Good Morning Surrey,

There are mornings when Surrey feels less like a county and more like a finely balanced filing cabinet. One drawer marked roads, one marked rail, one marked bills, and another containing school emails, weekend plans and a parking refund form that may or may not involve a cup of tea first. This Midweek Brief is, in its modest way, an attempt to keep the papers in a tidy pile.

If you use the A3 near Guildford this weekend, this is the moment to plan before the noble machinery of diversion signs appears. Check your route, allow more time, and do not rely on optimism alone. It is a useful quality, but poor with roundabouts. Are you already changing your weekend plans?

In today’s edition

Let's Take a Look...
-- Prince Khurram.

The A3 northbound at Dennis Roundabout, Guildford, closes from 9pm Friday 5 June to 6am Monday 8 June. Narrow lanes then remain until Monday 20 July, because apparently cones enjoy a summer residence.

Click here: To check roadworks dates and diversion details

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SWR engineering works on 6–7 June affect Waterloo–Portsmouth via Guildford, Waterloo–Alton and stopping services. Some services start from Woking or Surbiton, which is useful to know before standing nobly on the wrong platform.

Click here: To check June engineering changes before travelling

Elmbridge has opened a refund route for certain incorrectly issued parking fines. If you paid a penalty in the affected category, this is one administrative form that may actually give money back.

Click here: To check refund eligibility and next steps

Plans for 234 homes at Eashing Lane have been refused, with road and water network concerns central to the decision context. For residents following local development, this is a material planning call, not merely another beige file.

Click here: To read the planning decision context

Waverley has confirmed its Careline service transfer, with no interruption and no immediate cost increase noted by the council. This matters most for older and vulnerable residents, and for the family members quietly managing the practical details.

Click here: To read the Careline transfer update

Price: £285,000
Address: Walnut Tree Close, Guildford, GU1
Details: 1-bed leasehold flat / size ask agent / 1 bathroom
Parking Type: Secure allocated parking
Note: 104 years remaining on lease.

Click here: To view the full house and plan your showing

Price: £850,000
Address: Grayling Close, Godalming, GU7
Details: Detached house / 1,372 sq ft / 4 beds / bathrooms not stated
Parking Type: Not stated

Click here: To view the full house and plan your showing

A free meal-planning tool has launched for Guildford and Waverley residents, aimed at helping households plan meals and manage food budgets. Sensible, practical, and blessedly less dramatic than discovering everyone has eaten the lunchbox snacks by Tuesday.

Click here: To access the free meal-planning tool

Surrey’s summer 2026 term ends on 22 July. From September 2026, community and voluntary controlled schools move to a two-week autumn half-term. Academies, voluntary aided and foundation schools may differ, because one calendar would be far too merciful.

Click here: To check term dates and school calendar notes

Club4 summer bookings open Tuesday 30 June at 7.30am. Eligible children can book up to 16 days through Surrey’s HAF programme, which may be the most useful sentence in this edition for parents with a spreadsheet and a thousand-yard stare.

Click here: To register interest or book a HAF place

Woking’s council page sets out food banks, community fridges and low-cost cafés. Food banks require referral, while community fridges do not, so check the route before heading out.

Click here: To find food support options and access details

Alice in Wonderland | Sun 7 June (Info/Tickets)
Location: Farnham Maltings, Farnham
Description: Family theatre with 1pm and 3pm performances. Price: £12, or £40 for a group of four.

Dorking Street Art Trail Launch | Sat 6 June (Info)
Location: Dorking town centre
Description: Free-feeling town-centre activity with local-business footfall built in. Ideal if you enjoy a wander with purpose.

The Playboy of the Western World | Thu 4 June (Info/Tickets)
Location: Farnham Maltings, Farnham
Description: NT Live screenings at 2pm, subtitled, and 7pm. Price: £15, £12 under-18s.

Young Frankenstein | 1–6 June (Info/Tickets)
Location: Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford
Description: Stage musical running this week. Price: from £23. Age guidance: 14+.

