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Once again the annual tour of Ewhurst's Secret Gardens allows visitors to enjoy gardens that are usually hidden behind fences or hedges. The first tour took place in 1995 and we have endeavoured to feature several new gardens each year within the area that we have chosen. This year our gardens ...

Just one of the displays at the Cranleigh Eco Festival Well, Cranleigh’s first Eco Festival finally took place on Saturday 23rd April after a great deal of hard work! I’m happy to report that it was a success and an opportunity not just for members of the public to learn more about our existing ...

My Mum and I sharing some quality time together in Ireland My name is Caitriona Walsh. I am a singer. You will often hear it said: “music is my life”. It has become a mantra on X-Factor and many other shows: people expressing their passion, or preferences - like a golfer saying ‘golf is my ...

Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus) Some summer birds that get me rather excited are those I’m fortunate enough to find when they make a brief stopover in the Cranleigh area. Blink and they are gone to other areas in Britain, or further afield, where they have the breeding habitat ...

The Coronation Arch of 1911 with Park Gate Cottages and the Windmill in the background (Cranleigh History Society Archives) As Cranleigh celebrates the Queen’s 70th anniversary – she succeeded her father, George VI, on February 6th 1952, and was crowned on June 2nd 1953 – it is a good time to ...

Photo © Holly Finn The photo of the pansy in the paving was sent to me by a friend – and she gave the picture the title ‘Persistence’. It is greatly cheering to see that Nature finds chinks and niches to colonise, and then flourishes. Everywhere you look at this time of the year there are ...