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We scheduled a walk in Dorking as one of our Free Walks of the Month this year to mark the 150th anniversary of Ralph Vaughan Williams’ birth and he lived in or near Dorking as a child and later in life so we were searching for evidence of his time there. Read on! →

Surrey Hills Society’s funding helps two local schools encourage nature into their school grounds. Read on! →

Huge praise for the Surrey Hills Society from National Highways. Read on! →

Christa Emmett, our Project and Volunteer Coordinator and Ash Greening joined ten families supported by the National Autistic Society Surrey Family Support Team at Clandon Woods on Monday 22nd August. Read on! →

Whether or not you are planning to visit this memorial during Guildford’s Walkfest, you can find out its unique history here. Read on! →

You may not be surprised to hear that the Guildford area is home to many high technology enterprises, but did you also know that even in the 1800s a Surrey resident had a key role to play in computing. Read on! →

A living landscape constantly evolves, sometimes in surprising ways. Find out how disused quarries in the Surrey Hills are finding a new lease of life. Read on! →

Huguenot refugees sought sanctuary here in the 1500s but stayed on to help shape local industrial and artistic heritage. Read on! →

With so much beauty above ground it can be easy to overlook some remarkable landscapes underground. Take a journey with us into the Godstone caves. Read on! →

Robots are expected in science fiction or a children’s bedtime story but here in the Surrey Hills? Read on! →