Local St Mark’s Ward Councillors were promised St Philip’s car park would be resurfaced and repainted over 6 months ago, but we are still waiting. “The lines are so faint that users cannot see the disabled bays,” explained Councillor Diane White “On several occasions local blue badge holders have found no where to park but […]

Developers of the old Brighton Road Total garage have now purchased the neighbouring properties and plan to submit a new planning application for the entire site. No application has yet been validated, but it is expected this month (February) to be for 46 flats and shops. More details will be put on our website when […]

Over 18 months after the initial public consultation over a 20mph in Surbiton town centre, consultation is hopefully going to start again. The ongoing saga of getting safer streets in Surbiton is hopefully entering its last phase. In November 2014 the local Conservatives used a constitutional power to overturn the majority decision of Surbiton Neighbourhood Councillors to […]

Crossrail 2 could potentially improve rail transport from South West London into Central London. Major decisions will be taken in the next few years, although it will not open until 2032 at the earliest. Crossrail 2 will undoubtedly reduce the travel time for some Surbiton commuters, especially those heading north after arriving at Waterloo. When […]

2015 saw the biggest and best Christmas Light switch on in Surbiton. Enjoyed by hundreds of Surbiton children (and big kids) the event held on Thursday afternoon included a farm, music, stalls, food and of course, Santa. Thank you to everyone who helped pull together this great event, Surbiton Rotary and Surbiton Business Community particularly. […]

This year’s Christmas lights switch on is set to be the best yet.  The activities start at 3pm on Thursday 27th November, with Santa arriving on the station forecourt at 4.30pm and the big countdown at 5pm. Then there will be stalls and music through to 8pm in Victoria Road. Our thanks go to the Turn […]

Kingston Council’s Surbiton Neighbourhood will be holding an open community forum on ‘smarter streets’ on Tuesday 10th November. The event, at Dysart School starting at 7.30pm, will be interactive, asking residents to discuss themes such as 20mph limits, air quality, parking, cycling and walking and street clutter. As local Councillors, we value residents and visitors […]

This year’s Surbiton Festival – Surbo fifteen – will be bigger and better than ever with events over 2 weeks from 11th to 26th September. It kicks off with the Safer Surbiton Support, takes in SurboYarns, Trycyclingathon, SurbEXPO, SurbAntics, 2 Comedy nights, SurboCine, finishing with the SurboFest, the SurbHATon Festival and Carnival. I love the […]

Kingston Council are currently consulting on its licensing policy.  This policy is the basis of all applications to sell alcohol and late night food, so it affects all Kingston’s pubs, clubs, restaurants. The consultation runs until 11th October and covers areas like anti-social behaviour, increase in homes in Kingston town centre, protection of children and […]

Surbiton Wildlife Group is community-spirited and open to everybody who gets excited by the natural world around them.   Surbiton Wildlife Group are organising a community clean-up of Claremont Gardens in the centre of town. Activities will involve litter picking, pruning, weeding, mulch spreading and socialising! They need as many people to help as possible, so please go […]