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The Village Hall, 5 Honeycrock Lane, Salfords, Surrey, RH1 5DG.
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.
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Autumn Litter Pick Event
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 held a celebration fun day jointly with Salfords Social Club on Saturday 29 June. There was performances from live band 'Something Like That', BBQ, Ice cream van, candy floss stall, entertainment for all the family including fairground attractions, bouncy castle, Tug of War, China Smash, Safecracker, Tombola run by Christ the King church, Hit the hammer, and several craft stalls. All our local community groups joined in and showcased what they have to offer or ran a stall. We hosted another event in Sidlow on Sunday 30 June where families were entertained with live bands, BBQ and licensed bar, children games and the obligatory Tug of War. Thanks to all our residents and families who attended. The Parish Council has donated and planted 5 Himalayan Birch Betula Utilis Jacquemontiie trees to Salfords Social club as part of our 50th year. We have also gifted a happy to chat bench to the club. Cllr Caroline Clarke and Claire, the Clerk, attended Salfords Primary School where we provided the school with environmental gifts including bird boxes, bat boxes, bug hotels, hedgehog houses and hedgehog gateways. All the pupils received Rubix cube style gifts as the game was created in 1974. We also provided the school with a Buddy Bench which is currently in their infant area. 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 held a scarecrow competition and awarded environment gifts to the entrants. We will be gifting 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. If you would like your road to be included please get in touch
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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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