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Castle Street Temporary Closure

Castle Street, in Guildford town centre, will be closed from tomorrow, Monday 2 April, for four weeks. The closure is necessary to allow essential repair and conservation work to a…

TV’s Great British Railway Journeys to Call At Guildford?

Research is underway for another series of ‘Great British Railway Journeys’, the popular television programmes presented by Michael Portillo. And this time they might stop at Guildford! A researcher from…

Was Brooch For The Queen Of Carroll’s Heart?

by Pauline Pinch A Victorian brooch found by a treasure hunter may point to a secret Guildford sweetheart for the writer Lewis Carroll. The man found the item while metal…

Petrol Stations Report Low Supply Levels And Continuing Heavy Demand

[thethe-image-slider name=”Petrol Stations Update”] Guildford’s four most central petrol stations all reported heavy demand for their remaining fuel stocks this evening (31 March). One had run out of all fuel…

Queues at Guildford Fuel Stations After Government’s Call to ‘Top Up’ Tanks

[thethe-image-slider name=”Petrol”]   Queues were forming at petrol stations, which still had fuel, in Guildford on Thursday afternoon (March 29) in the wake of the Government’s advice to ‘top up’…

Police Make Further Raids Over Illegal Drugs

The police have continued to tackle dealers bringing illegal drugs into Guildford with a second phase of raids this week. As stated on the Surrey Police website, on Tuesday morning,…

MP encourages Year 11 pupils to get involved this summer

Guildford MP Anne Milton. Guildford MP Anne Milton is supporting Catch22 Surrey in its search for 60 Year 11 students to take part in National Citizen Service (NCS). This exciting…

Not One, But Two St Catherine’s Fairs Planned for 2012

With just one exception a couple of decades ago, there hasn’t been a St Catherine’s Fair since the time of the First World War. Now it seems there are to…

Town Crier Rings Out The Bells

by David Rose Guildford’s town crier and beadle David Peters has a choice of three bells to ring – all over 100 years old – when he is called to…

GBC Exec Discuss Mayoral Vacancy As ‘Item of Urgent Business’

The now vacant post of Guildford Mayor for 2012-13 was raised as a matter of urgency at last night’s Executive Meeting of Guildford Borough Council. The vacancy has arisen because…