This week, an innovative project to connect generations within the local community gets underway at West Horsley Place. Our Stories – which has received support from the National Lottery Heritage Fund – is an intergenerational project through which young people aged 15-18 will interview older people about their memories of West Horsley Place and…
Opening at Watts Contemporary Gallery on 14 January (until 13 March), Heartlands: Inspired by Our Landscape brings together unique work by eight local artists to celebrate Surrey’s treasured landscapes. Heartlands: Inspired by Our Landscape also shows a deeper connection with nature that many of us have experienced over the past two years as we…
Horsley, Bookham & Leatherhead Riding for the Disabled Association (HB&L RDA) – the life-changing charity that provides therapeutic horse riding sessions for children and young adults with disabilities – today announces that it has successfully raised the funds required to complete its new purpose-built facility at Badgers Farm, Effingham thanks to generous public support. …
Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex (KSS) is appealing to members of the public to help raise much-needed funds to replace one of its rapid response vehicles. The charity has set itself the goal of raising £21,250 in just one week, from 29th November to 5th December. Donations made to the campaign will be doubled…
Investec International Music Festival (IIMF) is delighted to announce the programme for its 2022 season. Each spring, IIMF brings world-class musicians to perform in beautiful and unique venues across the Surrey Hills. This season’s programme celebrates the 150th anniversary and close Surrey connections of the county’s foremost musical figure, Ralph Vaughan Williams (RVW). …
With almost 24,000 people killed or seriously injured on the UK’s roads last year[1], Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex (KSS) is taking part in Road Safety Week 2021 (15 – 21 November) to raise awareness of the critical role we can all play in helping to make our roads safer for everyone. Road…
Watts Gallery Trust is pleased to announce that Limnerslease will reopen to the public on 6 December 2021. The former Arts & Crafts home and studios of artists George Frederic Watts OM RA (1817–1904) and Mary Watts (1849–1938), designed by Ernest George (1839-1922) have been closed since March 2020 when the first UK lockdown…
For the first time, the Surrey Hill Christmas Fair will take place at West Horsley Place (26-28 November). This new event, organised by the West Horsley Place Trust in partnership with Surrey Hills Enterprises, will give visitors a unique opportunity to see and buy the best of Surrey arts, crafts, artisanal produce, food and…
The Stratford-upon-Avon Literary Festival and the Salariya Book Company have opened their 2022 Children’s Picture Book Prize for submissions. The competition, which celebrates five years, is open to unpublished writers and illustrators, with a prize value of £1000. The winner will receive career advice from a leading literary agent and publicity through the Stratford…
This winter, Watts Contemporary Gallery presents Into the Night, an exhibition of new work by 14 contemporary British printmakers about the wonder and beauty of nighttime. Featuring a variety of printmaking mediums, from linocut and monoprinting to etching, woodcuts and printed glass, the exhibition brings together artists at all stages of their careers to explore what…