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Christmas Dinner in Reigate 2026: 9 Menus With Prices
Christmas Day from £74.95 at the Beehive to £135 at the Grumpy Mole: nine Reigate, Redhill, Horley and Banstead menus with 2026 prices and deposits.
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Planning
Merstham 35 Homes Approved 6-5 After Refusal Bid Fails
35 homes south of Woodlands Close, Merstham, were approved by six votes to five on 28 October. Conway House, the Harlequin roof and the HMO rule also passed.
Food & Drink
Afternoon Tea in Reigate: Where to Book
Reigate Manor's afternoon tea is £30 and Nutfield Priory's from £35: six places to book around Reigate, with serving times, booking and hygiene ratings.
Family
Days Out Near Reigate With Children, Checked October 2026
Reigate Hill and Box Hill free, Godstone Farm from £16.95, Wakehurst £4 a child: 13 days out near Reigate with winter hours, prices and parking.
Planning
Reigate Planning 28 Oct: Merstham 35 Homes Approved 6-5
Woodlands Close, Merstham, 35 homes approved 6-5 on 28 October; Conway House's 24 Raven homes and the Harlequin roof also passed. What each scheme includes.
Children
Soft Play and Rainy-Day Places Near Reigate
Wacky Kingdom in Redhill for under-12s, Donyngs at £6.50 an hour, Lets Explore in Horley: 10 soft play and rainy-day places near Reigate, with prices and hours.
Food & Drink
Reigate Cafes and Coffee Shops: Where to Go
Canakin makes everything on site, Handley's takes no bookings: 11 cafes in Reigate, Redhill and Banstead with hours and hygiene ratings, checked October 2026.
Food & Drink
Sunday Roast in Reigate: Where to Book, Checked October 2026
Meat roasts run from £19.50 to £27 on current menus: 8 Sunday roast pubs in Reigate, Redhill and Horley, with serving times and booking, checked October 2026.
Food & Drink
Brunch in Reigate: The Best Breakfast and Brunch Spots
Nisou's Full Cypriot is £15, Handley's eggs benedict £10.95: eight brunch spots in Reigate, Redhill and Banstead, with hours and hygiene ratings.
Redhill
Redhill Roadworks: Road Closures and Traffic Orders Near Redhill
Redhill roadworks: C222 Mill Street (now) and every other traffic order within 3 km, checked each morning with the council's notice linked.
Redhill
Redhill Weather: 7-Day Forecast and Today's Hourly Outlook
Redhill weather today: drizzle, 11°C by day and 8°C overnight, with a 73% chance of rain and winds up to 14 mph. Seven-day forecast, updated every morning.
Redhill
Redhill to Tonbridge Trains Running Again After Landslip Fix
Trains are running between Redhill and Tonbridge again after five days of landslip repairs near Godstone. Network Rail also lifted some speed restrictions on the line.
Redhill
Redhill Station Shut to Trains 20 Dec to 3 Jan: Buses Run
No trains call at Redhill, Earlswood or Merstham from 20 December to 3 January while a mile of track is renewed. No Victoria to Reigate trains, and Redhill parking is cut.
Food & Drink
Reigate Pubs: The Best Pubs and Where to Drink
The Bull's Head dates from 1628, the Garland pours Harvey's: 17 pubs in Reigate, Redhill and Horley with hours, dogs and hygiene ratings, checked October 2026.
Food & Drink
Reigate Restaurants: The Best Places to Eat
Lebnani on Church Street holds an AA Rosette: 13 Reigate restaurants with prices, hours and hygiene ratings, each checked against its own site in October 2026.
Jobs
Reigate Under-25 Benefit Claims Up 30% to 450, Most Since 2021
450 under-25s in Reigate & Banstead claimed in September, up 30% in a year and the most since 2021. The overall count eased to 2,175, still up 9% on a year.
Redhill
East Surrey Hospital: Five Families Go to Disneyland Paris
Five families from East Surrey Hospital's children's services went to Disneyland Paris in a London taxi convoy, leaving Redhill at 4am on 25 September.
Redhill
Metrobus Free Travel for Veterans on 8 and 11 November
Veterans wearing medals and serving forces with ID ride Metrobus free on 8 and 11 November; Poppy Appeal collectors travel free from 19 October to 25 November.
