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.
READ MOREHanging 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
READ MOREThe whole of Surbiton’s high street will sparkle with Christmas lights this festive period. Last year the lights and decorations only reached part of the way along Victoria Road, but this year councillors on the Surbiton Neighbourhood Committee decided to splash out and approve the most expensive option – £12,523 – at its recent meeting.
READ MOREAlison Holt (left) and Anita Schaper have been elected to co-chair the Surbiton Neighbourhood Committee for the new municipal year. Both have been councillors since 2018: Cllr Holt for Surbiton Hill and Cllr Schaper for Berrylands. Cllr Holt was previously Kingston Council’s portfolio holder for Finance from 2018-19 and for Finance & Contracts from 2019-20.
READ MORERevised plans for the site at 6 Lovelace Gardens have been submitted to Kingston Council. In February, councillors rejected a proposal to demolish the existing property and build three family homes on the plot. Now developers have come back with a new plan to build two semi-detached homes in what is currently the property’s back
READ MOREYou’ll be seeing more hanging baskets around shopping parades in Surbiton this summer, thanks to a community grant from the Surbiton Neighbourhood Committee. Chiltern Drive, Ewell Road and Berrylands Road will get six, 16 and five respectively plus brackets to fix the baskets to street lights. Each hanging basket costs £77 and each bracket costs
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