#ExploreDorking
It begins with three words: outstanding natural beauty that is right on your doorstep. Dorking boasts incredible outdoor spaces that draw those with an independent, free spirit to our town. With access from the M25, Guildford and Gatwick, and an easy train ride from London by train (and with three train stations), Dorking is an easy get-away.
Dorking satisfies the appetite of the weekender-cyclist who craves a bit of the wild outdoors or the collector who’s been searching for the perfect miniature George III mahogany chest of drawers on our Antique Row in West Street. Dorking is renowned for its independent spirit and heritage – just visit our Dorking Museum, noted by BBC Surrey as one of their ‘Things to Do’ in Surrey.
Visit and take tea the only remaining Pilgrim home in the United Kingdom – American Presidents claim ancestry to the Mullins family through William’s daughter Priscilla Alden.
But there’s so much more to Dorking than its past – it has a thriving cultural and independent shopping scene. It is home to local, independent traders, quirky boutiques, a vibrant art scene, a Farmer’s Market-like Sustainable Food Float, and to the Michelin-starred, award-winning Sorrel, AA’s Restaurant of the Year – England.
Thanks to visionaries, dreamers and well, Dorkinians, this quintessential market town is leading revolutions in local food, pastry, craft spirits and beer, putting Dorking on the world’s culinary radar.
Dorking has activities for both active parents and children, like the Dorking Sports Centre, Dorking Halls and the Meadowbank Playground and Softplay as well as incredible outdoor spaces at National Trust locations like Polesden Lacy, Leith Hill, Ranmore Common, and Box Hill.
We’ve even got an award-winning vineyard on our doorstep. Denbies Wine Estate is arguably the most beautiful (and largest) in the whole of the United Kingdom.
If you can’t decide what to do first, whether you have an afternoon, a weekend or a week, check out Dorking’s upcoming events or our local’s guide that will satisfy your appetite to escape the expected and explore Dorking. Also, we are launching a new website so stay tuned for a clean, modern new look and feel.
In the meantime, download our Dorking LoyalFreeApp to check out our local offers and destination guide and sign up for our e-newsletter on our website to stay in touch on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook at @HelloDorking.
Dorking is a hidden gem in the heart of the Surrey Hills. We hope to see you soon.
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Adventure Awaits in Dorking
Dorking is the hidden gem of the home counties. Set in the gorgeous Surrey Hills, we are surrounded by verdant hills, Denbie’s Wine Estate – England’s largest vineyard, and at the top of the highstreet, we have Sorrel – AA England’s Best Restaurant. Dorking is truly exquisite.
Innovators, entrepreneurs, award-winners all invest in this place because it is special. There is something unique about Dorking. From its heritage, its culture and its independent spirit, Dorking has an ease yet determination about it that makes the town and its people a fantastic place to be.
Explore our Meadowbank playpark, our Dorking Wanderers Football Club, our Dorking Museum and caves, independent shops, amazing cafes and restaurants, and all that our surrounding countryside has to offer: Denbies Wine Estate, the Deepdene Trail, Polesden Lacey National Trust and more.
People love it here and we can't wait to share our town with you.
#ExploreDorking, #HaveanAdventureinDorking, #HeritageCultureSpirit, #PassItOn
North Downs Way, East to West, Part 7 of 7 - Dorking to Farnham
This series of seven videos is a detailed and authoritative photographic flipbook guide to all 157 miles of the North Downs Way travelling from east to west.
The North Downs Way is a long distance footpath and official National Trail, in easy reach from London, that passes through two designated Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty: the Kent Downs and the Surrey Hills. In doing so it traverses the range of hills stretching from Dover in the heel of Kent to Farnham in western Surrey.
Links to the rest of the NDW east to west series
Part 1 Dover to Canterbury:
Part 2 Canterbury to Folkestone:
Part 3 Folkestone to Lenham:
Part 4 Lenham to Trottiscliffe:
Part 5 Trottiscliffe to Oxted:
Part 6 Oxted to Dorking:
Link to the NDW west to east series
The National Trail Web Site
Ordinance Survey Maps covering the NDW
1:50000 Map Nos. 178, 179, 186, 187, 188, 189
1:25000 Map Nos. 137, 138, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150
Public Houses and Inns
06:48 Ye Olde Ship Inn, Guildford:
08:46 The Jolly Farmer, Puttenham:
08:55 The Good Intent, Puttenham:
12:37 The Mulberry, Farnham:
Places of Interest
00:32 St Barnabas Church, Ranmore:
01:21 WWII Pillboxes:
03:08 Netley Plantation:
04:04 Newlands Corner:
05:07 Church of St Martha-on-the-Hill:
06:23 The River Wey Navigation:
07:56 The Watts Gallery:
08:37 Puttenham & Wanborough CC:
08:39 Clear Barn Farm:
08:52 St John the Baptist Church, Puttenham:
10:53 Farnham Golf Club:
11:45 Moor Park House:
Music
Almost in F Kevin MacLeod (
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
Disclaimer
Visitors who use this guide and rely on any information within it do so at their own risk.
