Welcome to the Woldingham Village website

To most of us who live here, Woldingham is a special place. Situated 700 feet above sea level on top of the North Downs, Woldingham is in a recognised area of natural beauty and great landscape value. Surrounded by countryside, how many villages can still be 30 minutes from the centre of London? Indeed, we are still a village with all that a village has to offer except for a village pub! We are privileged to live here.

We have many social groups and our sense of community spirit is strong. Our vision now is to embrace technology to build on this. Our web site gives us another channel to extend and enhance communication and our sense of community. But it is not only aimed at existing residents, we also hope it will give everyone who knows and loves Woldingham the opportunity to stay in touch with all that's going on here. For anybody who does not know Woldingham, then we hope this gives a flavour for this special part of Surrey. Above all, we hope everyone will enjoy the site!

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FORTHCOMING EVENTS

The Players' Events

For their schedule of events go to The Woldingham Players page.

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LATEST NEWS

Woldingham Parish Council Elections *** RESULTS ***

Your new Parish Councillors are:
Andrew Barton
Nigel Cohen
Rodney Fuller
Nicki Howe
Bobby Johnson
Sally Marks
Greg Meekings
Frank Myers
Alistair Pirie

> See results here

Jill Meekings

Sadly Jill lost her fight against cancer and passed away peacefully at home in the arms of Greg, Kiran and James on Friday 14th March. She made a major contribution to the village through her role as Chairman of the Parish Council. She was also inspirational in the work she did raising awareness of Breast Cancer and funds for Breakthrough. There will be a Celebratory Memorial service for her in April. Call Greg for details.

FlightPath

Click on the above FlightPath logo to find out about the growing threat Biggin Hill Airport poses to this community - now of even greater significance since the tragic plane crash on March 30th, 2008.
>More on FlightPath

Car Parking at the Station

Police have been issuing Notices to people who park on the main road down from the Station. This appears to have dissuaded drivers from parking in this dangerous location.

123 Club

Local mums (and grandmums etc!) may be interested to hear that the 123 Club has moved! Having enjoyed many happy years at the Cricket Pavilion, it was felt that it was time for a change and the new Church Room is certainly proving to be a hit, both for the mums and their tots! We look forward to providing many more new mums with the opportunity to meet others in their situation. We hope that our exciting new venue will help us to sustain a local forum for new mums to get to know each other and hopefully to lay foundations for their tots to grow up with close friends in and around the village. Denise Todd on behalf of the 123 Club.
> More on the 123 Club

Village Cricket Club

The Village Cricket Club is currently recruiting players and net practice is just starting. The club is also launching a campaign to raise money to enable nets to be built on the Glebe that will also be used by Woodlea School. We are a friendly and welcoming club, do contact us for more details.
> Cricket Club

Woldingham Speed Limit Proposals

Derek Poole of Surrey County Council has advised of the proposed speed limit proposals for Woldingham. Click here to see the formal advertisement which is being made public as required to comply with legal consultation provisions prior to implementation. In summary this will create a larger 30mph area for the Village and restrict to 40mph access roads to the Village 30mph zone.

Woldingham Action Group (WAG)

The Village Hall was packed with residents attending a public meeting in the Village Hall on the 15th December. The meeting initiated support for a group formed to protect Woldingham and its immediate surroundings from any change or extension to HGV access to Chalk Pit Quarry. Visit our webpage to learn more about this potential VERY significant threat to our Village and pledge your support.
> Woldingham Action Group

Website Redesign

Finally after six years we decided that it was time to update the look of our site. We have gone for a simple clean and softer look but will keep the basic and structure and content we have today. This is partly to preserve some familiarity and partly to ease the burden on the volunteers who maintain the site. The first section, Clubs & Societies, went live on 24th July and the Home Page and Links page during November. We will migrate the rest of the site, section by section, over the coming weeks. Do let us know what you think.

Woldingham Association

An updated version of the Woldingham Information Pack is now on-line and can be accessed below or from the Woldingham Association home page:
> Information Pack

Podcasts by Woodlea School

Woodlea School has been involved in a Surrey Case Study investigating the use of podcasts in primary schools, and they have recently launched their first episode. The children have written and then recorded diary entries describing events through World War 2, starting with their reaction to the declaration of war. Woodlea is currently one of the only primary schools in Surrey who run a podcast, which is a great achievement.
> Listen to the podcasts

Litter Pick Day

27 October 2007
Thank you to all residents who helped at the Litter Pick. As usual, an amazing amount of rubbish was collected. Thank You

Woldingham Map

A new, revised edition of the village map is now available from the Village shop for £2.

