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Makeover complete for Walton Playhouse

By VictoriaE at 11:01 on 16/01/12

The Cecil Hepworth Playhouse officially re-opened in Walton-on-Thames on Friday, January 13, after an extensive £350,000 renovation programme to bring it up to standard for the community and its current and future users. The Playhouse is one of the most prominent arts venues in Elmbridge, with its distinctive 1920's features familiar to Walton residents. Originally built by Cecil Hepworth, it then went through various...
Elmbridge Borough Council launches leisure and culture festival to celebrate Olympics

By VictoriaE at 10:30 on 16/01/12

Walton-on-Thames residents are invited to get involved in a year-long festival of leisure and cultural activities which is set to bring the whole Elmbridge community together. As preparations get underway for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee, so too will Elmbridge celebrate. The festival, called 'Elmbridge Celebrates…', has been granted the Inspire Mark, the...
A Green start to 2012 in Elmbridge

By VictoriaE at 10:01 on 16/01/12

It was a green start to 2012 in Elmbridge as Elmbridge Borough Council's garden waste team took more than six tones of Christmas trees off to be composted. The annual tree-recycling event on Saturday, January 7, saw one of the highest recycling rates in the country and Walton-on-Thames residents were among those who were green at Garsons Farm, in Esher. Councillor Glenn Dearlove, portfolio holder for the environment said:...
Walton residents can get Back to Sport for Olympic year

By VictoriaE at 11:35 on 03/01/12

WANT to lose extra pounds put on over the Christmas period or thinking of taking up an old sports hobby? Well Walton-on-Thames residents can now join Back to Sport an initiative set up by Elmbridge Borough Council. Residents can start playing an old sport they may have given up or even try a new one. The courses are focused on learning and reviving sports skills in a sociable environment and include racketball, netball, rowing and...
Ditching the housing deposit in Walton on Thames

By MIKENEWS at 09:39 on 24/08/11

A new scheme has been set up to make it easier for people on the council's housing register in Walton on Thames to find a home. Landlords in the borough can now chose to accept a 'bond' from the council instead of a cash deposit. The bond exempts landlords from having to worry about deposit protection schemes - making the process far easier for the landlord. Cllr James Browne, Housing Portfolio Holder at Elmbridge Borough Council...

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Walton on Thames take-away in the dock for poor hygiene

By Sun_flower_10

Thanks for flagging this up - it certainly makes you think about where you will go for food in the...

By MIKENEWS at 16:59 on 04/04/11

The boss of a Walton on Thames Chinese takeaway has been fined more than £10,000 for breaking food hygiene laws. Raymen Yuen, company director of Star Chef Limited , the operator of the High Street's Oriental Chef, pleaded guilty to seven food hygiene offences and was fined £1,500 for each offence, totalling £10,500, as well as being ordered to pay court costs of more £2,000. The court heard that officers...
Walton on Thames’ new look High Street revealed

By MelBattams

Forgot to add, this can only be a good thing for people living in Walton - I know we are in a bit of...

By MIKENEWS at 16:01 on 21/03/11

The revamp of Walton on Thames' High Street has been completed. The new look layout with redesigned pavements has been unveiled along with a commemorative plaque. The 'Soul to the Street' project as the council has called it, has improvements that include wider footways for pedestrians near The Heart entrance with flowering trees and benches, new street lighting, co-ordinated paving and street furniture, which included new cycle...
Click to keep Walton on Thames’ streets clean

By Sun_flower_10

This sounds great. I think it's a brilliant idea that you can text message the council to let them...

By MIKENEWS at 18:32 on 26/01/11

You can now check quickly and conveniently when a Walton on Thames street is next due to be cleaned. The council's new online Street Cleaning Search Facility has been introduced as part of a number of wider improvements to the borough's street cleaning service. The measures include new mechanical sweepers, additional recycling bins for town centres, new cleaners in town centres and the ability to now send a text message to the...
Get that bus out … on a Sunday

By Shiv_At_Home

Pleased to see Walton buses have been saved. Over in Staines we've had bus routes axed - including...

By MIKENEWS at 17:00 on 03/06/10

Walton's bus services have been spared in a major cost cutting programme agreed by Surrey County Council. It was feared entire routes could be axed when the plans were first unveiled by transport officials at County Hall last year. However, while managing to strip more than £1.7 million out of the annual bus subsidy budget of around £5 million, the county council is keeping all of Walton's routes running although some...