North Downs Way, West to East, Part 7 of 7 - Wye to Dover
This series of seven videos is a detailed and authoritative photographic flipbook guide to all 157 miles of the North Downs Way travelling from west to east.
The North Downs Way is a long distance footpath and official National Trail, in easy reach from London, that passes through two designated Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty: the Surrey Hills and the Kent Downs. In doing so it traverses the range of hills stretching from Farnham in western Surrey to Dover in the heel of Kent.
Links to the rest of the NDW west to east series
Part 1 Farnham to Dorking:
Part 2 Dorking to Oxted:
Part 3 Oxted to Snodland:
Part 4 Snodland to Lenham:
Part 5 Lenham to Patrixbourne:
Part 6 Patrixbourne to Wye:
The National Trail Web Site
Ordinance Survey Maps covering the NDW
1:50000 Map Nos. 178, 179, 186, 187, 188, 189
1:25000 Map Nos. 137, 138, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150
Public Houses and Inns
02:55 The Tiger Inn, Stowting:
09:14 The Valiant Sailor, Folkestone:
10:32 The Lighthouse Inn, Capel-le-Ferne:
13:46 Duchess, Dover:
13:49 The Port of Call, Dover:
Places of Interest
00:47 Devil’s Kneading Trough:
00:55 Wye National Nature Reserve:
03:00 Stowting Trout Lake, Water Farm:
03:31 Stone Street Roman Road:
03:39 Farthing Common Plant Centre:
03:46 Farthing Common:
04:31 Postling Village:
05:53 Elham Valley Railway:
06:53 Peene Quarry:
07:01 Channel Tunnel:
07:03 WWII Pillbox, nr Peene:
07:09 Folkestone White Horse:
07:28 Folkestone Downs:
07:35 Cherry Garden Hill:
07:53 Castle Hill & Caesar’s Camp:
08:19 Round Hill, A20 tunnels and viaduct:
08:51 Creteway Down:
09:08 Folkestone Harbour:
09:32 The Battle of Britain Memorial:
10:09 Folkestone Warren:
10:21 East Cliff and Warren Country Park:
11:01 Abbots Cliff House:
11:07 Abbots Cliff Acoustic Mirror:
11:36 Samphire Hoe:
11:45 WWII Gun Emplacements above Samphire Hoe:
11:53 Shakespeare Train Tunnel:
12:09 Dover Harbour:
12:37 Western Heights:
13:11 Drop Redoubt Fort, Western Heights:
13:49 Market Square, Dover:
Music
Almost in F Kevin MacLeod (
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
Disclaimer
Visitors who use this guide and rely on any information within it do so at their own risk.
R. Vaughan Williams - English Folk Song Suite - James Allen Gähres, cond., Ulm Philharmonic
Ulm Philharmonic
James Allen Gähres, conductor
Ralph Vaughan Williams
English Folk Song Suite
I. Seventeen come Sunday – March (Allegro, in F minor) 00:00
II. My Bonny Boy – Intermezzo (Andantino, in F minor) 03:14
III. Folk Songs from Somerset – March (Allegro, in B flat major) 07:01
Live recorded during open public concert.
Ulm, Germany
All rights reserved.
Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on Greensleeves - James Allen Gähres, cond., Ulm Philharmonic:
Cover: Photograph of Ralph Vaughan Williams by Yousuf Karsh, 1949. ©National Portrait Gallery, London.
Paintings, scores and photos:
– A Surrey Landscape (1844), by John Dearman (1824–1856).
– Vaughan Williams conducting at an Abinger pageant near Dorking in Surrey, 1938 ©Dorking Museum & Heritage Centre.
– Harvest Time (1890), by George Vicat Cole (1833–1893).
– Abinger, Surrey (1893), by Benjamin Williams Leader (1831–1923).
