Weyside Urban Village – Update
Guildford Borough Council update us on this exciting regeneration project on our doorstep.
In 2020, we set out our vision for the transformation of Weyside. The regeneration will bring new homes, facilities, and opportunities for the local community. We have held thirteen consultation events to inform the scheme, which is now progressing at pace. Here’s a glimpse of some of the exciting developments happening in our area.
Transforming spaces into homes
Part of the Bellfields Allotments and former Aggie Club site will pave the way for 81 new homes. We will soon be selecting a developer to deliver the new homes. This is an important step in regeneration as it brings us closer to realising our vision to provide new homes and a sustainable and inclusive community.
Aggie Club Community Centre
The Aggie Club has celebrated its first year in a new community space. The purpose built building was handed over in 2023 so that community activities could continue. The new facility has a fantastic events hall, a members’ bar area, and a kitchen for the club’s popular café.
New allotment sites
We’ve been hard at work on creating new allotment sites across the borough. Allotment holders relocating from Bellfields Allotments have moved to either North Moors or Woodside Road. Their plots are establishing and are growing fresh, home-grown produce. There is still some work to do to complete North Moors. However, there will be extra plots, across all the sites, for people on the allotment waiting list to enjoy. Interested in an allotment? Contact the Guildford Allotment Society at waitinglist@guildfordallotments.org.uk
Relocation of sewage treatment works
Guildford sewage treatment works is relocating to a new site. The move will free up much-needed land for housing. It will also provide a new sewage treatment facility for Guildford. This marks the first major investment in new waste infrastructure for Guildford for several years. Construction work is well underway with the main tunnel complete, the majority of foundations now complete, and structures starting to be built.
Construction of new electricity substation
The UK Power Network is building a new substation and laying new cables in this area. The work has started and will be ongoing until 2025. This work will support the new Weyside community and residents already living in the area.
Moving forward: exciting developments ahead
Over the coming months, several new projects and plans will kick off. These will bring even more improvements to our community. Here’s what to expect:
New council depot
Plans for a new council depot have been revised. The revisions need approval from the local planning authority. The new depot will streamline waste and recycling operations and improve services for residents. The first works will start on site in June 2024. The regeneration will bring new homes, facilities, and opportunities for the local community.
Phase three regeneration
A planning application for phase three of the regeneration will be considered later this year. This phase includes approximately 175 new homes. In 2023 a consultation on the design of the homes was held. The consultation considered community needs and preferences.
Highways improvements
A series of highway improvements will begin later this year. These upgrades will improve some junctions, roads, and bus lanes. The improvements will provide access to new homes and make travel around Weyside more efficient and safer.
Burpham Court Farm Nature Reserve
A new nature reserve at Burpham Court Farm also forms part of the regeneration plan. This new reserve will create diverse habitats for wildlife. It will also open up access to the countryside for everyone. New footpaths and cycle routes, extra trees and planting and picnic areas all form part of the new plans. The Environment Agency has now completed work to create a new fish pass at the river weir which helps fish to navigate this obstacle allowing them to grow and thrive.
For more information about the Weyside regeneration or to see upcoming events and site activities, please visit www.weysideurbanvillage.co.uk or email michelle.morley@chessengage.com.
Chess Engage provides communications support for the Weyside regeneration scheme.
Our ‘Your Fund Surrey’ bid
We’re asking for your support of our ‘Your Fund Surrey’ bid to upgrade St. Peter’s Shared Church buildings in Bellfields.
To show community support Your Fund have setup a ‘Have Your Say’ process. You can access this by clicking on yourfundsurreyproposals.commonplace.is/
Please scroll to our project add any comments, supply your email address and don’t forget to validate your email when they send a request.
We want the buildings to become versatile, welcoming spaces, fostering interaction and cohesion for all people in our community. We want to create a dynamic community hub, open daily, with a specific focus on building friendships, hospitality, health (especially mental health), youth engagement, adult employability, developing individual agency and access to an expanded Oak Café and community food pantry. Community events and activities are also planned, supported by a strong volunteer base to ensure daily accessibility.