Schools
St Matthew's Redhill Strong in Three Ofsted Areas; Merstham Park Meets the Standard
St Matthew's CofE Primary is strong in 3 of 7 Ofsted areas; Merstham Park School is at the expected standard in all six areas, with safeguarding met at both.
Business
Redhill Business Guild 12 Nov: Survey Results, 4 Speakers
Redhill Business Guild meets at The Light on Thursday 12 November from 5.30pm, with its 10th anniversary member survey results and four local speakers.
Bonfire Night
Reigate Fireworks 2026: Banstead and Brockham, Sat 7 Nov
Banstead Cricket Club fires at 7.30pm and Brockham at 8.15pm, both Saturday 7 November. Salfords is Friday 6 November; Epsom Downs is also on the 7th.
Halloween
Reigate Halloween 2026: All Over, Bonfire Night on 6-7 Nov
Halloween 2026 near Reigate ended on 1 November, with Priory Farm, Godstone and Bocketts all finished. Banstead, Brockham and Horley fireworks are 7 November.
Health
East Surrey Hospital Heart Unit Cuts Admissions Over 25%
East Surrey Hospital's new same-day heart unit sent almost 80 patients home within 24 hours in three weeks, cutting cardiology admissions by over 25%.
Redhill
Reigate Roadworks This Week: M25 J8 to Friday, Woodlands Rd
M25 clockwise shut J8 to J9 every night to Friday 6 November, and Woodlands Road in Earlswood closed to 29 November, with the 430 and 435 diverted.
Redhill
Harlequin Redhill: No Reopening Date, Price Due 30 October
The council cannot give a reopening date for Redhill's Harlequin, shut since 2023. The builder's final price is due 30 October, with work from late November.
Bonfire Night
Brockham Bonfire 7 November: Fireworks 8.15pm, Passes by 30 October
Brockham Bonfire 2026 is Saturday 7 November: procession 6.35pm, fireworks 8.15pm, free entry. X32 buses from Redhill and Reigate, parking and road closures.
Reigate
Reigate Barclays Van Stops 23 October: Where to Bank Next
The Barclays van at Morrisons in Reigate makes its last visit on Friday 23 October. Here is what it does, and where Barclays customers can go after that date.
Reigate
Reigate Cadets Get Freedom of the Borough on 11 October
Four cadet units in Reigate, Redhill and Banstead get the borough's highest honour at Priory Park on Sunday 11 October, 1pm to 2pm. The public can go.
Redhill
Horley Car Park to Be Sold, Redhill's Studied for Homes
Horley's 86-space High Street car park goes to open market sale; Redhill's 285-space Gloucester Road car park gets a study for council-owned affordable homes.
Reigate
Reigate Christmas Lights 2026: Fayre Day Is 28 November
The Reigate Business Guild has dated the 2026 Christmas Fayre: Saturday 28 November from 11:30 in Church Street, with the lights switch-on inside it.
Remembrance
Reigate Remembrance Sunday 2026: 8 November Parade Times
Sunday 8 November: Redhill parades form at 10.30am at Shaw's Corner, Banstead's at 10.15am, Horley's at 10.20am on Albert Road. Road closures and wreaths.
Christmas
Reigate Santa: Priory Park Landing and Belfry Grotto, 28 Nov
Santa lands in Priory Park, Reigate from 9.30am on 28 November. The Belfry grotto in Redhill opens the same day, £6.50 a child, running to Christmas Eve.
Reigate
Reigate MP asks East Surrey to pause new town councils
Rebecca Paul has asked East Surrey's leader to hold off signing the Orders for the Redhill, Reigate and Banstead councils, over a £15 to £30 Band D precept.
Redhill
Three Arch Road, Redhill: Hospital Bus Diversion Has Ended
Metrobus no longer lists a diversion at East Surrey Hospital after the county's 30 and 31 October works on Three Arch Road. Buses serve the hospital stops again.
Reigate
Reigate & Banstead house prices down £1,705 to £480,824
The borough average fell 0.4% in the year to July, and Tandridge has overtaken it again. Flats are down 2.7%; the first-time buyer average is £366,453.
Redhill
Redhill Aerodrome: 50% Back Homes Plan, 34.6% Oppose
Half of online respondents backed 2,250 homes at Redhill Aerodrome and 34.6% opposed. Around 600 email and paper responses are still to be counted.