– Landscape, possibly The Hog's Back, Guildford, 1858(?), by George Vicat Cole.
– Autograph score from the Vaughan Williams' Manuscript Collection. ©The English Folk Dance and Song Society.
– Pangbourne (1886), by George Vicat Cole.
– Harvest Time (1860), by George Vicat Cole. ©Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives.
– Vaughan Williams conducts the Hallé Orchestra in rehearsal, March 16, 1956.
– A favourite view (undated), by George Cole (1810–1883).
– A peaceful day on the river (1882), by George Cole.
At the turn of the twentieth century, there was a general interest in the recording and utilization of folk musics led by a number of European composers and musicologists. This list that includes such musical luminaries as Béla Bartók, Edvard Grieg, Zoltán Kodály, Percy Grainger, and Ralph Vaughan Williams, many of whom were assisted in their folk song collection by newly invented portable recording devices. Folk songs from the British Isles became particularly fruitful foundations for new compositions, many of which were compiled by members of the English Folk Song Society, whose members included the aforementioned Vaughan Williams and Grainger, as well as collectors and composers Lucy Broadwood, Cecil Sharp, and George Butterworth, among others.
Vaughan Williams' English Folk Song Suite is a work in three movements that interweaves nine folk songs. First published for military band as Folk Song Suite, the suite included an additional movement, Sea Songs, which was performed as the second movement, but composer removed it after the premiere at Kneller Hall on July 4, 1923 and published on its own. The piece was then arranged for full orchestra in 1924 by Vaughan Williams' student Gordon Jacob and published as English Folk Song Suite.
The first movement, Seventeen Come Sunday, features the eponymous folk song (which was also set by both Grainger and Holst) in British march style. The melody to Seventeen Come Sunday, telling the story of a soldier enticing a pretty maid, serves as the first theme, and is followed by the contrasting, lyrical Pretty Caroline, where a sailor returns from war to his beloved. The third strain of the march, is a full, marcato arrangement of Dives and Lazarus, a retelling of the Biblical story and a favorite subject of Vaughan Williams, who also wrote a set of orchestral variations on the melody. The march then returns to Pretty Caroline before restating Seventeen Come Sunday with a final fanfare.
Next follows a slow, haunting arrangement of My Bonny Boy, a painful song of unrequited love first sung by a solo oboe, and subsequently joined by other instrumental colors. Later, a beautiful, swirling arrangement of Green Bushes, another song of unanswered passion, enters in the woodwinds, before giving way again to the original theme.
The final movement of the suite, Folk Songs from Somerset, includes four songs, each presented as successive, contrasting themes in march style, all taken from the titular county on the southwestern peninsula of England. It begins with a light, jaunty melody entitled Blow Away the Morning Dew, also known traditionally as The Baffled Knight, which tells the story of a soldier enticed by a fair maiden, only to be teasingly tricked at the last minute. The second folk song, perhaps providing an answer to the first, is a rousing war ballad dating from the War of the Spanish Succession entitled High Germany, where a soldier attempts to entice another fair maiden to accompany him to war on the Continent. The Trio of the march, The Tree So High, tells the story of an arranged marriage between two children, in a conversation between the unhappy daughter and her father. This is answered by the famous tune, John Barleycorn, a tale of a knight battling, in some versions, a miller or a group of drunkards, all of whom want to chop him down, which can be interpreted as an allegorical telling of the events in the cultivation and harvesting of barley. Finally, the march repeats da capo, repeating the first two melodies before closing with a flourish.
My Hornby Set
This is my current hornby set, it consists of a BR37, EWS 66, Regional Railways 142 as well as 2 Samskip containers and 3 MK2 Carriages.
Enjoy, Sunday, 16th April 2017
Weekend Walk 16 - Duncton to Amberley (South Downs Way)
From Littleton Farm south of Duncton, up onto Bignor Hill and across the Arun Valley to Amberley
North Downs Way, East to West, Part 1 of 7 - Dover to Canterbury
This series of seven videos is a detailed and authoritative photographic flipbook guide to all 157 miles of the North Downs Way travelling from east to west.
The North Downs Way is a long distance footpath and official National Trail, in easy reach from London, that passes through two designated Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty: the Kent Downs and the Surrey Hills. In doing so it traverses the range of hills stretching from Dover in the heel of Kent to Farnham in western Surrey.