Currently, the site hosts diverse activities open to all, including exercise classes, youth groups, debt management advice, relationship courses, over-55s club, café, toddler group, cooking courses, and a community pantry. However, the building’s current layout limits its full potential. This project will unlock it.
Approved plans feature a new Welcome Area – a vaulted, glass-roofed atrium housing the Oak Café and community pantry. This space will also serve as the main entrance, hospitality area, workspace, and ensure wheelchair-friendly access throughout.
St. Peter’s is asking for £1,117,236 from Your Fund Surrey to build the Welcome Area. In addition, we will need to raise further funds to complete all the buildings’ other renovations and cover professional fees to date. So far, we have raised £375,000 towards this and will be prioritising new accessible kitchen and toilets.
Support from Your Fund Surrey is the key to transforming St. Peter’s Shared Church into a vibrant community hub, enhancing social cohesion and providing extensive services, thus empowering the local community. More details can be found here: www.stpetersguildford.org/our-building-project
Church Administrator: 01483 572078
www.stpetersguildford.org
A good, good father
Celebrating Father’s Day in June.
Kirsten Rosslyn-Smith, Vicar at St Peter’s Shared Church
If I asked you to describe a ‘good’ Father I wonder what you would say? Someone strong, or reliable, someone trustworthy and kind, someone who always thinks the best of you, someone encouraging who protects you… fill in your words here.
Now this may describe your own father, or it may not – Whatever our own experiences we have an idea of what makes a good father or what we would like one to be like.
Father’s Day as we know it here in the UK originated in the United States – and came to this country probably during WW2 when American troops were here. American, Mrs. Senora Smart-Dodd was listening to a mothering Sunday Service and wanted to honour her father who had brought her and her siblings up alone. The first father’s day was celebrated on 19th June 1910 and it is now celebrated on 3rd Sunday in June.
Dads, granddads and uncles (whoever is there for you) help form who we are, their encouragement and support means the world.
Father’s Day is an opportunity to say thank you to fathers or our father figures for the good things they have given us. To tell them what their encouragement and support has meant to us to let them know the things they do that bring us joy. Maybe acknowledging the way they have worked hard, or time they spent with us
Reflect for a moment: what particular thing would you like to say to your Father? Be specific, tell him what makes you proud of him – what you love the most about him. Or if you are a dad think what it is you want to share and help your children to grow.
In the Lord’s Prayer we address God as ‘Our Father’ – but really it should say Daddy that’s what the first word of that prayer means: Abba – a much closer and more intimate way to address God which is surprising really, Daddy expresses a relationship one of trust and love.
There are lots of images about God expressing his love and compassion for people by calling us his Children there are images of motherhood and fatherhood to express the kind of relationship that God longs for with us – one of my favourite pictures is Charlie Mackesy’s image of the embrace of the prodigal son by the father.
Knowing we are loved by our heavenly Father can give us confidence – Happy Fathers Day!
We will be celebrating Father’s Day by giving out chocolate to the men in our lives at our Sunday morning service on 16th June 10am and exploring more about why we can call God ‘Our Daddy’ in Messy Church on 16th June at 4pm – with craft, story, food and lots of fun.
Church Administrator: 01483 572078
www.stpetersguildford.org
The Building of Bellfields
Carol Brown’s history of Bellfields & Slyfield
It’s really exciting that at last we have ‘Bellfields & Slyfield Pages’ popping through our letterboxes and I am pleased that I can share my passion for history with you all, especially the history of where we live!
As the Millennium approached Sally Thornberry, a much respected Local Councillor and past Mayor, asked me to oversee an oral history project. She wanted to record the memories and stories of those people who had lived on the estate in Bellfields for many years before they all disappeared.
Many had lived here from the very beginning of what would become the prime social housing estate of the South East. Sally’s jaw nearly hit the floor when I suggested that we actually turned this into a book. But with a grant from Guildford Borough Council, The Bellfields History Group was formed and Bellfields Remembered was published.
The Stoke Hill Estate was purchased by Guildford Borough Council in 1944, ready for building new houses as soon as the war was over. Although Stoke Hill House has long gone there are still traces to be found, as can be seen in the image (top right). On Woking Road and Riverside parts of the boundary wall can still be seen.