Animal Magic | Sat 6 June (Info/Tickets)
Location: Godalming
Description: Community arts concert option from Godalming Operatic Society. A civilised Saturday evening, which is no small thing.

A Celebration of Marillion | Fri 5 June (Info/Tickets)
Location: The Boileroom, Guildford
Description: Adult live-music pick for Friday night. Likely louder than your group chat.

Andernach Twinning Concert | Fri 5 June (Info/Tickets)
Location: Great Hall, Farnham Maltings
Description: Concert marking Farnham and Andernach’s 35th anniversary. Price: £17.50, £12 concessions.

Music in the Park | Sun 7 June (Info)
Location: Godalming
Description: Free outdoor music, 3pm–5pm, with wet-weather backup listed. Very Surrey to have both optimism and contingency.

Dorking Friday Market | Fri (Info)
Location: Dorking
Description: Friday market, 8.30am–2pm. Good for a purposeful browse before the weekend properly interferes.

Farncombe Station Market | Sat 6 June (Info)
Location: Farncombe Station car park
Description: Saturday market, 10am–2pm. Convenient if your errands already orbit the station.

Haslemere Farmers Market | Sat 6 June (Info)
Location: High Street, Haslemere
Description: Farmers market, 10am–1.30pm. Bring a bag and some moral restraint around baked goods.

Cranleigh Craft & Gift Market | Sat 6 June (Info)
Location: Cranleigh
Description: Craft and gift market, 10am–4pm. Useful for presents, browsing and the small lie that you are “just looking”.

Location: The Seahorse, Shalford
Description: The Seahorse officially reopens on 5 June after its makeover, making it a neat local pick for the weekend. It is the sort of reopening that suits a midweek note rather than a trumpet fanfare, which is generally healthier for everyone involved.

Expect a familiar country-pub setting with refreshed surroundings and menus to check before you book. Worth a look if Shalford is in your orbit and your household has reached that solemn stage of saying “shall we just go somewhere” at 6.12pm.

Click here: To see sample menus and restaurant information

Silent Pool World Gin Day | Sat 13 June (Info)
Location: Silent Pool, Albury
Description: Plan-ahead adult pick, 12–8pm, with free listing noted. Not one for the children’s timetable, unless your children are imaginary and called Tonic.

V Café at The Guildford Institute | Mon–Fri (Info/Menus)
Location: Guildford Institute, Guildford
Description: Vegetarian and vegan café, open 9am–3pm, with lunch 12pm–2pm. Sensible, central and unlikely to require a second mortgage for parking snacks.

Seasons Café | Weekly opening (Info)
Location: Guildford Cathedral, Guildford
Description: Open Monday–Saturday 9am–3pm and Sunday 9am–12 noon. Good for coffee with a view and a little architectural perspective.

Independent Living Team Leader – Woking Borough Council | Closing 8 June (Apply)
Location: Woking
Description: Council role useful for someone with service, care or housing support experience.

Test & QA Manager – University of Surrey | Closing 16 June (Apply)
Location: Guildford
Description: £58,225–£69,488. Senior tech role for someone who enjoys finding problems before everyone else does.

Technology Transfer Manager – University of Surrey | Closing 18 June (Apply)
Location: Guildford
Description: £47,389–£51,753. Role connecting university research with commercial opportunity, which sounds grand because it rather is.

J Lewis Plumbing & Heating | Local service (Info)
Location: Guildford
Description: Plumbing and heating business for planned work, repairs and those household moments when the boiler chooses drama.

Guildford Couriers Ltd | Local service (Info)
Location: Guildford
Description: Local courier business for urgent deliveries and logistics jobs where “I’ll pop it over later” has collapsed as a strategy.

The Alteration Yard | Local service (Info)
Location: Friary Centre, Guildford
Description: Tailoring and alterations in central Guildford, useful when clothing and reality have parted company slightly.

A week of roadworks, rail changes and household costs is not exactly bunting weather. Still, Surrey remains very good at making a small plan feel restorative, a market wander, a café table, or a quiet walk that avoids the A3 entirely. That may be the most dignified diversion of all.

Thank you for reading. let’s chat on Friday.