https://wokingonline.co.uk/Local news, what's on and the information you need for Woking and its villages.en-GBFri, 02 Oct 2026 15:24:48 +0000https://wokingonline.co.uk/woking-music-festival-centenary-entries/https://wokingonline.co.uk/woking-music-festival-centenary-entries/Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsEntries for Woking Music Festival's 100th year close at 6pm on Sunday 4 October. 328 classes from £7.50, run 6 to 29 November at St John's and two schools.https://wokingonline.co.uk/hadestown-woking-theatre-october-2027/https://wokingonline.co.uk/hadestown-woking-theatre-october-2027/Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsHadestown plays Woking Theatre for eight shows from Tuesday 12 to Saturday 16 October 2027. Tickets on sale from today, 2 October, from £20 plus an 80p fee.https://wokingonline.co.uk/woking-council-tax-reduction-draft-scheme/https://wokingonline.co.uk/woking-council-tax-reduction-draft-scheme/Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsWest Surrey's draft scheme would cut help for 2,206 of Woking's 2,212 working-age claimants from April 2027, with a 15% minimum bill. Consultation approved.https://wokingonline.co.uk/whats-on-woking-this-month/https://wokingonline.co.uk/whats-on-woking-this-month/Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnSix at Woking Theatre from 20 October, the Rotary fireworks in Woking Park on 7 November, plus Woking FC home games and Lightbox half term, with times.https://wokingonline.co.uk/rhs-wisley-glow/https://wokingonline.co.uk/rhs-wisley-glow/Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnRHS Wisley Glow runs on selected nights from 20 November 2026 to 3 January 2027, 4pm to 9pm, and opens on Christmas Eve for the first time. Adults from £7.50.https://wokingonline.co.uk/woking-remembrance-sunday/https://wokingonline.co.uk/woking-remembrance-sunday/Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnWoking's Remembrance Sunday is 8 November 2026 at the Jubilee Square war memorial. Last year the service began 10.35am, silence at 11am, march past after.https://wokingonline.co.uk/woking-santas-grotto/https://wokingonline.co.uk/woking-santas-grotto/Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnMizens Railway's Santa Specials run on 6, 13 and 20 December 2026, pre-booked only. Plus the Squire's Horsell and Victoria Place grottos, with past prices.https://wokingonline.co.uk/woking-saturation-zone-scrapped/https://wokingonline.co.uk/woking-saturation-zone-scrapped/Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsWoking's town-centre curb on new pubs, bars and takeaways, in force since 2007, should be scrapped, council officers say. Surrey Police agrees. Vote on 30 September.https://wokingonline.co.uk/woking-council-this-week-30-september-2026/https://wokingonline.co.uk/woking-council-this-week-30-september-2026/Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsWoking council meetings, 30 Sep to 1 Oct: the town-centre saturation zone, a new taxi policy, a 3.3% staff pay rise and a West Surrey council tax support decision.https://wokingonline.co.uk/woking-this-weekend-25-27-september-2026/https://wokingonline.co.uk/woking-this-weekend-25-27-september-2026/Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsThings to do in Woking, 25 to 27 September: Mizens Railway's season finale with cream teas, Curious Incident's last three shows from £17, and a free Lightbox tour.https://wokingonline.co.uk/woking-planning-this-week-24-september-2026/https://wokingonline.co.uk/woking-planning-this-week-24-september-2026/Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000News26 new Woking planning applications: a 7-bedroom HMO on Board School Road, two sports pavilions, Woking High School classrooms. Comment deadlines from 5 October.https://wokingonline.co.uk/woking-food-hygiene-ratings-september-2026/https://wokingonline.co.uk/woking-food-hygiene-ratings-september-2026/Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsThe Royal Masala on Chertsey Road was rated 1 in August. It is one of 16 August ratings below a 5 that only reached the register after our last roundup.https://wokingonline.co.uk/woking-new-companies-september-2026/https://wokingonline.co.uk/woking-new-companies-september-2026/Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsTwo barbers, a Knaphill pizza takeaway and a dog daycare are among 71 companies set up in Woking borough postcodes this month. Five firms are in insolvency notices.https://wokingonline.co.uk/woking-shoplifting-crime-figures-july-2026/https://wokingonline.co.uk/woking-shoplifting-crime-figures-july-2026/Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsShoplifting reports within a mile of central Woking rose from 258 to 421 in the year to July 2026. Drugs offences fell by a third and public order by 16%.https://wokingonline.co.uk/woking-street-trading-policy/https://wokingonline.co.uk/woking-street-trading-policy/Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsWoking's proposed Street Trading Policy sets