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Our next Open Meeting, Vera Fletcher Hall, Embercourt Road, Thames Ditton is on Tuesday 30th Sep 2025 - 8pm . All who live or work in Thames Ditton and Weston Green are welcome. Click here for our Open meeting dates

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Local Government Reorganisation - Update

Local Government Reorganisation  Residents may have heard that in 2027 our local councils (Elmbridge and Surrey) are being replaced by a single unitary Council, the format of which is yet to be decided by Government. Surrey County Council is hosting an online Q&A session on 7 July, in order give residents a chance to learn a bit more about what is planned, why and what we can expect from a unitary council in future. You can book on to the event here:  https://www.surreycc.gov.u...

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RA Chairman's Annual Report

The AGM of the TD & WG Residents’ Association was held in March. Here is the report for 2024-2025 given by Chairman, Alex Batchelor.  May 2024 saw our Residents’ Association candidates in both Thames Ditton and Hinchley Wood & Weston Green wards elected to Elmbridge Borough Council with substantial majorities. I am the beneficiary of your support in Thames Ditton – and thank you to all who voted – and equally to those who delivered leaflets, put up boards, canvassed, spoke to nei...

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Petition to restore TD pharmacy - Latest

Thames Ditton pharmacy application under consideration Following the submission of the Petition to restore a pharmacy to Thames Ditton High Street, an application to open a new pharmacy is being considered by Surrey Heartlands Integrated Care Board.  We await further news on this. Meanwhile, our RA Surrey County Councillor, Nick Darby, has used the opportunity of the Council's AGM in mid May to argue the case for the restoration of our TD High Street pharmacy.  Click here to see ...

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Local Gov't Reorganisation for Surrey

All change in Surrey Councils - the view from your Elmbridge Borough Councillors Few residents are aware of the massive changes that are happening within local government that will have lasting changes on our Council services. The Government believes in devolving powers to Mayoral authorities, which are already working well in some parts of the Country, and wants to roll them out across the rest of the UK. The idea is to devolve decision making and spending powers 'from Whitehall to the Town...

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Nature & Climate Festival Photo Competition 2025

TD&WGRA Nature & Climate FestivalPhotography Competition 2025 Sponsored by: Killik & Co Let’s celebrate our wonderful local environment by capturing it on camera As part of our fourth Nature & Climate Festival (10-12  October 2025) we are running a photography competition,  open to everyone in Thames Ditton and Weston Green, with  a special open category for non-residents and/or  photographs taken beyond our locality, including overseas. ...

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Join the TDWGRA's Swift Survey

Swifts:  Masters of the air  It is time to watch out for those black, scimitar-shaped birds that grace our skies for a few brief months each summer. They are Common Swifts (Apus apus), a migrant species that visits us each year to breed, arriving in Thames Ditton suddenly in late April and leaving equally abruptly for Southern Africa at the end of August.  Swifts are often confused with Swallows and House Martins, but although they are superficially similar, they are not closel...

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Vital Village - Two new initiatives

Vital Village is starting two new initiaves  Men's Pit Stop  This is a Surrey County Council initiative toencourage open communication, connection and support for men of all ages.Every Tuesday evening at Vital Village.     Tea and Togetherness   Every first Sunday of the month.     Also, it’s the Vital Village Membership launch on Saturday 3rd May from 9.30 till 4pm. Click here to go to the Vital Village website for more details.  

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Molesey Venture development, Orchard Lane

Molesey Venture development, Orchard LaneWhy was it permitted? Many residents in Ember Farm Way and Orchard Lane will have been disappointed to see planning approval given in March for the redevelopment of the Molesey Venture site. The Molesey Venture development at the northwest end of Orchard Lane comprises 74 residential units in three blocks (A, B & C). The planning application (2022/3525) was first submitted in November 2022, and the following year TD & WG Residents' Association...

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Vital Village's Stuff Depot initiative

Vital Village's Stuff Depot  A new Vital Village initiative is being set up - a Stuff Depot. In essence it's a library of equipment that local residents can borrow - to use and then return when they've finished. The premise behind this is that it's wasteful in resource terms for us all to own equipment that we might only use very infrequently. Much better to have some of these available at Vital Village for the whole community to borrow as and when they need them. They are asking the co...

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Thames Ditton Pharmacy Petition – Update

Update on the Pharmaceutical Needs Petition for Thames Ditton A huge thank you to everybody who signed the petition about getting the pharmacy reinstated in the village. Together with help from the Thames Ditton Foundation, the Residents' Association achieved the magnificent total of almost 1200 signatures (1190 to be exact) thanks to the tremendous response from the residents and visitors to the village. This is really a magnificent total and will be very useful to encourage and help any ...

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Network Rail's digital notification service

Network Rail have announced (below) a new digital notification service regarding engineering works - for people living close to railway lines.  Local residents who live near to the railway are set to benefit from a new digital service that will let people know about upcoming railway engineering work, emergency work and get updates about current maintenance and upgrade projects in ‘real-time’. Line-side neighbours living within 500m of a railway line across Network Rail’s Wessex route - ...

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Criminality & Fascist vandalism near us

Fascist vandalism on Thames Ditton & Esher Golf Course  Surrey Police have advised us of the following criminal activity. You may be aware of an article published in the media regarding a very concerning incident at the above location. Police currently have four recent crime reports dating from November 2024-February 2025 regarding this damage. The other incidents have not involved any racist/anti-Semitic symbols. The local neighbourhood team is aware and we will do what we can to...

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We welcome your support - The Residents' Association is for all residents and those who work in the borough wards of Thames Ditton and Weston Green regardless of party or creed. If you wish to contribute your skills and experience to support the Association in some capacity; if you have articles or photographs that you would like to submit for publication here or in our magazine; or if you would simply like to subscribe to our non profit-making Association, please contact us.

Please vote for Residents' Association candidates in local elections - We should be delighted to receive your support at election times. If you want us to bat for you, you must put us in!  Click here to find out more about why you should consider voting for us.