KEY EVENTS
farnHam
Farmers’ Market 4TH SUNDAY EVERY MONTH
10:00 - 13:30, Central Car Park (not 13 Dec)
Farnham Creates:
9TH MAY
Spring Arts & Crafts Market
Band Concerts 7TH, 14TH, 21ST JUNE
Gostrey Meadow
Band Concerts 5TH, 12TH,19th JULY
Gostrey Meadow
Farnham Grows:
25TH JULY
Gardening Festival - Farnham Maltings
Band Concerts 2ND, 9TH,16th AUGUST
Gostrey Meadow
Band Concerts 6TH, 13TH SEPTEMBER
Gostrey Meadow
Farnham Feast of Food
END SEPTEMBER
Farnham Food Festival SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER
Farnham Christmas Lights 28TH NOVEMBER
Switch-On - Gostrey Meadow
WokinG
St George’s Day
APRIL
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Woking Tour Series
JUNE
Mid September hails Heritage Open Days,
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Major cycling event
when a dozen or more properties usual y
closed to the public, or which charge for entry,
Leonardo Da Vinci
AUGUST - OCTOBER
WOKING
open their doors to help celebrate England’s
Exhibition
fantastic architectural and cultural heritage.
- The Lightbox
t - 01483 737800 www.thelightbox.org.uk
Visit Woking in 2009, to experience the very
Although Woking is a modern town, the
best the county has to offer, whatever the
Borough has a long and rich history and this
Heritage Open Days
SEPTEMBER
season.
is best explored in the nearby vil ages. Why
not visit Horsel Common, enjoyed by local
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
AUTUMN
In April, join in our traditional St George’s Day
residents and visitors for walking, riding
- The Ambassadors theatre and cinema
celebrations, which promise to delight old and
and picnicking? Or Brookwood, home to
t - 0870 060 6645 www.theambassadors.com/woking
young alike.
the famous and fascinating 19th century
Woking Means Business OCTOBER
cemetery?
Or visit our popular monthly Farmers’
- H.G.Wells Conference and Events Centre
Market in Town Square, held on the third
Autumn also sees the best of the West End
t - 01483 712710 www.hgwells.co.uk
Thursday and fifth Saturday of every month.
at The Ambassadors theatre and cinema
This outdoor venue also hosts seasonal
complex, when ‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’ rol s
stal holders, including a continental market,
into town in September for a three-week run.
WOKING
and craft and gift fairs, throughout
the year.
VISITOR INFORMATION
In October, the H. G. Wel s Conference and
Events Centre wil be the venue for Woking
In June, Woking wil become one of the host
For further information on Woking, or to request
Means Business, a free, day-long exposition of
towns of the Tour Series, bringing a one-day
a visitor guide to the Borough, please contact;
local businesses and organisations, alongside
cycling event to the heart of Woking.
free seminars and workshops.
WOKING BOROUGH COUNCIL,
The day wil include an exciting high-speed
CIVIC OFFICES, GLOUCESTER SQUARE, WOKING,
professional cycling event as wel as a whole
Visit The Lightbox in late November, to
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afternoon of music and cycling-related
experience the wonder of an il uminated boat
t > 01483 755855
activities, including youth and amateur races,
cavalcade on the Basingstoke Canal. As
e > wokbc@woking.gov.uk
demonstrations and skil s sessions, helping
the sun sets at Town Quay, seasonal music
to build a carnival atmosphere in the centre of
heralds the parade of festively decorated
w > www.woking.gov.uk
Woking next summer.
boats, lighting up the waterway as they
journey to The Bridge Barn at Horsell.
From August to October, a life-size tank and
a glider suspended from the ceiling in The
And winter is always a good time to visit
WEBLINKS
Lightbox wil give rise to big wows, as the
Woking’s shopping mal s, home to many high
inventions of Leonardo Da Vinci fill the entire
street names with the added convenience of
w > www.cranleighvillage.net
gal ery spaces. Showing exclusively in the
being undercover.
UK at Woking’s award-winning gal ery and
Visitors with mobility problems can also take
w > www.farnham.gov.uk
museum, the exhibit explores Leonardo’s
advantage of Shopmobility and the free town
w > www.godalming-tc.gov.uk
relationship with technology and promises
centre buggy. Parking is plentiful, available
something for al ages this autumn.
w > www.haslemere.com
24-hours a day and under CCTV surveil ance
for added reassurance.
w > www.waverley.gov.uk
w > www.woking.gov.uk
www.visitsurrey.com
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