Farnham Local Information
Practical local information for Farnham: bin collection days, parking, council tax bands and planning, each one linked back to the official source.
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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.
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Godalming
Godalming Roadworks: Road Closures and Traffic Orders Near Godalming
Godalming roadworks: Waverley Borough Council (from 1 Dec) and every other traffic order within 3 km, checked each morning with the council's notice linked.
Haslemere
Haslemere Roadworks: Road Closures and Traffic Orders Near Haslemere
Haslemere roadworks: Sickle Road (D5522) (from 16 Nov) and every other traffic order within 3 km, checked each morning with the council's notice linked.
Godalming
Godalming Weather: 7-Day Forecast and Today's Hourly Outlook
Godalming weather today: fog, 10°C by day and 0°C overnight, with a 2% chance of rain and winds up to 8 mph. Seven-day forecast, updated every morning.
Haslemere
Haslemere Weather: 7-Day Forecast and Today's Hourly Outlook
Haslemere weather today: fog, 9°C by day and 3°C overnight, with a 2% chance of rain and winds up to 9 mph. Seven-day forecast, updated every morning.
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Farnham Petrol Prices: Cheapest Unleaded and Diesel Today
Cheapest petrol in Farnham today: unleaded from 155.9p and diesel from 185.9p a litre, across 7 forecourts within 8 miles. Updated every morning from the...
Weather
Farnham Weather: 7-Day Forecast and Today's Hourly Outlook
Farnham weather today: fog, 10°C by day and 3°C overnight, with a 2% chance of rain and winds up to 8 mph. Seven-day forecast, updated every morning.
Bins
Farnham Bin Collection Days: Bank Holidays Are Normal
Find your Farnham bin day, with food waste weekly, black and blue bins fortnightly and no garden waste from 21 December to 1 January. Updated November 2026.
Parking
Parking in Farnham: All Day Costs £6.80 or £24.40
Farnham station car park is £9.10 peak, £4.60 off peak. Town car parks run £6.80 to £24.40 a day, Sundays free, Blue Badge free. Every 2026/27 tariff.
Council Tax
Farnham Council Tax Bands 2026/27: Band D Is £2,602.91
Farnham band D pays £2,602.91 for 2026/27, band A £1,735.27 and band H £5,205.82, with all 21 Waverley parish rates and the discounts. Updated November 2026.
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Farnham house prices: £553,429 average, area by area
The median Farnham GU9 home sold for £466,250 in the year to June 2026, the GU10 villages £701,750. Waverley's average is £553,429, down 2.6%. By postcode.
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Farnham to London: 52 Minutes, £5,284 a Year by Train
Farnham to London Waterloo by train is 52 to 57 minutes direct and an annual season is £5,284. Fares, parking and the eight dates trains change to December.
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Things to do in Farnham: 9 days out, castle keep shut
Nine Farnham days out with checked 2026 prices, from a free 1128 abbey to £22.95 at Birdworld, plus the castle keep and the pond water you cannot use.
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Farnham planning: 1,458 homes a year, new plan due 2029
How to look up any Farnham planning application, plus Waverley's 1,458-home target, the Local Plan timetable to 2029 and the two schemes that matter.
Bins
Farnham Christmas Bin Collections: Up to Two Days Late
Waverley's 2026 Christmas bin dates are due in early December. Last year collections ran up to two days late, with Saturday catch-ups and no garden waste.
Schools
Farnham School Term Dates 2026/27: Two Half Terms in October
Farnham schools break up for Christmas on Friday 18 December and return 4 January 2027. Farnham Heath End, Weydon, All Hallows and more, INSET days included.
Trains
Farnham Christmas Trains: Last Waterloo Train 10pm 24 Dec
SWR's last trains leave Waterloo around 10pm on Christmas Eve, nothing runs on 25 or 26 December, and Alton line trains start from Woking on 28 December.
Half Term
Farnham October Half Term 2026: Two Weeks, 26 Things On
Surrey schools break 19 to 30 October, academies 26 to 30 October. The Gruffalo at Alice Holt, Birdworld's show and 20 Maltings workshops, with prices.