Shortheath Boundstone The Bourne Hale Upper Hale Heath End Weybourne Rowledge Wrecclesham FarnhamRHS Britain in Bloom 2019 Gold Medallist and Best in the UK (Town/City category) Your guide to enjoying all that Farnham has to offer A great place Contents to live Villages in brief 4-5 A-Z of Farnham Services 7-9 A helping hand 10-11 Farnham Town Council covers an area that includes Put your best foot forward 12 the villages and communities of Badshot Lea, Boundstone, Art, culture and heritage for all 14-16 the Bourne, Hale, Heath End, Rowledge, Shortheath, Try something new 17 Weybourne and Wrecclesham. Farnham Town Council gratefully acknowledges the Councillors 18-19 Our services include support of all our advertisers, managing cemeteries and who have helped fund this allotments, brightening up guide. As a reciprocal gesture, Greener Farnham 21-23 neighbourhoods with floral Farnham Town Council would displays and Christmas lights like to draw readers’ attention The gardens of Farnham 24-25 and putting on a year-round to these announcements. programme of events for However, it does wish to 2020 anniversaries 26 make it clear that Farnham you to enjoy. Town Council can accept no Things to do for teens 27 As well as informing you responsibility for the products about what we do, this or services advertised. F is for Farnham Festivals 28-29 residents’ guide aims to share Photos and images courtesy information about what the of © Farnham Town Council, area has to offer in 2020 so Sarah Bray, Sheena Booker, Farnham events 2020 30-35 that you can get the most Allan Stone, 318 Ceramics, out of living in Farnham. Farnham Maltings, Right at Home GF, Surrey Hills Arts Published by Farnham Town Council We hope you find the guide and Hale Community Centre. useful and if you have any Town Hall, South Street, Farnham, GU9 7RN No part of this publication Tel: 01252 712667 ideas for future editions, may be used or reproduced please do let us know. without the written Web: www.farnham.gov.uk With very best wishes permission of the Email: [email protected] copyright holder. Twitter: @farnhamofficial Iain Lynch Facebook: @farnhamofficial Town Clerk www.farnham.gov.uk 3 HALE AND Badshot Lea HEATH END The village of Badshot Lea boasts a fine church, a UPPER HALE WEYBOURNE AND large garden centre with a popular café and some BADSHOT LEA A31 quirky shops while Badshot Lea big and small Villages ponds offer some excellent fishing opportunities. CASTLE Badshot Lea Cemetery won Gold at the South & MOOR PARK in brief South East in Bloom 2019. Tice’s Meadow is nature reserve on the site of a FIRGROVE former quarry, and it is considered to be one of A31 the best inland sites to watch birds in the south THE BOURNE east of England. Volunteers help and manage the SHORTHEATH AND Meadow. Visit www.ticesmeadow.org for details BOUNDSTONE of working parties and more information. Farnham town centre is a focal WRECCLESHAM AND point for shopping and leisure The Bourne ROWLEDGE activities. Its independent shops, The Bourne is a vibrant village with shops and a restaurants, rich arts scene, calm large village green on which the annual Bourne Ward map for the Farnham Town Council area open spaces and interesting walking Show is held. St Thomas-on-the-Bourne is a trails make it a wonderful place to lively, busy church at the heart of the community number of churches. Visit St Mark’s to see Emily, and Langhams Rec has a well-used children’s the beauty Edwardian pipe organ and murals experience an enjoyable few hours. playground. The Bourne Woods are owned by painted by artist Kitty Milroy who used local Surrounding the town centre are the RSPB and Forestry Commission and have people as models. featured in several blockbusters. some unique villages with their The Hale History Project holds regular coffee own distinct identities. Here is The village is well served by community groups, mornings on the last Saturday of the month (with a brief snapshot of the villages sports clubs and activities for young people. the exception of December) in Hale Village Hall, 10am-12 noon and all are welcome. The Alfred pub within the Farnham Town Council The Bourne Beautification Project aims to holds an annual beer festival. Hale benefits from catchment area. enhance the appearance of the village centre. easy access to Farnham Park and Caesar’s Camp. Tell us more about where you live Volunteers help with watering the hanging baskets and planted tubs and carry out regular litter picks. by adding forthcoming events to our events calendar and details about your village club, church, Useful websites business or organisation to our www.thebourne.org.uk directory of local services at www.bourneconservation.org.uk www.farnham.gov.uk. www.thebourneshow.com Hale and Upper Hale North of the town centre is