Normally a place for adventurous tea drinkers and those looking to cut down the food miles of their grocery shopping, Flower Farm Shop in Godstone has been leading a double life in recent weeks. Matthew Williams visits for Godstone Brewers’ Fresh Fridays - a pop-up pub with a twist
Ranked as the best dining pub in Surrey by a certain national pub guide, The Inn at West End has a long-standing reputation for its top-quality food and drink offering (particularly its wine) and convivial atmosphere
Winner of Best Local Menu at the 2015 Surrey Life Food & Drink Awards, chef Daniel Britten has since made the move from Guildford town centre to a country pub in Hascombe. Matthew Williams visits The Dining Room at The White Horse to see if he’s maintaining his award-winning flair
Two award-winning chefs and a butcher walk into a Dorking restaurant alongside cheesemakers, supper club organisers, a brewer and Surrey Life… fascinating, insightful and inspiring foodie chaos ensues. Matthew Williams was in the middle of it all…
Surrey has been used as a film location for many a blockbuster movie and the county’s hotels, woods and villages are no stranger to visits from the Hollywood A-list. Here’s just a few of the movies that have been, at least in part, filmed in Surrey
At some point in the past few years, someone appears to have cast a magic spell over Woking and now the town’s food and drink offering is firmly on the map. As The Lightbox art gallery launches its first much-anticipated pop-up restaurant, Matthew Williams visits to find excitement is hitting new peaks
As any regular reader of these pages will be well aware, the times are a-changing in the pub world, with many having aspirations far beyond simple, homely grub these days. The Squirrel at Hurtmore is among those with grand ambitions. Matthew Williams finds out if it’s hitting the mark
As celebrations get under way to mark the 250th anniversary of Leith Hill Tower, the chairman of the Surrey Hills Society, Chris Howard, brings us the story of this fascinating building – which, at its summit, is higher than the London Shard…
If you’ve been inspired by RHS Garden Wisley’s Butterflies in the Glasshouse display this winter, you might fancy turning your garden into the hottest property in Surrey for butterfly vacationers. Here are some tips from the RHS on how to create a butterfly haven at home
Look at Surrey from the air and you’ll see a map of streams, rivers and canals across our county that are not always apparent at ground level. Keen to find out more, Matthew Williams takes to the helm of a narrowboat for the weekend...
