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by Phillip Chapman Surrey County Council are looking to undertake a redevelopment of Cranleigh High Street. There has already been a consultation and final designs were published. However these designs have not been popular with the people of Cranleigh.  The proposed changes include removing ...

by Trevor Dale As we enter into 2024 with great anticipation we look back on some key achievements so far in the quest to restore Cranleigh Hospital Cottage for the community, with the financial support of The National Lottery Heritage Fund. In August the CHT website went live along with ...

Charles Brooking, Architectural Historian and Consultant // Main Photo: Charles with Drew Pritchard in the teaching museum, Cranleigh A few weeks ago, in October, we had Drew Pritchard here from the 'Salvage Hunters’ series on Quest T.V. with his team from Curve Media filming me and the ...

by Joy Horn Main Photo: Pierrot troupes were popular from the First World War to the 1950s What was going on in this village one hundred years ago? In January the newly-formed Cranleigh Pierrot troupe gave its first performance, at the Central Hall. There was a large and appreciative ...

by Simone Conti Merry Christmas to all Cranleigh magazine readers! I hope you’re well and ready for this magical time of the year. As in previous years I won’t write any Christmas recipes because everyone has their own traditional, favourite Christmas dishes. What I will give you is a couple of ...

If we didn’t have a Robin as our much-celebrated Christmas bird then I can suggest a likely alternative. It’s slightly bigger and, like many Santa Claus depictions, has a plump tum. And it even carries its own sack to take gifts of food to its kids. And of course it has a red breast. Well, ...