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Creating Oxshott's Heritage – Village Sign Exhibition

Oxshott Village Sign Design BriefThe project to design, produce and install a beautiful, traditional Village Sign for Oxshott is now well under way. The Oxshott Village Sign team with the support of the community hopes to inaugurate Oxshott’s very own sign in the Spring of 2019.

Over the coming 2018 May Bank Holiday weekend, short-listed designs for the sign will be on display in the Village Centre, as part of the Oxshott Art & Crafts Society’s Annual Spring Exhibition. The Oxshott Village Sign team would like to personally invite you to come along and see for yourself the wealth of creative talent on display. Royal Kent and Danes Hill pupils embraced the Design Brief with great enthusiasm, and we will also be showing work from Oxshott Art & Crafts Society members, and others. We would love to know which are your favourites!

It will also be an opportunity for you to learn more about this exciting community project and how you can help by lending your support and pledging a donation.

      Where :  Oxshott Village Centre – Free Admission 
  When : Saturday 5 May 2018 Midday to 5:00pm
Sunday   6 May 2018 10:00am to 5:00pm
Bank Holiday Monday 7 May 2018 10:00am to 5:00pm

For more details visit the website: www.oxshottvillagesign.com

Re-dedication of the Avenue of Remembrance, Cobham

Avenue of Remembrance Re-dedication, 8 April 2018Despite the rain more than 120 Cobham residents attended the re-dedication of the Avenue of Remembrance on Sunday 8th April 2018.

The Avenue of Remembrance is an important memorial to those who lost their lives during WWII and lived in and around Cobham.

A community initiative to restore the Avenue of Remembrance Cherry Trees in Cobham was launched by Elmbridge Borough Council and local organisations in September 2017. The much-loved and admired memorial was originally created and dedicated in 1946 by the Cobham Womens’ Institute who planted the cherry trees in commemoration of local service people who lost their lives in WWII.

Over the last 70 years the avenue had lost its impact, due to some trees becoming diseased, and replacement trees not thriving. A consultation carried out with Cobham and Stoke D’Abernon community in September 2017 highlighted a wish to restore the avenue to its former glory.

A recommendation to renew the Avenue of Remembrance to protect it for the future was approved by Elmbridge Borough Council who also financed the project. Works started in earnest in February 2018, culminating in a "Topping Out" ceremony on 15 February to mark the planting of 46 Cherry trees to replace the original ones. The replacement trees were grown by Barcham Trees from Cambridgeshire. They are now in place to mark the centenary of the end of WW1, and will hopefully be fully mature for the WWII centenary commemorations in 2039-2045.

This project is a fantastic testament to the dedication and commitment of local organisations to look after and nurture their environment, in partnership with the Borough Council. The organisations involved in this initiative are Cobham Cedar Club Women’s Institute, Royal British Legion Cobham Branch, Cobham Conservation and Heritage Trust, Cobham and Downside Residents’ Association, Stoke D’Abernon Residents’ Association and St Andrew’s Church Cobham, together with other churches in the area.

View the photo gallery      View the re-dedication programme

 

Successful CIL funding application for three footpath projects

Footpath SignWe are delighted to report that in February 2018 the Trust was successfully awarded CIL (Communities Infrastructure Levy) funding by Elmbridge Borough Council for three footpath projects. The three footpaths are:

  • A new footpath on Leigh Hill Road, which will join Leigh Corner and Leigh Place
  • A new all weather footpath along the north side of Downside Common
  • Improvements and repairs to the footpath that borders Knowle Hill Park (behind Lodge Close).

In total we have been awarded almost £50,000 and the Trust will be topping this up with another £9000. We will be working with Elmbridge Borough Council and Surrey County Council to implement the works and hope to be able to complete the improvements over the summer of 2018.

 

NFU Mutual Insurance Offer

If you have a Cobham Village Card and purchase one of NFU's Home, Comprehensive Car or Equine policies, through the local Cobham NFU Mutual branch, they in turn will make a contribution equivalent to 10% of your new policy premium into a charity of your choice. If you choose the Cobham Conservation and Heritage Trust, this will help to fund our projects and our other work.

For a quote, please contact 01932 865 667, or pop into 5 High Street, Cobham, Surrey, KT11 3DH, and remember to mention 'Cobham Village Card' and 'Cobham Heritage' as your chosen charity.

If you don't already have a Cobham Village Card, get it free via the Cobham Village website www.cobhamvillage.co.uk. The Cobham Village Card is issued by the Cobham Chamber of Commerce.

Alterations to the M25 junction 10 and the Painshill roundabout.

M25 J10/A3 Improvement SchemeYou will have read about the proposed alterations to the M25 junction 10 and the Painshill roundabout. These have major implications for all of us in Cobham and the surrounding area. As part of these, from the top of Painshill to the lights on the byfleet road there will be extra lanes in each direction to allow more space for vehicles to queue! Painshill park will lose a chunk of land behind its unique follies.

There are three ways to engage before the consultation ends on 26th March:

  • Examine the plans at Cobham library available until 26th March 2018 and respond to the consultation.
  • Go along to one of the public information events (see below) and respond to the consultation.
  • Support Painshill by going on to their website (www.painshill.co.uk/a3/) and supporting their petition to Highways England.

Public Information Events

Friday 23th February 2018   12:00 – 19:30  Cobham Hilton, Seven Hills Road,
Cobham, KT11 1EW
Saturday 24th February 2018  10:00 – 17:00 Cobham Hilton, Seven Hills Road,
Cobham, KT11 1EW
Friday 2nd March 2018  14:00 – 19:30 Cobham Village Hall, Lushington Drive,
Cobham, KT11 2LU
Saturday 3rd March 2018  10:00 – 17:00 Cobham Village Hall, Lushington Drive,
Cobham, KT11 2LU
Friday 9th March 2018  15:30 – 20:00 Ripley Village Hall, High Street,
Ripley, GU23 6AF
Saturday 10th March 2018  10:00 – 17:00 Ripley Village Hall, High Street,
Ripley, GU23 6AF
Friday 16th March 2018  08:00 – 20:00 Cobham Services M25
Friday 23rd March 2018  08:00 – 20:00 Cobham Services M25

You can also visit the Highways England website to see more details: www.highways.gov.uk/m25j10 

Avenue of Remembrance at the Tilt - Trees Successfully Replaced

We are glad to report that the Avenue of Remembrance cherry trees at the Tilt which were in such bad condition, have now been replaced thanks to Elmbridge Borough Council following the public consultation at the end of 2017.

The opportunity has been taken to move them a little further away from the busy Stoke Road to minimise the effects of the salt spray that comes from the road during icy conditions.

The trees are a substantial size and should flower soon and make a stunning avenue once again.

Please make a note in your diary for the Dedication ceremony for the new trees. This will be held on Sunday 8th April at 12.30. More details to follow.

 

New Cherry Trees on the Tilt
New Cherry Trees on the Tilt

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