Changes to Polling Station Venues Announced

Published on: 9 Nov, 2019
Updated on: 11 Nov, 2019

The unusual timing of a winter general election on Thursday, December 12 has forced Guildford Borough Council to make some changes to the usual polling station venues.

A council spokesperson said: “Some of our polling stations are unavailable. We have had to find alternative venues at very short notice to ensure that poll cards with the details of the polling stations can be printed and dispatched to voters in plenty of time.”

The announced changes are:

Polling district	Usual Polling Station	Polling Station for 2019 General Election only
Ash (Ranges)	Victoria Hall, Ash Hill Road, Ash	The Ash Centre, Ash Hill Road
Merrow (North)	Bushy Hill Junior School	Merrow Methodist Church, Bushy Hill Drive
Merrow (South)	Merrow Village Hall	Merrow Methodist Church, Bushy Hill Drive
Stoke (North-West)	Bellfields Youth Centre	St. Peter’s Church Annex, Hazel Avenue, Bellfields
Ockham	Ockham Parish Rooms	RHS Sports Pavilion (Wisley)
Peaslake	Peaslake Village Hall	Holmbury St Mary Village Hall
Seale & Sands (West)	The Sands Room	Seale and Sands Bowls Club, The Green, Binton Lane, The Sands
Seale & Sands (East)	Seale Village Hall	Seale and Sands Bowls Club, The Green, Binton Lane, The Sands
Shackleford	Shackleford Village Hall	The Marwick Hall, School Lane, Puttenham

We have written to all households within the Ockham, Peaslake, Seale & Sands, and Shackleford polling districts to inform them of the changes to their respective polling stations.

Following a recent review, there are also several permanent changes to the venue of other polling stations:

Polling District	Former polling station	New polling station
Christchurch (North)	Burchatts Farm Barn	Urban Saints, Stoke Park, London Road
Friary (East) and (West)	Sandfield Primary School	The Salvation Army Hall, Woodbridge Road
Holy Trinity (North)	The Spike	St Joseph’s Church Hall, Eastgate Gardens
Artington	St. Francis Church	Compton Village Hall, The Street, Compton
Stoke (South-West)	The Waterside Centre	New Hope Church, Larch Avenue
East Horsley (Central)	Horsley Library	East Horsley Village Hall, Kingston Avenue, East Horsley
St Martha	Chilworth Infant School	Chilworth Village Hall, New Road, Chilworth