Kingston Council

Captain Tom inspires veterans’ book club at care home 0
- Arts, News
- 4th February 2021
The book which Royal Star & Garter residents are reading has taken on extra poignancy following the death of Captain Sir Tom Moore on Tuesday. The Surbiton home for disabled veterans and their partners launched a book club recently for its residents living with dementia – and they chose centenarian and national hero Captain Tom’s
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New boardwalk to help restore biodiversity at Six Acre Meadow 0
- Environment, News
- 3rd February 2021
I doubt there will be much room for The Drifters to get out a blanket and sit under a boardwalk like this one pictured below, but they could always enjoy walking along it instead. Kingston Council has agreed to fund a replacement boardwalk for Six Acre Meadow near the Sunray Estate in Tolworth off Knollmead.
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Take part in the Big Garden Birdwatch and make a difference 0
- Environment, News
- 31st January 2021
Can you identify any of these hand-painted, enamel birds? Twenty nine of them, created by Kingston School of Art graduate and Community Brain designer Himali Patil, now decorate the paths and bridges at Tolworth roundabout. This wayfinding project leads from Tolworth Broadway to Kingston’s largest nature reserve – Tolworth Court Farm Fields – where the
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Get your vegan burgers and chilli at Tolworth station pop-up 0
- Food, News
- 30th January 2021
This warming bowl of Roasted Veg and Mixed Bean Chilli is always a fave with fans of plant powered Little Ginger. Vegan meal caterer Emma Egerton, who runs the Surbiton-based indie, will be serving takeaway chilli with rice, nachos, cheese, guacamole and sour cream at a pop-up from noon until 7pm today (Saturday) at the
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Write and record a radio play 0
- Arts, News
- 27th January 2021
There’s still time to write a radio play for the cornerHOUSE Radio Shorts project. The arts centre in Surbiton is asking for original plays between five and 10 minutes long to be submitted for its radio drama initiative. It can just be a monologue or even involve the whole household if you want to. The
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Hanging baskets to brighten parades in the spring 0
- Environment, News
- 22nd January 2021
Hanging baskets will brighten up Surbiton’s shopping parades again this spring. Streets which will receive the hanging basket treatment are Victoria Road (30), Claremont Road (16), Brighton Road (7), St Mark’s Hill (13), Tolworth Broadway on the M&S side of the street (19), Chiltern Drive (6), Ewell Road (16) and Berrylands (5). Each hanging basket
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