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Save the date
The date has been announced for this year’s Civic Christmas carol concert. The popular concert, which is sponsored by the Farnham Herald will feature the highly acclaimed Farnham Youth Choir. It will take place at St Andrew’s Church on Tuesday...
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Christmas is coming to Farnham
Eagle-eyed shoppers will have noticed that the town centre summer bunting is being replaced with festoons of Christmas lights. The lights are being put up over a period of several weeks in preparation for the grand Christmas lights switch-on, whic...
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National recognition for Farnham
The National Association of Local Councils has announced the nine winners of its Star Council Awards. Farnham Town Council entered the Digital Communication of the Year category and was shortlisted as a finalist along with just two other councils....
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Pick a packet or two!
A wide-range of organisations have taken part in Farnham Town Council’s autumn Big Pick Week. During the last week of October, councillors from Farnham Town Council and volunteers from Tootsies Nursery, Heath End Gardeners, Hamptons Internationa...
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Prize-winning pumpkin
The winner of the Farnham allotments pumpkin competition was announced by Farnham Town Council just in time for Halloween. Mr Andy Hinchliff, who tends a plot on the Six Bells site, grew the biggest pumpkin across Farnham’s eight allotments. The...
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Remembrance Day parade
Schools will take place in a Remembrance Day service on 11 November.
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Venison Dinner tickets go on sale
A traditional dinner that has been held in Farnham for over 400 years will take place on Thursday 12 November at Farnham Castle. The first Venison Dinner took place in 1605. The dinner was held in an attempt by the Bailiffs and Burgesses to stop t...
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Supporting farmers
Visitors to this Sunday’s Farmers’ Market are encouraged to treat themselves to a freshly cooked Hunts Hill Farm pork and ale sausage. Twenty per cent of the takings will be donated by Hunts Hill Farm to the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institut...
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Farnham in Bloom winners
[caption id="attachment_15744" align="alignnone" width="635"] Farnham in Bloom School awards[/caption]The horticultural talents of Farnham’s green-fingered community have been celebrated at the annual Farnham in Bloom awards ceremony. Having wo...
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Christmas in Farnham
Send us details about your Christmas events and we will include them in our Christmas guide to what's on.
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Take part in a Big Pick
Farnham Town Council is encouraging residents to spruce-up Farnham by organising a litter pick. Big Pick Week will take place between 25 October and 1 November and anybody can take part. Councillor Stephen Hill, Lead Member for Community Enhanc...
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Nominations open for Awards
Individuals and organisations are encouraged to put forward people who deserve recognition for the work they do to serve the community. The awards are sponsored by Sir Ray Tindle of the Tindle News Group and are presented to people who provide an out...
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Finalist in national awards
The shortlist for the National Association of Local Councils’ (NALC) ‘Star Councils’ awards has been announced and Farnham Town Council is delighted to be one of just three finalists in the digital communications of the year category. The na...
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Food festival attracts thousands
People have taken to social media to express how much they enjoyed this year’s Food Festival, which was organised by Farnham Town Council. The free annual Food Festival has been described as the busiest ever with queues snaking up and down Castl...
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Quietly going about our business
A new vehicle is about to hit the streets of Farnham and it needs a name. Farnham Town Council is the first council in the country to have ordered a Goupil hybrid electric utility vehicle, which will be used to assist with the delivery of a variety ...
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A warm autumn welcome
September marks the start of a new season for the Farmers’ Market and the end of Farnham’s Feast of Food. The emphasis will be on warming food and ingredients as Farnham Town Council welcomes back Jimmy Ginger’s Fine Chillies. Flashy Food is...
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Food Festival - this Saturday
Farnham’s free annual Food Festival will take place on Saturday 26 September. Castle Street will be closed to traffic and transformed into a vibrant, bustling market place. Live music will entertain shoppers as they browse among the 80 stalls se...
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Farnham wins two Gold awards
Farnham wins two Golds at South and South East in Bloom. Thank you to everybody who has supported Farnham in Bloom 2015.
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Mayor visits winning shoe shop
An independent Farnham shoe shop that was crowned Independent Family Footwear Retailer of the Year 2015 has received a visit from the Mayor of Farnham, Cllr Mrs Pat Frost. Bowleys Fine Shoes is a sponsor of Farnham in Bloom and throughout the summ...
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Music in the Meadow is a success
The sun shone, the band played and the crowd danced at the last of this year’s Music in the Meadow concerts on Sunday. Guildford Friary Brass Band was the last billing of the year and proved to be popular with the audience. The 28-member traditi...
