Guildford’s Farmers’ Market: Local produce in the heart of Guildford   On the first Tuesday of each month Guildford’s High Street is transformed to offer local produce from within a 50-mile radius of Guildford.    From 10.30am-3.30pm you can select delicious fruit, vegetables, meat, drinks and more.     Cllr John Redpath, Lead Councillor for Economy and Regeneration, said:     “Much loved

Community Sponsorship Programme Approved As part of our ongoing commitment to all our communities in Guildford, we are very happy to support Resettle@Guildford’s application to the Home Office to welcome refugees into our Borough. Through the government programme of Community Sponsorship, local community groups such as Resettle@Guildford can welcome, house and support refugee families directly into their local community. Resettle@Guildford prepared an application to the Home Office for

Guildford Streets: online exhibition and videos   This summer take a trip through time to Guildford’s historic streets. Visit our online exhibition of our borough’s photographic collection: Guildford Streets and watch our fascinating YouTube conversations exploring changes and developments that happened in our borough, or pop into Guildford Museum  to see a selection of black

Discover Guildford – Family Fun for Summer!   Take the whole family on a fantastic adventure through our historic town centre and beautiful countryside during the summer holidays with Guildford’s free Secret Stories mobile app. Created in partnership with Ordnance Survey, the app brings the town to life with fascinating facts on our unique ‘Guildford’s

Join us in Celebrating Love Parks Week  We celebrate the physical and mental health benefits of our award-winning parks and green spaces during Keep Britain Tidy’s Love Parks Week.   Running from Friday 23 July to Sunday 1 August, the annual event allows us to ‘Love, Respect and Protect’ our parks, which have supported our residents’ wellbeing during

Leader Statement: Relaxing of restrictions from 19 July 2021  Lead of the Council, Cllr Joss Bigmore, said: “Thank you all for continuing to play your part in following the government guidance and keeping your loved ones and neighbours safe. The pandemic is far from over but thanks to our incredible vaccination programme we are able

New Online Exhibition: Georgian Women, Portraits by Guildfordian John Russell (RA)   Our new online exhibition of portraits by renowned Guildford-born artist, John Russell RA (1745 - 1806) is now open on our website.   The exhibition features the portraits Russell painted of women and girls. It sets his sitters against the backdrop of being an 18th century female. Specifically, in their roles as wives, mothers, daughters,

Targeted support for our businesses   Coronavirus continues to be the biggest challenge for 91% of businesses across our borough. But, in this year’s business survey, businesses told us about lots of other opportunities they would like support with. Lead Councillor for Economy, Cllr John Redpath said: “The future for Guildford is bright and, thanks

This weekend children take over our High Street with their own Business Fair    This weekend we have a fantastic fair with a twist taking place on our historic High Street. You’ll get to meet some great entrepreneurs as children take over for the Children’s Business Fair stalls this Saturday 17 July 9.30am - 3.30pm. This will be the fifth Children’s Business Fair that has seen more than 200