North Street Revamp Moves A Step Closer

Redevelopment within North Street has moved a step closer with the announcement that Guildford Borough Council has signed an agreement with its preferred development partner Land Securities. The council heralds…

June 8, 2014 / No Comment / Read More

Guildford Parkrun Saturday, June 7

After two weeks of cancellations there was a smaller field this time at Stoke Park. Perhaps some were put off by the threat of thunderstorms! There were 166 runners, of whom 24 were first…

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Full Council To Debate Draft Local Plan On June 19

Guildford Borough Council’s Executive has unanimously given the green light for the full council to now consider the Draft Local Plan. The decision was made at its meeting on Thursday (June 4), and the plan…

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Wartime Theme In Castle Grounds To Mark Start Of Summer Season

There was a wartime theme in the Castle Grounds on Saturday (June 7) that marked the unveiling of this year’s carpet bedding and the launch of Guildford in Bloom and the summer…

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What It Was Like Here As Troops Left For The D-Day Landings

By David Rose Seventy years ago today (June 6) saw a significant turning point in the Second World War. It was D-Day and the Allies landed a huge armed force on the Normandy coast…

June 5, 2014 / 1 Comment / Read More

Volunteer Force On Hand As Morrisons Local Opens

Guildford’s first Morrisons Local store opened in the Upper High Street on Thursday morning (June 5) with a little help from Voluntary Action South West Surrey and the halow project. Marking…

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Where Is This? No.112

By David Rose I feared that it would happen sooner or later – a mystery photo that I had featured before! So with 111 editions of Where Is This? on…

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Are You Buying Local This Week?

The Best of Guildford is hosting its Buy Local Week from now until June 8. On Wednesday, Best of Guildford’s Sally Casto-Gouveia will be in Guildford town centre talking to some some of…

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Are You Having Trouble Sending Your Comments?

There appears to be a glitch with the ‘Leave a Reply’ comments system on The Guildford Dragon NEWS. We have had problems ourselves sending and publishing comments and it appears readers…

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Dan James’ Photo Album May 2014

Guildford-based photographer, graphic and web designer Dan James takes stunning landscape and natural history photos and films. Here is his latest selection of images. We had not seen a great deal…

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