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Visit Surrey towns and villages: where to eat, shop and explore
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Surrey Life towns & villages is an annual guide published free with Surrey Life magazine. Please get in touch with nominations for Surrey towns & villages you'd like to see featured in next year's publication
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Visit Walton-on-Thames: where to eat, shop and explore
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With its fantastic riverside setting and great pubs, not to mention the excellent shopping on offer, Walton-on-Thames is the perfect place to head for when it gets to the weekend. Matthew Williams reveals the things we shouldn’t miss
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Visit Godalming: where to eat, shop and explore
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An idyllic Surrey town set in beautiful countryside on the River Wey, Godalming retains much of its historic character – and a weekend could easily be spent just exploring its side streets and waterways, as Matthew Williams reveals here
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Shalford: Surrey village life
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Located on the River Wey, just a stone’s throw from Guildford, this picturesque village offers an idyllic taste of the country, with the historic Shalford Mill at its centre. Matthew Williams brings us the low-down...
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Chipstead: Surrey village life
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Located just outside London’s urban sprawl, the village of Chipstead is surrounded by great walking country and is also home to some fantastic pubs
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Peaslake: Surrey village life
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A hub for mountain bikers and with its own community- run school, they operate to their own rules in Peaslake
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Nicholas Owen meets BBC Radio 2's Sally ‘Traffic’
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One of Radio 2’s best-loved broadcasters, Sally ‘Traffic’ has been keeping listeners informed of problems on the roads for more than a decade.
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Nicholas Owen meets the man responsible for many of Surrey’s trains, Keith Ludeman
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As the chief executive of the Go-Ahead group, Keith Ludeman is the man responsible for many of Surrey’s trains. Nicholas Owen got to do what most commuters would like to do, and spent an hour putting a few questions to him…
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Hindhead Tunnel - Surrey Life's Nicholas Owen meets the men who made the dream a reality
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Originally Surrey Life writer Nicholas Owen visited the £371 million Hindhead Tunnel for our February edition. Then 7,000 people walked the tunnel; Surrey Life made Jeremy Vine’s Radio 2 show; and finally the opening date of July 27 was announced
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Nicholas Owen meets the voice of golf, Peter Alliss
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Golf legend Peter Alliss, who has lived in Hindhead for the past 30 years, is one of the best-loved commentators in the game. BBC newsreader and Surrey Life interviewer NICHOLAS OWEN went to meet him
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Nicholas Owen meets Denbies' owner Adrian White
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The owner of Denbies Wine Estate in Dorking, Adrian White has brought Surrey wine to the world stage. NICHOLAS OWEN went to meet him
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More than 60 great things to do in Surrey for your 2012 diary
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If ever there was a year to be excited about in Surrey, then this is it, with everything from the countdown to the Olympics and the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations to the 100th anniversary of the Titanic
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Behind the scenes of Surrey’s film sets: War Horse, Snow White & more
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With the release of Steven Spielberg’s War Horse, our county is once again hitting the big screen. Shot largely at Wisley, it’s been just one of a number of films to delight Surrey’s dog walkers, ramblers and residents in recent years
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Surrey’s Rock Atlas – from John Lennon and Keith Moon to Eric Clapton
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The Surrey countryside has long been a draw for rock royalty – from John Lennon and Keith Moon to Eric Clapton. In Rock Atlas, author David Roberts traverses the nation in pursuit of musical history, and here he shares a few Surrey tales
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A Place in the Sun presenter Amanda Lamb on why happiness is at home in Hampton
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As the presenter of A Place in the Sun, Hampton Hill resident Amanda Lamb gets to travel to some of the world’s most glamorous destinations – but she says she’s never happier than when she gets back home to her Victorian town house
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Surrey Golf seeks young volunteers for BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth
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The Surrey Golf Partnership has launched a European Tour legacy project to recruit young volunteers for the BMW PGA Championship at the Wentworth Club in May.
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Historic Heroes of Surrey – 10 of the best - Surrey Museums Month 2012
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With Surrey Museums Month celebrating our county’s historic heroes this April, here the good folk of Surrey Heritage share ten of their favourites with us...
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Godalming's Jack Phillips and the Surrey Titanic story
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There has always been a certain fascination with the story of the Titanic, immortalised in the 1997 Hollywood blockbuster, but one tale the film didn't tell was that of chief wireless operator, Jack Phillips from Godalming
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BBC Surrey’s Nick Wallis on the mic and behind the scenes of local radio
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Welcome to a brand new monthly column with BBC Surrey’s Nick Wallis, in which he’ll be sharing everything from what goes on behind the scenes at the radio station to stories of his busy family life in Walton-on-Thames
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Surrey celebs share their favourite restaurants, shops, views, and places to visit in Surrey
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Over the years, some of Surrey's best known personalities have revealed what they most love about our county to Surrey Life. Here, we compile their favourites and ask what makes you proud of living in Surrey?
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Surrey charity news
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Surrey-based Swingbridge 2 to take part in the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant
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Local charity the Surrey Care Trust will be helping to make royal history when its Swingbridge 2 boat joins the Queen and thousands of others for the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant.
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Paralysed Godalming man to ‘cycle’ from Guildford to Glasgow
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Two years after being paralysed while working in Colombia as an English teacher, Godalming resident Dan Eley is set to begin a "virtual" Ride for Research of 550 miles to raise £10,000 for Guildford charity Spinal Research.
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Help save Surrey's heritage - current campaigns and calls to action
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Around the county, there are constant efforts to preserve Surrey’s natural and man-made heritage that require both voluntary work and philanthropic funding. Here, we bring you a few of the projects in Surrey that you can get involved with today
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