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SECURITY MATTERS

Police Surgery

This is normally held in the Scout Hut every Tuesday morning.

Calling the Police

If you see anything suspicious or need to call the police please call either:
999 for emergencies
0845 125 2222 for non urgent matters

Please do not call Clive direct as he may be off duty or on another call and action will therefore be delayed. ANY call that you put through to the police will be picked up by Clive in due course.
However if you wish to speak to Clive or inform him of an incident call his voice mail number and he will pick it when next he is in the station. (01483 482111 + 10595).

Police Information

> www.surrey.police.uk
The police hope to have a more detailed page for our area in the future.

Neighbourhood Watch Alerts

> Recent Reports
> Historic Reports

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OTHER NEWS

Waste Awareness

Surrey´s local authorities have come together to create the 'Surreywaste.info' website. It provides the most comprehensive information on waste management in our county:
- Information on the waste issues facing us in Surrey today
- Information on what local authorities are doing to face those issues
- Information on how you can help Surrey
> Find out more

Parking Enforcement

Tandridge Council have now taken responsibility for street parking. Parking attendants will become more visible in the area. They have released the contact details to report parking infringements: e mail parking@tandridge.gov.uk or 01883 732771 Barbara Saunders Parking Services manager.

Woldingham Speed Watch

This is now operational and working well. We would like some more volunteers please. You will be given police training. You work in pairs for one hour a session. All we ask is for one session about every 5 weeks. Please help - contact PCSO Clive or David Locket 653181
> More information on the reduced speed limits coming to the village

Communicating with the Village: May 2007 Parish Council Newsletter

The May 2007 Newsletter has now been distributed. It goes to every household but we have to work from the lates available electoral roll for name and addresses. This is dated October 2006. If you have just moved in or are not on the roll, then you may miss your copy. You can download it from this page or collect a copy from the village shop.
> May 2007 Parish Council Newsletter

New to the Village? Thinking of Extending?

If so, you need to be aware of the Woldingham Village Design Statement which was published in 2005 and accepted by TDC as a Supplementary Planning Document. Each house received a copy. If you are contemplating any building works either you or your architect/surveyor needs to consult and apply the guidelines in the Statement. A copy is free to new residents and additional copies are availabe for £3.50 each from Cllr Jeff Jeffery on 652410. You can also contact us for a copy of the Village Design Statement.

Booking the Village Hall

If you are interested in booking the hall, you can call the bookings secretary (LIz Aggiss) on 653106.

Surrey CSN Trading Standards Alerts

Don't forget, if you are approached by cold callers or you are aware of cold callers operating in your area this should be reported to Consumer Direct on 0845 4040506 and the Police.
> Surrey CSN Trading Standards Alerts

New Royal Mail Postal Scam

This has been confirmed by Royal Mail. The Trading Standards Office are making people aware of the following scam:

A card is posted through your door from a company called PDS (Parcel Delivery Service) suggesting that they were unable to deliver a parcel and that you need to contact them on 0906 6611911 (a premium rate number). DO NOT call this number, as this is a mail scam originating from Belize. If you call the number and you start to hear a recorded message you will already have been billed £15 for the phone call.

If you do receive a card with these details, then please contact Royal Mail Fraud on 020 7239 6655 or ICSTIS (the premium rate service regulator) at www.icstis.org.uk or the local trading standards office.

Do you have an alarm?

We have been asked to remind you that if you have any sort of alarm it is a legal requirement to register the key holders of your property. This is done with Surepol who can be contacted at 0870 161 1212 or on www.surpol.co.uk or a registration form can be collected from Clive at his usual Tuesday surgery.

Mobile Library

The Mobile Library visits Nethern Court Road fortnightly. Don't forget - anyone can join the Woldingham Mobile Library free of charge. Up to 10 items per user at any time with a loan period of 4 weeks. There is an extended loan period of 8 weeks for holidays.You may request up to 2 books per visit if they are in the County library stock. Contact Mobile Library No. 4 on 07968 832381.
> Mobile Library Timetable

Updates on the Village website

Our intention is give you regular updates on life in Woldingham and particularly progress on developments such as improvements in the Crescent - so watch this space! Don't forget the News Feature (News and Events) where we want to record important events or items of merit in and around the village. If you would like anything mentioned, please let us know e.g. births, marriages and exam successes etc...

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