fees at £1,240 for a new year-long consent, £135 for a day and £50 for charity events. Comments close 15 November.https://wokingonline.co.uk/cornerstone-woking-games-room-flats/https://wokingonline.co.uk/cornerstone-woking-games-room-flats/Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsThe council's own housing company wants The Cornerstone's unused games room, library and kitchen turned into four studio flats. Comments close 5 October.https://wokingonline.co.uk/woking-car-show-2026-record/https://wokingonline.co.uk/woking-car-show-2026-record/Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsMore than 100 cars filled Woking town centre on 20 September. A 1956 Ford F100 won the public vote by three to one, on the council's highest footfall yet.https://wokingonline.co.uk/lakeview-estate-refurbishment-leaseholders/https://wokingonline.co.uk/lakeview-estate-refurbishment-leaseholders/Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsWoking has awarded the contract to refurbish 14 Lakeview blocks. Cladding costs are waived, but windows, doors and roofs are recharged. The bill is exempt.https://wokingonline.co.uk/woking-fridge-freezer-collections-suspended/https://wokingonline.co.uk/woking-fridge-freezer-collections-suspended/Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsWoking has suspended fridge and freezer collections with no end date. Martyrs Lane still takes them, and collections already booked will still go ahead.https://wokingonline.co.uk/woking-house-prices/https://wokingonline.co.uk/woking-house-prices/Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000Local InfoThe average Woking home sold for £439,916 in July 2026, down just 0.3% on the year. Prices by type, Horsell to Sheerwater, and why Rightmove says £531,000.https://wokingonline.co.uk/mclaren-500m-investment-woking-jobs/https://wokingonline.co.uk/mclaren-500m-investment-woking-jobs/Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000News1,000 new McLaren jobs by 2032, but the £500m names South Yorkshire and a plant with no announced location. Woking's share of the jobs is not stated.https://wokingonline.co.uk/woking-asset-sales-september-2026/https://wokingonline.co.uk/woking-asset-sales-september-2026/Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000News£72m of council property sold so far, £54m under offer. Five more holdings approved on 16 September, the Triangle site among them. Call-in ends 24 September.https://wokingonline.co.uk/woking-house-prices-july-2026/https://wokingonline.co.uk/woking-house-prices-july-2026/Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsWoking's annual fall shrank from 3.0% to 0.3% in a month, to an average £439,916. Flats fell 2.6% while semis and terraces rose. Only Spelthorne is cheaper.https://wokingonline.co.uk/woking-claimant-count-august-2026/https://wokingonline.co.uk/woking-claimant-count-august-2026/Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsWoking's under-25 claimant count reached 345 in August, the highest since May 2021 and more than double the 2022 low. The borough total held at 1,810.https://wokingonline.co.uk/working-together-for-woking-2026/https://wokingonline.co.uk/working-together-for-woking-2026/Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsWoking's voluntary sector fair returns to Woking Leisure Centre on 12 November. 49 groups have signed up, and charities can book a free stall until 28 October.https://wokingonline.co.uk/west-surrey-chief-executive-appointed/https://wokingonline.co.uk/west-surrey-chief-executive-appointed/Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsSusan Halliwell will be paid £236,485 to run the council that takes over Woking's services in April 2027. Nine people applied and the vote was unanimous.https://wokingonline.co.uk/woking-council-abolition-not-paused/https://wokingonline.co.uk/woking-council-abolition-not-paused/Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsMinisters paused council mergers across England on 7 September, but not in Surrey. Woking Borough Council still ends on 31 March 2027, date unchanged.https://wokingonline.co.uk/woking-lidl-quadrant-court-refused/https://wokingonline.co.uk/woking-lidl-quadrant-court-refused/Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsWoking refused Lidl's Quadrant Court store on 4 September. A single-storey shop with a 117-space car park wastes a town centre site, officers ruled.https://wokingonline.co.uk/brookwood-cemetery-new-mausoleum/https://wokingonline.co.uk/brookwood-cemetery-new-mausoleum/Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsBrookwood Cemetery's community mausoleums are full. Six new blocks with 84 chambers start in October; see the plans in the north chapel until Sunday.https://wokingonline.co.uk/woking-mayor-charter-trustees/https://wokingonline.co.uk/woking-mayor-charter-trustees/Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsWoking's mayoralty passes to charter trustees on 1 April 2027 if ministers agree. Pyrford becomes the borough's first parish council on the same day.