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Where to eat this Food Fortnight
From Friday 11 September, 15 specially selected pubs, cafes and restaurants will offer an exclusive three-course menu for just one day during Farnham’s Food Fortnight. There will be a choice of English, Italian, French and Thai food. Some restau...
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Farnham’s Feast of Food begins
On Friday 11 September, Italy is coming to Farnham! To mark the start of Farnham’s Feast of Food, an Italian market will be held in Castle Street from 9am to 4pm. Stallholders will be selling authentic Italian produce including fresh bread, ...
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History in the making
Despite the rain, last Sunday’s Music in the Meadow concert, which is sponsored by Savills estate agents and organised by Farnham Town Council, provided a stage for some local musicians who have turned their dreams into reality. Famous in Farnha...
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Farnham’s Feast of Food is served
The programme has been announced for one of Farnham’s most popular events and this year it promises to be even bigger and better. The seventh Feast of Food, which is organised by Farnham Town Council was launched on Thursday (13 August) in conju...
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Breakfast with the Mayor
The Mayor of Farnham recently joined representatives from local businesses for breakfast. Meet the Mayor is an annual event organised by Farnham Chamber of Commerce. The Mayor of Farnham, Cllr Mrs Pat Frost provided members with an update on issue...
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Chilli August
There will be something new and different at this month’s Farmers’ Market. Flashy Food will be selling Sicilian inspired chilli concentrates and relish and Arancine, which is a Sicilian street food that is said to be ‘going down a storm’. ...
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Rugby Festival comes to Farnham
Details about a unique festival and the free shuttle buses that will take you to see world cup games live on a big screen at Farnham Rugby Club.
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Live music is a popular choice
Farnham Town Council is halfway through its season of free Sunday afternoon music concerts. Despite the weather, thousands of people have come along and enjoyed live music ranging from jazz and soul to contemporary originals and cover tracks datin...
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The flavour of the Surrey Hills
Distilleries producing hand-crafted spirits are proving to be popular with people looking for a unique taste experience. The Farmers’ Market will be held on Sunday 26 July and will welcome the arrival of new stallholder, Silent Pool Distillers. ...
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Cricket club receives a grant
One of the oldest cricket clubs in the country has received a £2,000 community grant from Farnham Town Council. The grant has been used to make essential repairs to the pavilion roof, which has included the renewal of battens, new felt, and tiles...
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Take part in the Feast of Food
We are looking for local businesses to take part in this year's Food Fortnight. Would you like to be involved?
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In Bloom judges visit Farnham
Judges from South and South East in Bloom have visited Farnham to judge the town’s entries into the Large Town and Town Centre categories. The judges of the Large Town category were taken on a tour of the area and met up with volunteers includin...
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Blow your own trumpet
Farnham Town Council has presented a community grant to Farnham Brass Band to help them in their quest to get more people playing a brass instrument. The cheque for £1,000 was presented by the Mayor of Farnham, Cllr Mrs Pat Frost and will be used...
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Celebrating 25 years
A flowers and fizz reception has been held to thank everybody who has been involved in Farnham in Bloom over the past 25 years. Gold sponsor in kind, Squire’s Garden Centre hosted the event for founder members, community groups, volunteers, spon...
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Judging day fast approaches
Final preparations are being made as Farnham gears itself for the arrival of the judges from South and South East in Bloom. The town centre and surrounding villages have been transformed by the appearance of containers and baskets of colourful flo...
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Grant for garden at Potters Gate
A project to build a community garden at Potters Gate School has been supported by Farnham Town Council with a £500 community grant. The school children and local community will maintain the garden, which will include a story-telling area, musica...
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Support for the Armed Forces
A ceremony to mark the start of Armed Forces Week took place at Farnham Town Council on Monday. Guests included members of the 3rd battalion of The Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment based in Farnham, the town’s cadet forces as well as young p...
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Farnham in Dance
A local dance company is out to show how Farnham in Bloom is about more than flowers. The Dance Movement, which is a not for profit community dance company has received a community grant from Farnham Town Council for £1,961. The grant is for a...
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Farnham’s blooming art
Anybody who has taken a walk around Farnham recently will have noticed it is positively blooming. As well as the floral displays in the hanging baskets and containers, a number of shops and businesses are exhibiting a variety of collages that have...
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Shop and picnic in Farnham
Pick up some treats from the Farmers' Market this Sunday.
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