Integral to the history of Bellfields is the Paynter Family. They owned Stoke Hill House and both Samuel and his son, Francis, were Rectors of Stoke Church. But not to be forgotten is Julia Mary Ann ‘Fanny’ Paynter.
Many myths and stories surround Fanny. One is that she sold the land to the council, but she did not own the land. It belonged to the Paynter Family Trust and it was they who sold the estate. She died just one week before her 100th birthday in May 1939.
I will share these stories here, along with stories of local people, the history of our estate and images I have collected over the years.
I would love to hear any stories or history that you would like to share as there is a plan to update Bellfields Remembered and reprint the book. Please contact me, Carol Brown, at browne@ntlworld.com or come to the Bellfields History Tent on July 13th for the Fun Day on the Green.
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Latest news from Guildowns: Stoughton Road Surgery
New ways of working in Primary Care
All GPs are facing unprecedented demand on their services, and have financial and space issues. GPs realise that they need to move with the times, innovate and find new ways to improve access for their patients. We have a number of new ways of working:
New triage system to ensure that you see the right health-care worker the first time
When you phone or come to the surgery to ask for an appointment, your request will be screened and checked by an experienced GP who will advise the type of appointment best suited to your healthcare needs. For example, if you have an acute illness, you may be asked to attend your pharmacy or you may be seen by the practice’s Urgent Care Team. If you need some blood tests before you see the clinician for a longer standing health problem eg Diabetes, you may be asked to have a blood test before you see them.
New health care practitioners working at your surgery to ensure that you see the health professional best suited to your health need
Our teams now consists of allied health care professionals, all fully qualified and experts in their areas. All practices have pharmacists available to discuss your queries or concerns about your medicines. You can book straight into our First Contact Physiotherapist for joint or muscle problems such as back, knee or shoulder pain.
New Platforms to contact us for appointments and queries
Practices now have more ways for you to contact them. So, whilst you are still welcome to come to the reception desk in person, it may be quicker to use the telephone system which has been upgraded giving us the ability to flex the number of receptionists available to answer your phone calls.
You will be asked a few questions by our trained receptionists to ensure that the experienced GP who reviews all medical queries has the full information available for an assessment of how best to help you. Better still, is to use the messaging system through your NHS app or the practice website.
The triage GP may refer you to other services such as the Pharmacy First team at your local pharmacy for minor illness such as sore throat, sinusitis and uncomplicated urine infections. They are able to issue prescriptions for antibiotics if needed.
A New Team to support your urgent health needs
Practices now have a new team to support your urgent on the day health needs. Our Urgent Care Team comprise of clinicians all work under the supervision of an experienced GP. The team consists of experienced paramedics, physician associates and Advanced Nurse Practitioners. If you have a healthcare need which means you need an appointment that day, it may be that it is dealt with through a phone call or you may be asked to provide photographs to provide extra information or be seen by a member of the team in person. We may ask you politely to travel to another site in order to be seen quicker if there are no appointments at your usual site. Thank you for your help and understanding with this.
Address:
Guildowns – Stoughton Road Surgery, 2 Stoughton Road, Guildford, Surrey GU1 1LL
Phone:
01483 409309
guildowns.nhs.uk/our- surgeries/stoughton-road-branch/
Opening hours:
Monday 8.00am-6.30pm
Tuesday 8.00am-6.30pm
Wednesday 8.00am-6.30pm
Thursday 8.00am-6.30pm
Friday 8.00am-6.30pm
Saturday & Sunday Closed
Gardening Hints & Tips – June & July 2024
May & June 2024
Worplesdon Garden Club is a friendly and enthusiastic club which meets every second Tuesday of the month from 8-10pm in the Old Church, Emmanuel Parish Centre, Stoughton, Guildford, GU2 9SJ with doors open from 7.45pm.
About Worplesdon Garden Club
Membership is only £15 for the year from January (£8 from July) and includes a full schedule of speakers throughout the year, plus a range of social events including Garden Visits, Lunches, Barbecues, and Horticultural Shows. Please see the club website, www.worplesdongardenclub.co.uk, for more details. Visitors (£3) and new members are always welcome.
Club News:
Tuesday 11th June
Club Meeting in June
Eddie Bailey – ‘The Soil Food Web’.
