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  • Welcome to the LOSRA Website

    Welcome to the LOSRA Website

    The Lower Sunbury Residents' Association Read More
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    We invite anybody interested in the issues facing Lower Sunbury to subscribe Read More
  • View Our Newletters

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    You can find all the recent LOSRA Newsletter available to download Read More
  • LOSRA's Aims

    LOSRA's Aims

    To optimise and enhance the quality of life for Lower Sunbury residents by all appropriate means Read More
  • Sunbury As It Was

    Sunbury As It Was

    Visit the LOSRA Gallery for images past and Present Read More
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Welcome to the LOSRA Website

As with any other local neighbourhood, the policies and actions which affect the character and future of Lower Sunbury are generally framed and implemented by a combination of local and national government, along with the vested interests and market forces which operate within those frameworks. Lower Sunbury is by no means unique in being under threat from a creaking infrastructure brought about by rapid urban development, the growth of traffic, and other pressures affecting the quality of life and the character of the area.

Working with the local authorities, we see it as the responsibility of residents’ and amenity groups such as LOSRA to address the underlying issues which fundamentally affect their members’ lives, as well as the minutiae of everyday life with which such groups are often concerned.

Please sign up to receive our regular e-bulletins by subscribing via the facility at the top left hand of this page. It goes without saying that, without your continued support we would cease to function so we urge you to join, or renew your membership now Subscriptions (£5 per household) for 2024 are now payable.

 Walled Garden Wins Prestigious Green Flag AwardThe Walled Garden in Thames Street has won the prestigious Green Flag Award for the fourth successive year. The Green Flag Award scheme recognises and rewards the best green spaces in the country and this year the Walled Garden is one of a record number of spaces to receive the Award.

The historic Walled Garden in Sunbury Park was built in the early part of the 18th Century. Following years of neglect, Spelthorne Council embarked on a restoration project of the two acre garden in 1985.

Expert use of trees, shrubs and climbers on the ancient walls, which are 8 to 10 feet high in places, make the garden a lovely place to visit. The gardens provide great inspiration for gardeners and the Lendy Memorial makes a very impressive centre piece.

The Walled Garden is open seven days a week, from 7.30am-8.30pm in the summer months and, apart from Mondays, refreshments may be purchased at the much celebrated Millenium Embroidery Gallery situated within the garden.

Sunbury Cricket ClubSunbury Cricket Club’s annual cricket week has been run every year since 1973 features matches every day of the week comprising 6 full scale matches from Monday to Thursday including an all day match against the MCC on Tuesday 5th August and the T20 (abbreviation of 20/20 – or twenty overs per side) Festival.

Mon 4 August Club XI v Jack Frost XI Start 14:00

Tue 5 August 1st XI v MCC Start 11:30

Tue 5 August Club Xi v Valley End Start 14:00

Wed 6 August Club Xi v SKLP Start 13:30

Thu 7 August Club XI v Cookham Deane Start 14:00

Thu 7 August Club XI v Tiffin's Tercels Start 14:00

Fri 8 August 1st XI T20 Festival Start 10:00 (see following article)

Entrance is free, spectators are welcome and the bar will be open.

Sunbury Cricket ClubThe highlight of the week is a T20 (Twenty/20 - 20 overs per side) Festival in which 4 cricket clubs will be competing for the Gerald Plumbly Trophy.

These are Sunbury CC, Stoics CC, Friars CC and Free Foresters CC. Six matches will be played during the Festival with two matches in progress at any one time. A number of former 1st Class players will be participating. There will be a bar and raffle and a BBQ will operate from 5:30pm.

A 4 course lunch with wine is available for £25 preceded by a Pimms reception. This must be pre-booked through Penny Hughes on 020 8977 6133 or at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The Festival was started in 2008 on the last day of the Sunbury Cricket Club's Cricket Week. This replaced the traditional all-day match between Sunbury and Stoics.

Free Foresters and East Molesey made up the quartet of teams. Competition was all-play-all on two squares with three matches on each. The T20 cup was renamed the Gerald Plumbly Trophy in 2010 remembrance of the 17th President of the Stoics who had served in that capacity for a remarkable 33 years, and who had died in January of that year. The winners have been:

  • 2008 East Molesey
  • 2009 Free Foresters.
  • 2010 Sunbury
  • 2011 Sunbury
  • 2012 Stoics
  • 2013 Sunbury

  

Entrance is free, spectators are welcome and the bar will be open.

The long-awaited full application by Crest Nicholson for the development of the London Irish site in The Avenue goes before Planning Committee on Wednesday 30th July. This application follows the approval by the same Committee of the outline plan on 21st September 2012. (Ref: 12/00369/OUT).

Crest Nicholson, the chosen developers, then embarked on a programme of public consultation at which various options were proposed and discussed. Finally, at an exhibition and brain-storming meeting at the Riverside Arts Centre, residents from adjoining roads to the London Irish site expressed a preference for two of these options. The first, and most favoured, did not, in the end, satisfy planning policy, so it is the second of these which forms the basis of this full planning application.

Planning Committee will meet at the Council Chamber, Knowle Green to determine the application (14/00275/FUL) at 7pm on Wednesday 30th July. A copy of the Committee Report may be viewed by accessing 'Planning Applications Online' via www.spelthorne.gov.uk and then inputting the application number and selecting the associated documents option.

Wednesday, 23 July 2014 14:27

137th Sunbury Regatta, Saturday 9th August

137th Sunbury Regatta, Saturday 9th AugustBe sure to visit the LOSRA stand at this year's Sunbury Regatta which is being held on Saturday 9th August at Rivermead Island, Thames Street. Exclusive Sunbury tea towels, copies of the Sunbury Trail booklet and postcards will be on sale and, for those who have yet to do so, an opportunity renew their 2014 memberships.

The Regatta itself will feature the usual Club and local skiff, punt and dongola racing; tug of war, stalls, entertainments, bars, fresh food and much more besides. For full details, visit the Regatta Website at: http://www.sunburyregatta.com/

Surrey’s Police and Crime Commissioner, Kevin Hurley, is to begin a public consultation into new methods of dealing with offending. In a survey launched today, members of the public have an opportunity to tell him what they think should happen to people who have committed low-level crimes or anti-social behaviour in their area.

LOSRA has been asked to forward this release from the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Surrey regarding consultation on the Community Remedy scheme; and residents are invited to take part.

Click here to view the Press Release

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