Surbiton

The day that the old buses escaped from the museum 0
- Environment, History, News
- 11th April 2021
It was the day the bus museum exhibits broke free! With Covid preventing the people attending the annual open day at the London Bus Museum in Brooklands, the old buses decided to take matters into their own hands and return to the people. Routemasters and other grand dames from the golden era of the 40s,
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Market organisers can’t wait to see lovers of food and drink 0
- Food, News
- 10th April 2021
Tolworth market is back tomorrow (Sunday)! The First in Tolworth market, from 11am to 3pm in the sliproad off Tolworth Broadway opposite Our Lady Immaculate Church, will be a food-and-drink-only affair this time, but the organisers hope to welcome back its arts and crafters in May (Covid guidelines permitting). There is plenty of room for
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Gardening club grows new shoots 1
- Gardening, News
- 7th April 2021
Keen to swap plants and seeds, share gardening tips, and go on outings to stunning gardens? Then why not join a Surbiton-based gardening group? Membership of the English Gardening Club is free and there’s an active WhatsApp group where suggestions for visits to National Garden Scheme, Open Gardens or RHS venues and garden centres are
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Brief, but glorious 0
- Environment, Gardening, News
- 6th April 2021
What a brief, glorious flourish! Surbiton’s magnolia trees bloomed in the last days of March, hit their peak on March 30… yet within days prompted shouts of: ‘Mind where you put your feet, Tarquin, those slimy petals make the pavements slippery.’ This stunning specimen is on the Long Ditton/Surbiton boundary, where Balaclava Road, St Mary’s
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This Easter-themed house will put a smile on your face 0
- Arts, News
- 5th April 2021
Where is that white rabbit disappearing off to? Looks like he is in a terrible hurry. He seems to have got stuck in a door-shaped rabbit hole which has appeared in Kings Road, Long Ditton, over the Easter holidays. Just below him, and standing sentinel either side of the bunny-themed door mat, are two March
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Try a vegan burger and other treats at Tolworth station pop-up 0
- Food, News
- 1st April 2021
Emma Egerton will be holding her next vegan pop-up takeaway/drive-thru at Tolworth railway station on Saturday (April 3). On the menu at the Baking Ideas community kitchen next to the station is homemade burgers (chickpea masala, mushroom and black rice, black bean), fries and slaw, a hot dish of the day (roasted veg stew with
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