Below are the tariffs which will become effective in Walton once the new on-street charges are applied: Hersham Road, Rydens Road, Station Avenue/Halfway Green:  £1 per hour with a two-hour limit, but with free initial 30-mintue period. Ashley Road, New Zealand Avenue, High Street, Bridge Street and Thames Street:   £1 per hour with a two-hour limit, but without free initial period. It will cost 60 pence per hour on all other roads except Ashley Park Road ... Read More

Again it would appear that SCC does not listen to what the people of Walton and Elmbridge want! The earlier post by Chris Sadler gave details of the Cabinet debate which took place on the 10th May regarding on-street parking charges. Detailed below is the recorded vote which decided that the proposal for on-street parking charges would go ahead in Walton and other towns and villages in the borough. The Lead Petitioner presented the petition ... Read More

Results of the Draw for May 2011   Quarterly Prize Number 10       Viva Lloyd Monthly Prizes Number 76      Ann Cox Number 25      C R Sadler Number 19      Alan Ibbottson

Below is a link to the final route for the Olympic Cycling Road Race which will use many roads in Elmbridge. Final Route 2012 Road Race More news will follow when available.

Attractions so far arranged for September 10th are: Routemaster Bus Chris’s Balloon Sculptures Shrapnels Battery Richmond Venturer   Watch this space for more attractions to come

 Update on Introduction of Charges for On-Street Parking Following the huge public outcry against the blanket introduction of charges for on-street car parking across Surrey, an electronic petition was raised to ask that the proposals be withdrawn. In roughly a month, 26,300 e-signatures were added to the petition, which forces Surrey County Council to hear the petition formally presented and debate whether to accept its recommendation or not. The debate was held today (May 10th) ... Read More

Once again we are looking forward to another highly successful day by the River Thames in Walton. If you wish to run a stall or display, please could you confirm your interest to Andrew Reid as detailed below. The cost for each stall will be £15 (as last year). Maximum stall area will be the size of a medium gazebo. The Committee has decided that the fee will be collected in advance this year, to ... Read More

Walton Ambleside Ward  Mike Armitage                The Walton Society            431 Sereena Davey                Liberal Democrats               81 Peter Hawkes                 The Labour Party               162 Alan Kopitko                   The Conservative Party        468 Elected     Alan Kopitko   Walton Central Ward Lewis Brown                    The Conservative Party          1027 Chris Sadler                      The Walton Society             1337 Elected       Chris Sadler     See full Borough Results Here    

Yet again we are disappointed at the misrepresentation of the truth that is presented as the Conservative Manifesto. Their main claim is that the Residents Group cannot be trusted to use your hard earned money responsibly. Yet they are well aware that the Residents Group ran the Elmbridge Borough Council successfully between 1992 and 2006, and by the end of this period the Council had been recognised as one of less than 10 Excellent Local ... Read More