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Do you need help with local transport?

By Oxted Local / 18/01/2021

Do you need help with local transport? For shopping, medical appointments or transport for vaccinations, etc. East Surrey Rural Transport Partnership, (ESRTP) is a charitable organisation that works with the support from local councils & SCC to provide much needed additional community transport including North Tandridge Dial-a-ride and Tandridge Buses 4U transport services. For details:-…

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Smarter not harder.

By Oxted Local / 03/01/2021

I first saw yoga in the 1970’s. In the 1980’s I shared a house with a yoga teacher and my oldest friend tried to persuade me to engage in yoga in the early 90’s, but I was not for turning;  I was a high octane loving man:  squash and gym daily, running, biking, tennis and…

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Surrey-based hairdresser has been crowned Southern Hairdresser of the Year 2020

By Oxted Local / 03/01/2021

Surrey-based hairdresser has been crowned Southern Hairdresser of the Year 2020 at HJ’s British Hairdressing Awards, sponsored by Schwarzkopf Professional. Thomas Hills, Owner and Director of TH1 Hair – a hairdressing salon in Oxted, Surrey – fought off stiff competition, standing out from a star-studded line-up of the city’s best-known stylists to gain the coveted…

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Stars for January 2021 with Howard Parker, the Astro-guide – www.astroguidance.co.uk

By Oxted Local / 03/01/2021

Capricorn: 22 December – 19 January OK, so you have held things together pretty well for the whole of 2020 but that was then and this is now.  It won’t happen quickly but 2021 is going to present you with some very new challenges of a kind that may be completely unfamiliar to you up…

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Community Spotlight

By Oxted Local / 03/01/2021

NEWS FROM LIONS Although it is now some time ago, we wanted to share some of what the club was up to towards the end of 2020.  The Club went along to the Food Bank in Caterham at the end of November to give them a cheque for £1300. Coronavirus has meant that fundraising has…

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January Recipe: Pea and Mint Soup / Chocolate Avocado Mousse

By Oxted Local / 03/01/2021

2021!  Let’s leave the last year well behind us and get this one off to a good start. This month I’ve come up with a couple of recipes suitable for anyone doing Veganuary, and everyone else too. PEA & MINT SOUP. I love soup. There is nothing more warming or comforting for lunch and it’s…

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FINANCIAL FOCUS: Happy New Year!

By Oxted Local / 03/01/2021

Hopes are high for a globally distributed vaccine meaning 2021 could see us being able to meet and catch up with each other… have Hugs! 2021 – Where in the World would you like to be? At the time of writing we are told to expect vaccines to make a difference, perhaps by the summer…

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Our thanks and best wishes to our longstanding Show Secretary

By Oxted Local / 03/01/2021

After an astonishing 33 years of service in the role of Secretary, Jackie Shearman retired from the Edenbridge & Oxted Agricultural Show at the end of November.  Jackie has been key to the growth and smooth running of the Show since it moved to the Showground at Ardenrun in 1988. During her time in the…

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The Friends of Limpsfield Common (FoLC) Survey

By Oxted Local / 03/01/2021

The Friends of Limpsfield Common Committee were delighted with the response to our recent request to take part in a Survey. Thank you. We had 378 responses. This has provided us with lots of very useful information which will help guide our plans for the future. We have shared the contents of the survey with…

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Moor House School & College Who we are and what we do!

By Oxted Local / 03/01/2021

Moor House has been an integral part of the Hurst Green community for 73 years! We are situated at the top end of Mill Lane, with wonderful views of the green from our first-floor offices and classrooms. From 1947 until 2011, all students at Moor House were residential. In 2011, the decision was made to…

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