Effingham Residents Association
Effingham Residents Association (EFFRA)
The Trustees of the charity, Effingham Village Recreation Trust, have issued the following statement via their website As many residents will know there has been an incursion of travellers with caravans and other vehicles onto the KGV premises on 23rd Continue Reading
On Wednesday 23 August there was another Traveller invasion in Effingham. This time Travellers cut the chain on the A246 gate to the King George V Playing Fields The KGV Playing Fields and Hall are managed by the charity, the Continue Reading
Guildford Borough Council has issued the following statement on Tuesday 22 August 2017 to all Effingham Residents. We have a traveller incursion on Effingham Common and I set out status and actions below. Details as of 2pm today: 7 Caravans Continue Reading
On Tuesday 22 August, Travellers broke the lock on the barrier onto Effingham Common. The Travellers then invaded the site, threatening residents trying to stop them. Police and Guildford Borough Council were quickly onto the site. It is understood that Continue Reading
SES Water have provided the following answers to some questions posed on the planned closure of Beech Avenue for six months from March 2018 in order to replace the existing water main, as detailed in the previous post (a) Have Continue Reading
A Great Harvest Weekend, organised by The Churches of St Lawrence, Effingham with All Saints, Little Bookham, starts on Saturday 7th October from 6.30 to 9.30pm in the Tithe Barn, Manor House Lane, Little Bookham there will be a harvest Continue Reading
Heritage Open Day in Effingham & Little Bookham, co-ordinated by Effingham Residents Association, has a record nine properties are opening to visitors in Effingham and Little Bookham, including for the first time Effingham Golf Club and St Teresa’s School, which Continue Reading
Heritage Open Days is being held between 7-10 September in and around Guildford Borough, Mole Valley District and Cobham, with many properties open for the public to view. Details about Heritage Open Days are at the Heritage Open Day website. Continue Reading
The Guildford Dragon’s article Council Builds ‘Bunds’ to Prevent Traveller Incursions is right to point out that there is a lack of provision of Gypsy and Traveller pitches within the borough and indeed across the whole country. We were really Continue Reading
In Effingham, new building projects will soon be ready. The Old Post Office in The Street should be finished this autumn. Now much extended from the original footprint it will provide two upstairs flats, one flat downstairs and a retail Continue Reading