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Margery came to Cranleigh, to enjoy the peaceful and friendly atmosphere of our beloved village, 22 years ago, following her husband’s death. She and her husband had been married for 54 years, having met in 1939 when they both arrived for a dance that had been cancelled. The two started chatting, ...

Ask any junior school child in Cranleigh what ‘Open the Book’ is and they will tell you - but for those of you who don’t know . . . Open the Book is a Churches together in Cranleigh group and what we do is each week we go into Cranleigh CofE Primary, Park Mead and Cuthbert Mayne assemblies and act ...

It was nearly time. Henry’s nose was pressed against the bedroom window, his breath steaming up the glass. He watched his mum crunching over the snowy driveway towards the car, toss the shopping bags on the passenger seat and drive away. Dad was snoozing on the sofa downstairs. His big sister, ...

For the past seven years Cranleigh has invited people to its own Community Christmas Day lunch. This was held at Cranleigh Baptist Church for a few years and at St Nicolas Church in the past two. It is an occasion brimming with the joy of Christmas and not only gives the opportunity for everyone ...

November can be quite a busy time in the Scouting calendar and is particularly so in Cranleigh. The month started with 40 of our Cubs and Scouts heading off for an adrenaline filled weekend at PGL Marchant’s Hill in Hindhead. The trip was a mixture of fun, games, a Halloween themed disco and 7 ...

Christmas is coming to St Nicolas Church in a big way this December firstly we have as many as 50 Christmas trees all being decorated. There will be prizes for the best trees for Business, Village Children’s Groups, Village Adult Group, and Individual entry. We start with a grand opening on Friday ...