From 11 to 15 September 2024, Circus Wonderland returns to Horley to brighten up your September and battle the back-to-school blues. 

Circus Wonderland brings you thrills and spills never seen before, with flames flashing before your eyes, which are too hot even for Clown Chico to keep under control!

Never seen before under our Big Top, with girls flying high, our daredevil juggler whizzes around the sensational Wheel of Death on his extreme motorbike

For tickets and prices please see the Ticketline Website 

This summer, Metrobus is making some exciting service improvements to its network, one of which is an extension to route 420, supported by Gatwick Airport.

The daily service, serving East Surrey Hospital, Redhill, Reigate, Lower Kingswood, Tadworth, Banstead and Sutton, will be extended to serve also Horley (A23), Gatwick’s South Terminal and Crawley daily. This will create many new and essential links while also further increasing the number of direct buses between Redhill, Gatwick and Crawley. The route will no longer serve Whitebushes but this area will continue to be served by route 460.

All passengers can still travel on the extended service for just £2 for a single journey until the end of December 2024.

Alliance for Better Care through the Horley Health Hub offers a number of groups and services including:

• Men's Sheds
• Bereavement counseling 
• Work Wise - employment specialist service
• Creative wellbeing sessions
• Community Garden & Gardening Club
• Crafty Ladies
• Health check for those with difficulties accessing GP services

Click on this link for more info to see when sessions are being held and how to access them

Football Kits

As the Premier League kicks off, look out for sellers of fake football shirts online. If the price is too good to be true, it probably is. 

While a fake football shirt may seem like a harmless bargain, the proceeds from counterfeit goods can often fund other criminal activity such as money laundering, forced labour and drug operations, with counterfeiting now thought to be the second largest source of criminal income worldwide after illegal drugs.

The latest kits won't be marked down in price until the full season ends.
Find out how to identify fake football kit

Mattress Sellers

Don't be caught out by sellers that knock at your door or stop you in a carpark offering mattresses for sale from the back of a van. They'll claim they are brand new or left over stock or even ex show home display mattresses. Some may be second hand wrapped in new plastic covers, or cheap ones that don’t meet strict UK fire safety rules.

Surrey Police is taking part in a surrender and compensation scheme for zombie-style knives and machetes launched by the Government on Monday 26 August.    

The scheme is a one-month surrender period for owners to hand in their weapons to the police and claim compensation, which will run until 23 September. These items will be illegal to possess, sell, manufacture and transport from 24 September. 
Under the scheme, these items can be surrendered to police and lawful owners will be able to claim compensation for the items in most cases, if the total value of the items is more than £30.

Across Surrey, three designated drop off points will be set up. They will be at: Caterham Police Station, Guildford Police Station and Staines Police Station.

Items must be wrapped up and placed in a sealed bag or box and must not be carried open at any time. Once in the police station, the owner must not take the item out until requested to do so by a police officer or member of police staff.

Volunteers wanted: 

Resident lead Samantha Mearing (Cheyne Walk/Upfield roundabout) is looking for volunteers to plant spring and autumn flowering bulbs and sow various wildflower seeds in September and October. Please get in touch if you would like to help mrs.mearing@gmail.com or message 07796 693423. 

Check out the Horley Blue Heart Spaces FaceBook page for more details.

If you would like to establish or have your own patch of garden that you’d like to develop, you may wish to consider planting a variety of spring or autumn flowering bulbs. Now is the time to start planning what you might like to purchase. Snowdrops are best purchased later on in the spring as they establish better ‘in the green’ (with roots and leaves) rather than as a bulb planted in autumn time. On the other hand, bulbs such as crocus, snake's head fritillary, narcissus, wood anemone, iris reticulata and tulips will benefit from autumn planting. 

Sowing a wildflower patch into a lawn
Now is the time to buy your wildflower seed for autumn/spring sowing - especially seeds from the yellow rattle plant. It is important to buy yellow rattle seeds fresh and sow before the winter. Top tip - Yellow rattle seed doesn’t stay viable for very long so always buy towards the end of the summer from a reliable source from this year's harvest. Yellow rattle needs a period of cold to germinate so it’s best to sow around September/October time just before the first frosts. Cut the area of grass you want to sow in short, rake the ground before sowing and then gently water in. 

Why sow yellow rattle?
Yellow rattle is an important component of any wildflower meadow. Yellow rattle reduces the grass’ vigor and ability to overwhelm many wildflowers as they grow. Although it is an annual, yellow rattle will self-sow (if left to seed) and will continue to return each year saving you money.

Why sow a wildflower meadow?
Sowing a mix of wildflower seed (with yellow rattle) and planting a few spring bulbs will soon create a pretty space in spring through to early summer and benefit a variety of pollinators and small birds too. 

You don’t need much space - dedicating 1m square of lawn will make a meaningful difference.

Perennial wildflowers 
You can sow wildflowers from seed or buy small plug plants at a reasonable price if you hunt around. Cowslips, oxeye daisy and Red Campion are all perennial wild flowers that are the easiest to establish coming back year after year. They may also self sow. To ensure success keep your lawn at a height no lower than 10cm after plants have flowered and set seed.

If you would like to find out more and/or share photos of your wildflower space, watch out for details of next year's Horley in Bloom.