Tuesday 9th July
Club Meeting in July
Cindy Smulders – ‘Swan Lifeline’.
For more information on Worplesdon Garden Club contact Tim Bonnert on 01483 237702, info@worplesdongardenclub.co.uk, or visit www.worplesdongardenclub.co.uk where you can read our latest Club Newsletter – www.worplesdongardenclub.co.uk/newsletters
There is a full programme of events throughout the year and we have a Summer Show where the cups and trophies the Club has inherited from the days of the village shows in early 1900’s are presented.
Gardening hints and tips for June and July
- All half-hardy annuals and tender vegetables can be planted out now that the risk of frost has passed. The warming soil and long days of summer will mean they will grow rapidly.
- New growth on all plants will however, be a magnet for slugs and snails. Only Slug Pellets containing Ferric Phosphate are approved for use but not all slugs do damage to your plants, so try to use a Garlic wash or other natural methods of control (including encouraging wildlife) to limit damage by slugs and snails.
- Warm days and nights will bring on your plants but also all the unwanted weeds too, so keep on top of these opportunistic weeds by regular hoeing on dry days.
- Keep the greenhouse well-ventilated and water regularly as warm days and rapidly growing plants will dry out the compost very quickly.
- Mow lawns regularly, especially if June is an unusually wet month. Moss and broadleaf weeds may still be treated in early June but most treatments require rain shortly after application so time any application appropriately.
- The new growth of herbaceous perennials will require staking, tying, or a plant support to keep them from sprawling or being damaged in the wind. It is better to put the supports in place before they are needed by the tall plants.
- Prune early flowering shrubs such as Deutzia, Philadelphus and Weigela (RHS Pruning Group 2) after flowering and certainly before the middle of June to allow time for the new growth that follows to harden and bear flowers next year.
- For all your flowering plants, remember to deadhead as often as you can to prolong flowering.
- In the vegetable garden, plant out sweetcorn in blocks rather than rows to help with wind pollination of the cobs and continue the succession sowing of salad crops for a continuous supply throughout the summer.
- Pinch side-shoots of cordon (indeterminate) tomatoes and continue to tie in the stems to a cane or twist around a suspended string.
- Feed annual and perennials, all plants growing in tubs or containers fortnightly, and tomatoes and cucumbers weekly with a high potash/potassium (K) liquid fertiliser.
- Keep all pots, containers, and hanging baskets well-watered and do not get the compost dry out completely.
- Pick fruit and vegetables regularly – this is especially true for beans and peas that will reduce or stop flowering as mature pods ripen, and for courgettes that will become marrows if left too long on the plants.
Garlic wash slug deterrent
Chop or crush the cloves from whole bulb of garlic in a pint of water in a saucepan, boil for 5 minutes and allow to cool
Strain carefully through muslin or kitchen paper suspended in a sieve, bottle, and store in the fridge
To use, dilute 1 tablespoon in a gallon of water (1:250) in a watering can or sprayer and apply over all the foliage and surrounding soil
Repeat weekly
For more information on Worplesdon Garden Club contact Tim Bonnert on 01483 237702
info@worplesdongardenclub.co.uk
www.worplesdongardenclub.co.uk
A brief history of the club
The Worplesdon Garden Club can trace its origins back to the early 1900’s when Worplesdon Horticultural Society was formed.
The original idea was that the Society together with Worplesdon WI would hold annual village shows, which would encompass horticulture, crafts, cooking etc. The shows had separate sections for estates/large landowners and smaller gardens and allotments and proved to be very successful and with only a break during the 1st World War were run for many years.
Unfortunately economic circumstances changed with the loss of sponsors and the effects of the 2nd World War, meant that the annual show became unviable. It was at this stage that the Horticultural Society changed to become Worplesdon Garden Club and over subsequent years has always had an active membership and now meets every Second Tuesday of the month from 8.00-10.00pm at Emmanuel Parish Centre, Shepherds Lane, Stoughton, Guildford, Surrey GU2 9SJ.
There is a full programme of events throughout the year and we have a Summer Show where the cups and trophies the Club has inherited from the days of the village shows in early 1900’s are presented.
