The Parish Of Albury

24/02/2026

Emergency Works - Shophouse Lane, Albury

This from Surrey County Council

For your information I am writing to advise you of emergency works initiated by Thames Water on Shophouse Lane, Albury.
The works are being carried out under road closure for visible leak. The expected completion date is 26th February.

The duration for any ‘immediate’ activity, such as a water leak, cannot be initially challenged upon receipt of the permit. However, we do realise unplanned works of this nature can cause inconvenience and our team is liaising with the utilities company for updates on the progress as and when necessary.

15/02/2026

The Albury Cafe is opening again!

We are really pleased to announce that the Albury Cafe will be opening for business again in the Memorial Library from Monday 16th Feb at 10am!! Really glad to have it back!

We are really pleased to announce that the Albury Cafe will be opening for business again in the Memorial Library from Monday 16th Feb at 10pm!! Really glad to have it back!

20/01/2026

Jumble Sale in Aid of Albury Village Hall

Got toys, clothes or bits you no longer love?

The Albury Village Hall Committee would very grateful for donations for their Jumble Sale on 24th January!

Drop-off times:
* Friday 23rd Jan: 4–6pm
* Saturday 24th Jan: 8–10am

They are looking for:
* Toys, games & puzzles
* Clothes & shoes
* Handbags & jewellery
* Bedding, linen & small household items

Please no bulky furniture, electrical items, or anything broken or soiled.

All proceeds go towards keeping Albury Village Hall open, so every donation makes a real difference.

Got toys, clothes or bits you no longer love? The Albury Village Hall Committee would very grateful for donations for their Jumble Sale on 24th January! Drop-off times: Friday 23rd Jan: 4–6pm Satu…

01/12/2025

Agenda for the December Full Council Meeting

The agenda for the December full council meeting is now available: 12.25 APC AgendaDownload

The agenda for the December full council meeting is now available: 12.25 APC AgendaDownload

04/11/2025

There is an update on the Village Hall which hopefully should be encouraging! The Albury Estate have made a very generous offer of a significantly reduced rent, which would allow the Parish Council to continue operating the Hall. This will be for at least 6 months and is intended to allow a Community Group to form and develop proposals in conjunction with the Parish Council for the Hall’s future operation. The initial steps to form that group have already been taken and I would expect an announcement from them shortly

There is an update on the Village Hall which hopefully should be encouraging! The Albury Estate have made a very generous offer of a significantly reduced rent, which would allow the Parish Counci…

31/10/2025

A public meeting has been scheduled to give Parishioners a chance to discuss the decision to cease its operation of the Village Hall. This will be on Wednesday 5th November at 19.30 in the Village Hall. There is a meeting on Monday, but it is a Parish Council meeting (agenda here) and while Parishioners are always welcome to such events it is being held in the Library - which has limited capacity. We would move it to the hall but that is, somewhat ironically, booked that evening.

A public meeting has been scheduled to give Parishioners a chance to discuss the decision to cease its operation of the Village Hall. This will be on Wednesday 5th November at 19.30 in the Village…

31/10/2025

The Parish Council announcing that it was going to cease operating the village hall has, understandably raised a lot of concerns and many questions. Please click here for the rationale behind that difficult decision.

The Parish Council announcing that it was going to cease operating the village hall has, understandably raised a lot of concerns and many questions. Please click here for the rationale behind that…

29/10/2025

We would like to give an update following our announcement of the very difficult decision to cease operating the Village Hall. This is in response to some questions that have been raised. This applies to the Hall only — not to the Memorial Library. We are in discussions with the Albury Estate about continuing to operate the Memorial Library. We will shortly publish material explaining why this decision had to be taken....

We would like to give an update following our announcement of the very difficult decision to cease operating the Village Hall. This is in response to some questions that have been raised. This app…

29/10/2025

The next full council meeting will be held in the Memorial Library at 7.30pm on Monday 3rd November. A copy of the agenda can be found here.

The next full council meeting will be held in the Memorial Library at 7.30pm on Monday 3rd November. A copy of the agenda can be found here.

23/10/2025

After an extended review the Parish Council has reluctantly decided that it can no longer afford to operate the Village Hall and so it will close at the end of the year.

The Village Hall has been making a growing loss for a long time and whilst the Parish Council was happy to subsidise these losses, the situation is no longer sustainable. Combined with statutory and other commitments, continuing the subsidy would have made the long term financial position of the Council untenable - in short we would have run out of money.

The increase in losses has been driven by a number of factors:

* Bookings have never returned to pre-covid levels and we do not believe we could recover them even if we did we have the resources to mount a sustained campaign
* Costs have increased significantly. We have taken aggressive action to reduce all expenses and do not believe that they can be reduced further
* Our commitments elsewhere have grown (in particular those associated with maintenance) and to reduce those to make the costs of running the hall acceptable would, we believe, require actions that would be even more unpalatable to parishioners
The historical use of the building and its position in village life have made this a hard decision but it is one we believe the Parish Council have had to take.

We would like to thank all the people who have used it over the years and also to extend our apologies to those long term renters for whom this will undoubtedly create a problem.

After an extended review the Parish Council has reluctantly decided that it can no longer afford to operate the Village Hall and so it will close at the end of the year. The Village Hall has been …

09/10/2025

Following the upgrading of the level crossings on the Guildford Reigate line we received some further information which may answers some questions being raised by parishioners - in particular why are the waiting times longer? Many thanks for your email. I’ve attached the below as a narrative about the level crossing barrier down time at following our recent upgrades on the North Downs Line....

Following the upgrading of the level crossings on the Guildford Reigate line we received some further information which may answers some questions being raised by parishioners – in particula…