Surrey's best fish and chip shops with 'generational food' nominated for national award

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        September 24, 2026

Surrey's best fish and chip shops with 'generational food' nominated for national award

Good Morning Guildford — 2026-09-24

The two fish and chips shops have been named among the best
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Surrey's best fish and chip shops with 'generational food' nominated for national award
• The two fish and chips shops have been named among the best
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Guildford Dragon · yesterday
Dragon Review: The Choir of Man – Yvonne Arnaud Theatre
• By Ferenc Hepp This is not your usual musical with a storyline, in fact, we start the evening with a pint on the stage served from a fully functional bar at the back of the set.
Guildford Dragon · yesterday
New Guildford Photo Exhibition Covers Decades of Events – Big and Small
• By Jason Blackwood Award-winning Guildford photographer John Walmsley has a new exhibition running at the Guildford Institute.
• The exhibition spans years of his documentary work, tracing John’s artistic journey from his formative years at Guildford School of Art in the 1960’s right up to recent town events.
Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust news · Health · yesterday
New shared leadership arrangements for expanded hospital group
• The Group Chair and Group Chief Executive roles shared by Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust are expanding to include Queen Victoria Hospital N
SurreyLive — Surrey News · Local news · yesterday
Woking groomer who used online alias to encourage child to engage in sexual activity jailed
• His offending first came to light after the victim’s mother found Snapchat and Instagram messages on her phone
Woking News & Mail · Local news · 3 days ago
Key players required to raise funds for charities
• The Woking Pianothon returns on 3 October after a four-year absence with pianists invited to come along and help raise money for Woking & Sam Beare Hospice and The Woking Young Musicians’ Trust.
Woking News & Mail · Local news · 3 days ago
Woking Car Show fires all on cylinders
• The Seymours Woking Car Show returned last Sunday (20 September), firing on all cylinders and taking over the town centre with its diverse display of classic, custom and American cars.
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Official notice: Guildford Borough Council news. Checked today for council records, public notices, consultations, transport changes, openings or service disruption. Open source ->Official notice: Woking Borough Council news. Checked today for council records, public notices, consultations, transport changes, openings or service disruption. Open source ->Official notice: Experience Guildford BID events. Checked today for council records, public notices, consultations, transport changes, openings or service disruption. Open source ->Official notice: Guildford Dragon. Checked today for council records, public notices, consultations, transport changes, openings or service disruption. Open source ->Official notice: ONS - Guildford Census 2021 area change. Checked today for council records, public notices, consultations, transport changes, openings or service disruption. Open source ->
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What's on: next 14 days
A quick-view of 45 public listings happening across Guildford over the next 14 days. Tap any item for the source and full details.
1 OctArt Swap Shop! Art & Grind1 OctArtist in the Window: Sam Kennedy Art & Grind1 OctAutumnal Landscapes Collage Workshop with Kirsty! Art & Grind1 OctGuildford Festival of the Arts Guildford Town Centre2 OctImpressionist Revolutions The Guildford Institute2 Octlunch Club Guildford United reformed Church2 OctNicolas Meier World Group Sextet The Stoke2 OctSchoolgirl Stitches: A hundred years of teaching needlework Guildford Museum24 SepAuthor Talk: Layla McCay The Queer Bookshelf New House Art Space24 SepBowling for Mental Wellbeing Guildford Spectrum24 SepHellfire Comedy Club - September G Live25 SepCK Gospel Choir St Nicholas Church25 SepCraft Cafe - Jewellery Making G Live25 SepThe GI Music Lounge - Rowan Stuart The Guildford Institute26 SepLuke Wright - Later Life Letter Yvonne Arnaud Theatre27 SepBrian Bilston: How to Lay an Egg with a Horse Inside Yvonne Arnaud Theatre29 SepCommunity Tuesday Coffee Culture29 Sep; 6 OctLittle Notes: 14mos-2.5yrs Autumn Term Pass Yvonne Arnaud Theatre29 SepPicture This! FREE Art Exhibition Art & Grind29 SepSing the Shows - September G Live29 SepThomas Hardy- Nature, Fate and Love The Guildford Institute29 SepTwelve Angry Men Yvonne Arnaud Theatre3 OctFilkin’s Drift at The GI Music Lounge Guildford Institute3 OctHalloween Monster Roll Rosa's Thai30 SepSunflower café Guildford Reformed Church4 OctGuildford Festival of the Arts: Guildford Jazz Yvonne Arnaud Theatre5 OctAn Evening with Edward Chisholm Waterstones5 OctMartin Shaw The Stoke5 OctMemoir Discovery Workshop at The GI The Guildford Institute6 OctGuildford Farmers Market High Street Guildford6 OctHealth and Fitness in Midlife and Beyond with Will Harlow and Kate Rowe-Ham in conversation Guildford High School6 OctStarchild: My Life Under the Night Sky with Dr Maggie Aderin Guildford High School6 OctTristan & Yseult Yvonne Arnaud Theatre30 SepBird Tweets Walk27 Sep at 11:00Fake or Fortune | Guided Walk - Sunday 27 September 202625 SepGIVE Guildford Castle Walk26 Sep at 11:00Guildford Story | Guided Walk - Saturday 26 September 202629 Sep at 11:00Medieval Guildford | Guided Walk - Tuesday 29 September 202625 SepWalk around Shalford & some railway history too | Guildford Walkfest27 SepBrian Bilston: How to Lay an Egg with a Horse Inside Sun 27 Sep 2026 Brian Bilston is one of the UK’s most popular poets.29 SepLittle Notes: 14mos-2.5yrs Autumn Term Pass Fun-filled music classes for babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers Tue 29 Sep 202629 SepLittle Notes: 2.5-4.5yrs Autumn Term Pass Fun-filled music classes for babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers Tue 29 Sep 202629 SepLittle Notes: 5-14mos Autumn Term Pass Fun-filled music classes for babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers Tue 29 Sep 202626 SepLuke Wright - Later Life Letter Sat 26 Sep 2026 The story of Luke Wright's adoption.29 SepTwelve Angry Men Tue 29 Sep 2026 - Sat 3 Oct 2026
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Guildford received its first charter in 1257, granting the town the right to hold a market and a fair. Source →
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