Links to the rest of the NDW east to west series
Part 2 Canterbury to Folkestone:
Part 3 Folkestone to Lenham:
Part 4 Lenham to Trottiscliffe:
Part 5 Trottiscliffe to Oxted:
Part 6 Oxted to Dorking:
Part 7 Dorking to Farnham:
Link to the NDW west to east series
The National Trail Web Site
Ordinance Survey Maps covering the NDW
1:50000 Map Nos. 178, 179, 186, 187, 188, 189
1:25000 Map Nos. 137, 138, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150
Public Houses and Inns
01:08 The Port of Call, Dover:
01:14 Roman Quay, Dover:
13:38 The Cricketers, Canterbury:
13:44 The Bishops Finger, Canterbury:
13:47 The Unicorn Inn, Canterbury:
13:52 The Monument, Canterbury:
13:57 The Eight Bells, Canterbury:
Places of Interest
01:08 Market Square, Dover:
01:13 St Mary the Virgin Church, Dover:
01:17 Penchester Gardens, Dover:
01:19 Dover Castle:
01:24 St Paul’s RC Church, Dover:
01:39 Charlton Cemetery, Dover:
01:53 Dover to Richborough Roman Road:
04:34 Ashley:
05:17 All Saint’s Church, Waldershare:
05:46 Waldershare House and Park:
06:26 Coldred Court Farm:
06:35 Railbed to Guilford Colliery:
07:27 East Kent Railway, Shepsherdswell:
07:45 Long Lane Farm Pets Country Crematorium:
08:31 Woolage Village:
08:37 Snowdown Colliery:
09:14 St Margaret’s of Antioch, Womenswold:
11:03 Higham Park Estate, Bridge:
11:37 St Mary’s Church, Patrixbourne:
13:09 HM Prison Canterbury (former):
13:12 St Augustine’s Abbey, Canterbury:
13:28 Canterbury Cathedral:
13:40 Westgate Gatehouse, Canterbury:
13:51 St Dunstan’s Church, Canterbury:
Music
Revival Kevin MacLeod (
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
Disclaimer
Visitors who use this guide and rely on any information within it do so at their own risk.
Captain Baxter takes the goods! Bluebell Railway 19/8/2017
On Saturday 19 August 2017, the Bluebell Railway ran a demonstration goods train between Sheffield Park and Kingscote for guard training purposes, which ran in addition to the standard two train passenger timetable. This video concentrates on this goods train, which was worked by Fletcher Jennings ex-Dorking Greystone Lime Company no. 3 Captain Baxter, which was celebrating its 140th birthday on the same day, it having been built in 1877. The day was not without its problems, with a track circuit failure in the morning at Kingscote which prevented Baxter from running round the goods train, and initially caused a 40 minute delay to service. However, with some fast turn rounds and the decision to terminate the second goods run at Horsted Keynes rather than Kingscote, trains were back on time by 14:30. Credit goes to the Bluebell staff and volunteers for catching up the time, and for running the railway as well as they do!
Shots included:
Kingscote South Signal Box (09:30 ex-Horsted Keynes)
Vowels Lane Bridge (Shunting from 09:30 ex-Horsted Keynes)
Kingscote (10:35 ex-Kingscote)
Horsted Keynes (10:35 ex-Kingscote)
New Road Bridge (12:52 ex-Sheffield Park)
Sheffield Park x3 (14:05 ex-Kingscote, then shunt to Pumphouse Siding, then departure on 15:22 ex-Sheffield Park)
Hope you enjoy!
Stone Lodge Railway NDSR 1989
In 1989 I visited the Stone Lodge Railway [operated by the North Downs Steam Railway] which was being developed on a 'green field' site above Dartford in Kent. The railway closed about 1996 and the NDSR merged with the Spa Valley Railway and moved their stock to the Tunbridge Wells based line.
EWS 66 on the 6F94 empty cement tanks
EWS 66 091 passes Bushey
Class 66 with a little clag passes Bushey on July 6th 2011. The video also features a Class 350 arriving and departing and a Pendolino.
EWS 66 Passing through Leominster
66 Passing through Leominster
Filming From Ardwick Railway Station Manchester by Roy West
Roy West films Ardwick railway station in Manchester, England is about one mile south of Manchester Piccadilly. Situated in an industrial area of east Manchester, it is the least-used railway station in Manchester. north south east west England Manchester filming outdoors with a camera it's an hobby of mine A hobby is a regular activity that is done for enjoyment, typically during one's leisure time.
