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Following on from our annual walk up Holmbury Hill, followed by mulled wine and mince pies at Belmont School, on the first Saturday in December, our second festive event is natural wreath making and decorating for Christmas.  Sixteen members of Read on! →

Getting into the festive spirit in the Surrey Hills For the 11th consecutive year, the Surrey Hills Society have walked from Belmont School to Holmbury Hill, near Dorking, as part of their festive season celebrations. Originally designed as one off Read on! →

Our Natural Health Service We were delighted to support the Surrey Hills AONB Symposium, which was organised by the AONB team and our Chairman, Gordon Jackson, in his capacity as Chairman of the Advisory Panel for the Surrey Hills Trust Read on! →

Earl of Wessex presents the Surrey Hills Society with The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service The Earl of Wessex KG GCVO presented The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service (QAVS) to the Surrey Hills Society on Wednesday 6 November 2019 at Read on! →

We were extremely lucky to have a window of some beautiful weather for our Reigate town walk on Sunday.  Twenty four people took part including several people who did as it says you can and just turned up on the Read on! →

On a glorious mid-September day, members of the Society visited Manor Farm at Wotton to learn more about farming in the midst of the Surrey Hills. After a brief introduction in the farmyard, we climbed into a large cattle trailer Read on! →

On 17th September we were lucky enough to have a private tour of this very special little part of the Surrey Hills.  In 2011 the actress Jenny Seagrove set up Mane Chance charity to home some horses that a friend Read on! →

On an extremely wet day in August, a group of members visited two venues in Horsley engaged in growing things. We arrived at Grace and Flavour while it was still fine and so opted to do the tour of the Read on! →

1st September saw the start of Guildford Walking Festival – a month long series of free walks in and around Guildford Borough. Walks have been organised by a whole range of organisations and walking groups – including Surrey Hills Society (SHS) who are also joint sponsors of the festival. Of the fifty or so walks scheduled, ten of them are organised and/or led by us – a significant percentage! Read on! →

Following the recent announcement of our Queens Award for Voluntary Service (QAVS), we received an invitation from the Chairman of Mole Valley District Council (MVDC) to attend their full meeting on 9th July.   Chris Howard, Ken Bare and Martin Cantor Read on! →