Charity donation helps more babies sleep easy
Good Morning Guildford — 2026-08-15
Some 100 newborn babies are to benefit from Woking District Rotary’s latest charity donation.
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Charity donation helps more babies sleep easy
• Some 100 newborn babies are to benefit from Woking District Rotary’s latest charity donation.
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15 AugStory Safari The Friary Centre
15 AugFree Fringe Day High Street
15 AugThe Barricade Boys The Guildhall
18 AugSummer Youth Party G Live
19 AugEco Mission Day The Friary Centre
19 & 26 AugSunflower café Guildford Reformed Church
20 & 27 AugBowling for Mental Wellbeing Guildford Spectrum
20 AugMemory Cinema - Summer Holiday G Live
20 AugToto the Ninja Cat Yvonne Arnaud Theatre
21 AugThe Ibiza Orchestra Experience Stoke Park
22 AugGuildford’s Sausage & Cider Festival Stoke Park
27 AugAn Evening with Adele Parks Waterstones
22 AugFake or Fortune | Guided Walk - Saturday 22 August 2026
21 Aug at 17:30Fantastical Mr Carroll | Guided Walk - Friday 21 August 2026 at 17:3015 Aug at 11:00Fantastical Mr Carroll | Guided Walk - Saturday 15 August 2026 at 11:00 & 14:00
20 & 28 Aug at 11:45Guildford Explorers| Guided Walk - Friday 28 August at 11:45
16, 20, 23 & 25 Aug; 28 Aug at 17:30Guildford Story | Guided Walk - Friday 28 August 2026 at 17:30
27 AugHidden Guildford | Guided Walk - Thursday 27 August 2026
18 AugRoyal Guildford | Guided Walk - Tuesday 18 August 2026
20 AugA Little Angel Theatre, Mercury Theatre Colchester and Mayflower Southampton co-production Toto the Ninja Cat and the Great Snake Escape Thu 20 Aug 2026 - Sun 23 Aug 2026
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The University of Surrey was established by royal charter on 9 September 1966, having moved from its roots as Battersea College of Technology in London to a green Stag Hill site in Guildford. Source →
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