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  1. On now to 1 Nov Pumpkins, Play and Family Adventure at Hobbledown Hobbledown Epsom · From £16.50
  2. On now to 1 Nov Howl'o'ween at Chessington World of Adventures Chessington World of Adventures · From £34
  3. Tue 6 Oct Cally Beaton: Namaste Motherf*ckers 7.30pm · Epsom Playhouse · From £20
  4. Wed 7 Oct The Career of Benito Mussolini, a talk by Charles Blencowe 8pm · Ewell Hall · From £4
  5. Sat 10 Oct Museum Kids Club: Epsom Salts, Spa and Wallpaper 1pm · Bourne Hall · From £6.50

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Planning Epsom Local Plan Changes Go to Consultation After 6-3 Vote Councillors voted 6-3 to put the inspector's Local Plan changes out to consultation. Full Council decides next; its next scheduled meeting is 8 December. · 6 min read Half Term Epsom October Half Term 2026: What's On, 19 to 30 October Half term in Epsom runs two weeks, 19 to 30 October 2026. Ten things actually on: Playhouse family shows from £10, a pumpkin trail and a Moomins trail nearby. · 5 min read Christmas Polesden Lacey Christmas 2026: Twelve Days From 21 November Christmas at Polesden Lacey runs 21 November 2026 to 3 January 2027, shut 24 and 25 December. No booking. Adult £18, family £45; house shut 2 to 20 Nov. · 4 min read Remembrance Epsom Remembrance Sunday 2026: 8 November, Ewell Parade Remembrance Sunday is 8 November 2026. Epsom and Ewell's parade runs from the Army Reserve Centre to St Mary's, Ewell; Armistice Day starts at 10.40am. · 3 min read Christmas Santa's Grotto in Epsom 2026: £3 a Child at Bourne Hall Santa's grottos around Epsom for 2026: Bourne Hall's Saturday Santa slots are £3 a child, Hobbledown opens 28 November from £27, Ashtead Park is £17. · 5 min read Christmas Epsom Christmas Markets 2026: Horton and Bourne Hall 4-5 Dec Epsom's 2026 Christmas markets: The Horton's free Festive Makers Market on 4 and 5 December, Bourne Hall's market on the 5th, Nonsuch Craft Fair from 9 Nov. · 5 min read Community Epsom Ukraine Bursary: £750 for Training, £350 for Clubs Epsom and Ewell's new bursaries pay up to £750 towards courses and £350 towards clubs, for Homes for Ukraine guests in the first 18 months of a UPE visa. · 6 min read Housing Epsom House Prices Up £11,146 as Six Surrey Areas Fall The average Epsom and Ewell home reached £568,214 in July, up £11,146 in a year, while six of Surrey's 11 districts lost value and the county fell 0.4%. · 6 min read Community Free Epsom Activities for 9-11s: Bookings Open, 10 to Pick Epsom and Ewell's Young Legends programme reopened for bookings on 17 September. Ten free activities, two per child, running 3 November to 13 December. · 4 min read Local Info Epsom house prices: £568,214, up 2.0% as Surrey falls The average Epsom and Ewell home sold for £568,214 in July 2026, up 2.0% while Surrey as a whole fell 0.4%. Prices by type, and where the borough ranks. · 10 min read Planning Epsom Local Plan: Inspector Adds 16 Sites, Drops One The inspector's changes lift Epsom and Ewell's housing target from 4,700 to 6,012 homes and add 16 sites, including 530 at Downs Farm. Burgh Heath Road is out. · 8 min read Housing Epsom and Ewell Built 37 Homes Last Year, None Affordable Only 37 homes were finished in Epsom and Ewell in 2025/26, the fewest since at least 2007, and none were affordable. The borough has a 1.6-year land supply. · 5 min read
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Epsom sits under the Downs that carry its name, with Ewell and Stoneleigh alongside it, Ashtead and Leatherhead to the south, and Banstead and Tadworth across on the other side of the racecourse.

They look like one place from a train window and they are not, at least not administratively. Epsom and Ewell, Ashtead and Leatherhead, and Banstead and Tadworth fall under three different borough and district councils, so bin days, car park charges and planning registers differ depending on which of them you live in. Epsom Today covers all three and names the right authority every time, working from the published record and linking to the document on each fact.

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  • Epsom house prices: £568,755 on average in May 2026, up 2.9% while Surrey as a whole fell, and the borough is now second dearest of the eleven Surrey districts.
  • Trains to London: Waterloo in about 40 minutes, Victoria in 44, London Bridge in 43, and what a season costs from each of the borough’s six stations.
  • Roadworks and parking: Hook Road is shut at East Street while the gas mains are renewed to the end of 2026, plus every council car park and what it charges.
  • Things to do: six places that cost nothing, the four racedays left this season, and what Hobbledown actually charges.
  • Planning: the Local Plan is at examination, the council has put another 1,130 homes forward, and the inspector is deciding.

Every fact carries a link to the source it came from.