Representing the residents of Salfords & Sidlow

Welcome to the website for Salfords & Sidlow Parish Council.

The Council aims to serve the communities of both Salfords and Sidlow in ways that back up the efforts of our Borough and County Councils. On this website we try to define the ways in which we seek to advance these objectives, we also want the website to be a means of communication between the residents and the Parish Council, and other organisations.

Salfords and Sidlow is a civil parish within the borough of Reigate and Banstead in Surrey, England. This parish occupies most of the rural area between Reigate/Redhill and Horley and Salfords Village lies approximately 3 miles or 5 km south of Redhill astride the A23 London to Brighton road. 

Salfords means willow-tree ford from the Old English sealh/sah "willow" and ford "ford". In 1193 the name was recorded as Selefrid.

It was the original UK home of the Monotype Corporation, which was one of the world premier manufacturers of hot-metal typesetting equipment in the early part of the 20th century. With the advent of computer typesetting, this equipment has become redundant but the factory employed some 2000 people as late as the 1970's. During the second world war, the premises were used as a munitions factory, and Salfords railway station was built in 1930 to service the corporation. 

At the last census in April 2001 Salfords & Sidlow Parish Council was recorded as having a population of 2484. Sidlow Village lies to the west of Salfords, south of Reigate on the A217. 

Nearby towns include: Horley and Redhill of which Whitebushes and Earlswood represent the southern extremity.

LATEST NEWS ARTICLES

Keep up to date with all the latest news and information from the Parish Council and local community

COUNCIL NEWS > COMMUNITY NEWS >
07 Mar, 2024
The Parish Council is celebrating being in existence for 50 years this year. We have lots of exciting plans to mark this special occasion. We will be holding a celebration fun day jointly with Salfords Social Club on Saturday 29 June from midday until 5pm. There will be a live band, BBQ, Ice cream van, entertainment for all the family and several craft stalls. All our local community groups are joining in and will be showcasing what they have to offer or running a stall. All residents and families are welcome to attend this existing day. We will be hosting another event in Sidlow – more information to follow The Parish Council will be donating and planting trees as part of our 50th year. We will be burying a time capsule so will be asking our community groups and some residents if they would like to donate something to be included to mark where we are in 2024 for someone to find in the future. We have plans to build on improving our environment and hope to share more in the coming months on what we will have to offer our community. We plan to gift roads that have verges with bags of daffodil bulbs so residents can plant them in the Autumn. This would help brighten up our villages and help the local environment and biodiversity.
28 Feb, 2024
Wellbeing Walks
28 Feb, 2024
Community Garden
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MEET YOUR COUNCILLORS

Salfords & Sidlow Parish Council has 8 Councillors, most who were elected in May 2019, that represent the parish on a voluntary basis. Take a look on our Council page to find out further information regarding your representatives.
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PLANNING INFORMATION

Planning notification as received by Reigate & Banstead Borough Council or Surrey County Council will be posted here on a weekly basis. Final decisions on those applications will be posted on a monthly basis
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