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Six Years On, Hook Road Arena Community Sports Hub Reaches Major Milestone. £1 million Council investment marks a major step towards bringing football home, creating a permanent home for netball and securing the future of one of Epsom & Ewell’s most important community green spaces Six years after local sporting

Love Me Love My Mind celebrates 20 years of supporting the local community of Epsom and Ewell, and Publication of Voices of the Voiceless: An evaluation of local church care for those in mental distressby Susan H. Bull, edited and with a foreword by Nicola L. Bull  In 2026, Epsom-based

Adam Chalmers, currently Interim Head of Paid Service for East Surrey Shadow Council and Chief Executive of Elmbridge Borough Council, has been appointed Chief Executive of the new East Surrey Council. Adam hopes to start the role in September 2026 to prepare for the new council being fully established in

East Surrey Council Set To Confirm New Chief Executive Subject to agreement at a full council meeting on 29 July 2026, East Surrey Shadow Council is set to confirm its permanent Chief Executive. Following a national recruitment campaign and a comprehensive assessment process, the Shadow Authority has selected Adam Chalmers,

Epsom & Ewell Borough Council approves strategic priority to explore the future of Hook Road Arena. At a meeting of the Full Council this week, Epsom & Ewell Borough Councillors approved a recommendation to establish a new strategic priority to assess Hook Road Arena’s suitability for a mixed-use leisure and

Celebrating 20 Years of Mayfield Lavender: Reviving a Historic English Tradition For centuries, lavender has been woven into the fabric of English history, playing an important role in medicine, fragrance, and local economies. Once synonymous with the Surrey countryside, vast fields of fragrant purple stretched across the region before gradually

Epsom & Ewell Borough Council approves last annual Community Infrastructure Levy funding allocation  At its meeting on 14 July 2026, Epsom & Ewell Borough Council’s (EEBC) Strategy and Resources Committee formally approved its last annual funding allocation of Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) supporting the delivery of infrastructure projects across the

Epsom & Ewell Borough Council approves Community Infrastructure Levy funding for new Hogsmill River footbridge near stepping stones On 14 July 2026, Epsom & Ewell Borough Council’s (EEBC) Strategy and Resources Committee approved the allocation of Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) funding to build a new footbridge near the Chamber Mead

Mole Valley District Council (MVDC) is inviting residents to help shape plans for a £3.5 million investment in local playgrounds, designed to deliver modern, inclusive and exciting play spaces for children and families across the district. The programme, which will be delivered by Proludic, will see improvements made to a

June has been a very busy month – I’ve spoken in Parliament more than 20 times and been out and about across Epsom, Ewell, Ashtead and Leatherhead almost every weekend. It’s also been a somewhat chaotic month for national politics in Westminster, with the Burnham by-election and subsequent resignation from

At a meeting of Epsom & Ewell Borough Council’s (EEBC) Environment Committee on 30 June 2026, councillors discussed the future of the Hogsmill River Stepping Stones and agreed to progress plans to deliver a new, safer crossing in the form of a footbridge, subject to securing funding for design, planning