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Manchester Piccadilly is the principal railway station in Manchester, England. Opened as Store Street in 1842 and renamed Manchester London Road in 1847, it became Piccadilly in 1960. It provides intercity services to London Euston, Birmingham, Bristol, Southampton, South Wales and Glasgow and destinations in Northern England including Liverpool, Leeds, Sheffield, Newcastle and York. The station has twelve terminal platforms in the train shed and two through platforms to the south of it. Piccadilly is a major interchange with the Metrolink light rail system, with two tram platforms in its undercroft.
Tank Hunter | Top 5 Tanks | The Tank Museum
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Charles and Camilla tour Australian outback
CBS News RAW Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, visited the Australian Outback as part of Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee.
London Trolleybus 1348 on show at the 2011 Sandtoft Gathering
K2 class trolleybus , built by Leyland Motors in 1939 is undergoing restoration at Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum. It was on show to the public for the weekend of 30/31 July 2011. The state of the bus at this stage represents one year of hard work by a small team of volunteers.
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Surrey TV news stories from: The Rural Life Centre 23rd Jan 2014
Our news stories from The Rural Life Centre Nr Farnham
Leicester Heritage Bus Running Day 2019
Vintage buses in action in Leicester are featured at the Leicester Bus Running Day which was held at the First Leicester Depot.
As well as a fine display of buses at the depot there were frequent trips to Leicester City Centre with opportunities to visit attractions such as the King Richard III Visitor Centre, Abbey Pumping Centre, The Space Centre or do some shopping. There were also a number of sales stalls at the depot. The constant rain did its best to try and spoil it and made filming a challenge but I hope you enjoy the action. The film starts with some of the buses arriving at the Abbey Lane Depot then departing on tours through the city or to the Space Centre. Buses are then seen in the city at Southgates, Charles Street and Vaughan Way before a return to the depot to see some of the later departures and arrivals back. The film finishes with a few buses leaving the event.
Thanks to all the organisers and volunteers for their hard work in bringing us this event and to First Leicester. It was great to see the buses travelling through the city they once served all be it with less traffic on the roads.
They looked superb, a real testament to those who have restored and continue to maintain them. If you weren't there you missed another superb event so you'll just have to enjoy it on film instead. The highlights were probably the return to Leicester of Ex-Brighton & Hove Scania N112DRB no.701 and the return of a Midland Red D9 to the streets of Leicester for the first time since 1979 bringing back great memories for me and for many others.
Please check out the Leicester Transport Heritage Trust Website at for more information about future events or join and help with the restoration of a vintage bus.
Buses featured in order of appearance:-
217 AJF Leicester City AEC Bridgemaster (1961)
WLT 655 Confidence AEC Routemaster/Park Royal (1961)
M393 VWX Harrogate & District Volvo B10B Alexander Strider
C100 UBC Leicester City Bus Dennis Dominator (1986)
E701 EFG Brighton & Hove Scania N112 DRB (1988)
CBC 921 AEC Leicester City Transport AEC Renown (1939)
966 RVO Barton Transport Bedford VAL14 Yeates Europa (1963)
FUT 240V Leicester City Transport Dennis Dominator (1982)
RHA 919G Midland Red BMMO S23 (1968)
ARY 225K Leicester City Transport Metro Scania (1972)
680 GTM London Brick Company AEC Mercury 2 Lorry (1962)
BAH 809X (TBC 1X) Leicester City Transport Leyland Leopard (1981)
FJF 40D Leicester City Transport AEC Renown (1966)
TBC 50X Leicester City Transport Dennis Dominator (1982)
EHA 424D Midland Red BMMO D9 (1966)
GJF 301N Leicester City Transport Metropolitan (1975)
KLB 596 Browns Blue AEC Regent (1950)
JVV 267G Northampton Transport Daimler CV6G (1968)
AFM 103G Ex-Crosville Bristol RELH6G (1968)
357 MHU Bristol Omnibus Company Bristol MW5G/ECW (1961)
N168 PUT Midland Fox/Arriva Scania L113 (1996)
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Visit Guildford - In the Heart of Surrey
There's so much to discover in Guildford, the historic county town of Surrey. Explore the history of the town, relax in the scenic countryside or take a visit to the many exciting attractions, you're never far from a great time!
See something you like? Be sure to check out our themed videos, which give you a better insight into Guildford's Countryside, Art & Culture, Sport and Heritage!
For more information visit guildford.gov.uk/visitguildford