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Indie Of The Month: Julia Lampard Hair Salon, Sydenham Road

By Hugh Coakley The Julia Lampard Hair salon is set in an unexpected but lovely little leafy square in Sydenham Road, just off Tunsgate and Milkhouse Gate. And Julia Lampard…

Indie Of The Month: Baden Bathrooms

By Hugh Coakley Up to now, I would have said that there isn’t much that you could do with the design of a bath or even a bathroom. It is…

Maybe Going, Going and Gone: More Chains Close In Guildford Town Centre

By Hugh Coakley The cull of town centre chains continued this week with three chains either closing or in negotiations which could lead to closure. Patisserie Valerie, the cake and…

Guildford’s Debenhams Gets A Reprieve

By Hugh Coakley Debenhams’ Guildford store is to stay open until at least January 2021. The delay would be a year’s reprieve following the announcement only two months ago that…

Two Out Of Three William Hill’s Guildford Betting Shops To Close, Say Staff

By Hugh Coakley Two of the three branches in Guildford of William Hill, the national bookmaker chain have been earmarked to close, according to staff. The betting company has announced…

Bathstore Goes Into Administration With All Jobs At Risk

By Hugh Coakley Bathstore, the UK chain bathroom specialist with a branch in Sydenham Road in Guildford, called in the administrators on Wednesday (June 26). In a statement on the…

Independent Shops In Guildford Are 142 Not Out!

By Hugh Coakley I asked a friend recently how many independent shops there were in the town centre. Long thinks and then a confident answer: “Fifteen” he said. But he,…

Ten Restaurants And Shops Close In High Street And North Street Within Three Months

By Hugh Coakley Ten restaurants and shops have closed in Guildford’s upper High Street and North Street in the last three months, with five closing in June 2019 alone. Parts…

Guildford Escape Rooms Pull In Thousands Of Puzzle Solvers

By Hugh Coakley The bad guy is going to get off scot-free unless you find the vital piece of evidence in the office of Larry Maxwell, a 1950s New York…

Latest Town Centre Changes As Giraffe Closes And Theion Greek Restaurant Opens

By Hugh Coakley Giraffe, the restaurant chain, is closing its branch in Guildford’s upper High Street on Saturday, June 15. The chain had announced in March 2019 that it had…