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  1. Tue 10 Nov An Evening with Louis de Bernières and Emily Rose Smith 7.30pm · Farnham Maltings, Cellar Bar · From £23.50
  2. Wed 11 Nov Stand-Up Comedy Club 8.30pm · Farnham Maltings, Cellar Bar · From £15
  3. Sat 14 Nov Farnham Christmas Lights Switch-On 1pm · Gostrey Meadow · Free
  4. Sat 14 Nov Stargazing in the Meadow at Winkworth Arboretum 7.30pm · Winkworth Arboretum
  5. 14 to 15 Nov Art in Clay Farnham Maltings · From £6.50

Latest Farnham news

Christmas Christmas Shopping in Farnham: 20 Independents Worth a Georgian Stroll We checked 20 Farnham area shops, from Elphicks to a six-floor antiques mill, for opening hours, addresses and what they sell. Updated November 2026. · 14 min read Christmas Where to Buy a Christmas Tree Near Farnham, From Alice Holt to Liss We checked 9 places selling real Christmas trees near Farnham, from Alice Holt Forest to Oxenford Farm, for prices and opening dates. Updated November 2026. · 12 min read Grants Farnham Groups Can Bid for £500,000 of Town Council Money Farnham Town Council has opened a £500,000 fund for charities, clubs and community groups, paid for by developers' CIL. Bids over £10,000 close on 3 January. · 4 min read Waverley Borough Council Waverley Council to Vote on Palestine Procurement Motion Full Council votes on 10 November on a Green councillor's motion to review Waverley's ethical procurement for human-rights risks. Questions close 4 November. · 3 min read Christmas Ice Rinks Near Farnham: Six Places to Skate This Winter and What They Cost Six rinks near Farnham with 2026 dates, prices and rules, from Guildford Spectrum open all year to Hampton Court from 20 November. Checked November 2026. · 10 min read Food & Drink Christmas Dinner in Farnham 2026: Menus and Prices Eight Farnham pubs and hotels with 2026 prices, deposits and dates, from £33.95 festive menus to Christmas Day lunch at £95 to £130. Checked November 2026. · 10 min read Godalming Godalming Wins Gold at Britain in Bloom UK Finals 2026 Godalming town centre won Gold at the RHS Britain in Bloom UK Finals, one of 44 national finalists. Rochdale took its category; Stonehouse won overall. · 3 min read Local Info Farnham Roadworks This Week: Park Row and the A31 By-pass Park Row closes by day for five days from Monday 16 November. Surrey has also booked works on the A31 Farnham By-pass from 18 to 24 November. · 23 min read Roads A31 Farnham Corridor Scrapped: Government Confirms in Writing The Department for Transport's list, published 23 October, names the A31 Farnham Corridor among 15 road schemes removed. What it meant for Hickley's Corner. · 4 min read Business Farnham Post Office to Close With TG Jones, Likely January The Post Office has confirmed the Farnham counter in TG Jones on The Borough will close shortly before the shop does. No date yet; Lower Bourne and Weybourne are the nearest branches. · 4 min read Days out Days Out Near Farnham With Children, Checked October 2026 15 days out near Farnham for children, from Birdworld to the Watercress Line, with prices, winter hours and the four free to enter. Checked October 2026. · 11 min read Community Farnham Community Groups Invited to Work Together Farnham Voice wants residents' associations and community groups to share their plans in a working group and a public board, starting with Neighbourhood CIL. · 5 min read

Waverley has four towns and no centre. Farnham is the largest, Godalming is where the council works from, and Haslemere and Cranleigh are separate again, each with their own high street and their own set of arguments. The villages between them, Wrecclesham, Badshot Lea, Tilford, Frensham, Elstead, Milford, Witley, Chiddingfold, Farncombe, Bramley and Hindhead, mostly identify with whichever town they shop in.

Farnham Today covers all four towns and the villages, because they share one council and therefore one set of decisions about planning, bins, parking and council tax. We read the registers and committee papers that record those decisions and write down what is in them, with a link back to the document each time.

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The main sections

  • Local Info: house prices, trains, parking and planning across the borough.
  • News: the record, from Farnham, Godalming, Haslemere and Cranleigh.
  • What’s On: what is on this week in the four towns.

Nothing is published here that we cannot link to a source.