the area of Hale and Upper Hale. With a successful annual carnival Useful websites and fayre held on the first Saturday in July on www.halecommunitycentre.org.uk the recreation ground, this green space is a focal point for the village. www.badshotleaandhale.org www.halehistoryproject.co.uk There is a scout hut, cemetery, Hale Community www.halecarnival.co.uk Centre, the Hale Institute Village Hall and a 4 www.farnham.gov.uk Heath End As the Army expanded in neighbouring Aldershot, the village of Heath End was formed. Rowhill Nature Reserve makes a natural boundary between the two towns: this ancient site is good for walking and provides a precious haven for wildlife and flora. The area is also home to Farnham Rugby Union Club plus pitches for the Aldershot and Farnham Hockey Club on Monkton Lane. Rowledge To the south of Farnham, on the county border of Surrey with Hampshire, the village of Rowledge has a thriving centre made up of a butcher, post office and convenience store, coffee shop, hairdresser, garage and pub. The village green hosts a very popular fayre on the second Weybourne bank holiday in May. Located to the east of Farnham, Weybourne has Rowledge Village Hall hosts a range of regular a village hall, sub post office, shops, pubs and events including the very popular Friday morning recreation ground. Weybourne House was once Coffee Spot. home to John Henry Knight, inventor, engineer and local landowner. He is famous for building the first petroleum carriage for two people made Useful websites in England in 1895. www.rowledgevillage.org.uk Wrecclesham www.rowledgevillagehall.com On the southern fringes of Farnham is the village of Wrecclesham. There is a recreation ground which hosts the annual village fair, plus cricket, football, rugby and tennis clubs. Wrecclesham Community Centre is a focal point for local clubs and activities. Wrecclesham acquired village status in 1840 when its first place of worship was built. The village of Wrecclesham is best known for its pottery. To this day it is home to one of the best-preserved examples of a working Victorian country pottery left in England. Useful websites www.wreccleshamvv.co.uk www.wreccleshamcommunitycentre.org.uk www.wreccleshamhistory.wordpress.com www.thefarnhampottery.co.uk www.farnham.gov.uk 5 Farnham Town Council Allotments A-Z of We manage nine allotment sites in and around Farnham. Activities such as an annual bbq, seed Farnham swaps, garden visits and a lecture make the allotments sociable places to be and contribute to Services the strong sense of community on each of the sites. Each site has a representative who acts as the link between allotment holders and Farnham Town Council. Farnham Town Council, Waverley Bus shelters Borough Council and Surrey We maintain, repair and sometimes replace bus shelters. We work with Waverley Borough Council County Council provide services and Surrey County Council to help make sure for Farnham’s residents but their bus shelters are inspected and maintained. knowing who to contact is not always obvious. CCTV This brief guide aims to help you Farnham town centre has a number of CCTV cameras funded by Farnham Town Council. navigate who does what. Live footage from the cameras can normally be monitored by Surrey Police staff from their control room in Guildford. The cameras help to provide reassurance to visitors and have resulted in the detection and prevention of crime. Civic events A number of civic events happen throughout the Footage is normally kept for 30 days. year which are hosted by the Mayor of Farnham. The Mayoral year begins with Mayor-making and Cemeteries is followed by Armed Forces Day, Remembrance Farnham Town Council sets a high standard for Sunday, the Venison Dinner and Civic Christmas the management of its cemeteries and in recent Carol Service. years has committed a significant level of resource towards improvements and refurbishment. Communication We maintain Badshot Lea, Green Lane, Hale and We use a variety of communication channels to West Street cemeteries and are the local burial inform residents about how to get the most out authority responsible for burials and maintaining of living in Farnham and to encourage feedback. cemetery records. At South & South East in Our website includes lots of information about Bloom 2019, Badshot Lea Cemetery won gold the Town Council, local service providers and in the Small Cemetery category and West Street what’s happening. We also communicate on won Silver Gilt in the Large Cemetery category. social media, via local newspapers and magazines. There are opportunities for face-to-face contact Christmas lights with councillors at our events and the Annual We provide Christmas lighting schemes for the Town Meeting and we communicate directly with town centre and villages.