Redhill
Redhill Arts Takeover Lifted Belfry Visitors 35%
The Belfry says visitors rose 35% on the opening Saturday of Redhill Arts Takeover, its busiest day in six months. What the fourth festival brought to town.
Council
Reigate, Redhill and Banstead Get Town Councils in 2027
Three new councils for Reigate, Redhill and Banstead were approved on 14 September. They start on 1 April 2027 and could add £15 to £30 a year to Band D bills.
Redhill
Harlequin Theatre Redhill: Roof Replacement Plans Submitted
The council has applied to replace the Harlequin's RAAC-hit roof. Comments close 2 October, councillors decide, and building could start in November.
Redhill
Redhill Memorial Park: £290,595 for Play Area and Gym
A second allocation of £162,343 will expand the Memorial Park playground, including equipment for children with additional needs. Total for the park: £290,595.
Redhill
Garibaldi Redhill: Community Buys Pub Freehold, 7 August
Redhill's Garibaldi is community-owned outright. The freehold at 29 Mill Street changed hands on 7 August 2026, paid for with a bank mortgage and grants.
Schools
Reigate GCSE Results 2026: Four Schools Report Best Ever
Reigate Grammar put nearly half of all grades at 9 and St Bede's reached 92% in English and maths. Four borough schools reported records, four published nothing.
Redhill
Redhill Aerodrome: the 2,250-Home Green Belt Plan
Tandridge wants 2,250 homes, two schools and a health facility on the 236-hectare airfield east of Redhill. What the documents say, and what the site scored.
Jobs
Reigate Claimant Count: Over-50s Up 27% in a Year
2,180 people in Reigate & Banstead claimed unemployment-related benefits in July. Almost all of the year's rise is over-50s, up 26.7%, and under-25s, up 24.2%. The 25 to 49 group barely moved.
Redhill
Reigate & Banstead HMO Article 4: Say by 24 September
Small house shares would need planning permission from 30 July 2027. Licensed 5 to 6 person HMOs here are up 400% since 2019. Comments close 24 September.
Reigate
Reigate A Level Results 2026: 94% A*-B at the Grammar
Reigate Grammar reported 94% of grades at A*-B, Reigate College 84.5% at A*-C. Every figure the borough's sixth forms published, plus the 20 August review deadline.
Redhill
Redhill chewing gum clean-up: £12,141 grant, work this month
A £12,141.86 Chewing Gum Task Force grant pays for a deep clean of Redhill's pedestrian shopping streets this month, then Bin Your Gum signs on lampposts.
Redhill
Redhill bubble tea firm Pearl Shake moves to wind up
Pearl Shake Ltd, registered at the Redhill unit housing the Mooboo bubble tea bar, has called a creditors' meeting for 14 August to enter voluntary liquidation.
Jobs
Unemployment benefit claims in Reigate & Banstead hit 2,190 in June, the highest in over a year
2,190 people in Reigate & Banstead were claiming unemployment-related benefits in June 2026, the ONS claimant count shows. That is 2.2% of working-age residents, up 165 on a year earlier and the highest monthly figure in the past 13 months.
Bins
Reigate Christmas Bin Collections 2026: Dates Due Early Dec
Reigate & Banstead has not yet published its Christmas 2026 bin dates. Last year every collection moved one to three days, with Saturday catch-up rounds.
Schools
Reigate Term Dates 2026/27: Schools Break Up 18 December
Reigate schools break up for Christmas on Friday 18 December and most return Monday 4 January; February half term is 15 to 19 February. All 2026/27 dates by school.
Tip
Reigate Tip Opening Times: Earlswood Open 7 Days, 8am-4pm
Earlswood tip, the Reigate and Banstead recycling centre, opens seven days with no booking. Weekday and weekend hours, Christmas closures and van permits.
Trains
Reigate Christmas Trains: Redhill Shut 20 Dec to 3 Jan
No trains at Redhill, Earlswood or Merstham from 20 December to 3 January, and no Victoria to Reigate trains. Buses replace them; Redhill parking is cut.
Half term
Reigate October Half Term: Two Weeks, 19 to 30 October
Surrey's October half term runs two weeks, 19 to 30 October 2026. Gatton Park, Priory Farm and Redhill Library events, with dates, times and prices.