About Thames Ditton

Happy World Book Day from Mikey and Sophia O, ready for a busy day at St Paul's Thames Ditton. #WorldBookDay

Have you seen Bella? She went missing over a year ago from Weston Park, Thames Ditton, #Surrey #KT7 on 19th April 2024. 💔😢 She is a nervous dog so please report sightings only. Female Apricot #cockerpoo Please help get her home 🙏🤞💕 #SouthEast #stolendoghour #SpanielHour

Want to flick through our latest edition? You can now view it online - check out the link below: aboutthamesditton.co.uk/current-issue/

Our 2025 Sports Personality of the Year is the incredible Charlie Appleyard, a much-loved sportsman and inspiration to our whole village. In our latest magazine, read Charlie’s powerful journey living with Parkinson’s and how his charity, @SportParkinsons, is transforming lives.

The wet weather has slowed our February edition getting through your doors, please bear with us between the showers. We are getting there!

It's a big win for my young constituents travelling from Esher, Hersham and Walton to Chertsey for school each morning. This line has been constantly delayed leading to students missing the connection and being late to school be up to an hour. After a lot of work and meetings with the new MD I've managed to get SWR to introduce a 'golden route' where by students whose train is delayed won't miss the vital connection at Weybridge. The 0802 services from Weybridge to Chertsey will now wait for 5 minutes for students alighting the 0757 from Esher, Hersham and Walton and similar discretions on the 0733 and 0833 departures! SWR are also introducing an additional stop at Weybridge at 1557 for a train heading to Walton and Surbiton - giving extra trains on the way home from school. I've worked hard on this over the last year having heard from parents tearing their hair out at it - SWR have listened and made a positive change. Politics can make a difference - and it should!!

If fragile mental health and special educational needs were identified and supported properly at an early stage we’d have less young people unable to work because of mental health conditions. In Esher and Walton under-18s are facing average waits of 184 days for mental health support and SEND support is in crisis. In Parliament I pressed ministers for better collaboration and resourcing so the next generation is truly ready for work.

Plus a warm welcome to new advertisers: Enhanced by Emma Louise, Storme Makeup Artist, Coach Rupert Wilson, SkyEye Drone Services, Sonder Home Care, DJ’s Driving School and festive highlights from local bars & restaurants.

Our latest issue is landing today! Inside: Jordan of Hamilton Gold Company, win the @Bachmanns Hamper, a message from MP Monica Harding, what’s on at Vera Flatcher Hall, local churches & @SquiresGC, new Jan kids’ clubs, NY fitness ideas & 2025 SPOTY nominations.

@limebike Two Lime bikes spotted in the river just past TD Island off the barge walk, Kingston side, not where they belong. (Reported to Lime)

Surrey’s 12 councils will be replaced by two new unitary councils, one for East Surrey and one for West Surrey. Elections for the new councils will be held May 2026, taking over from April 2027. Learn more about what this means here: ow.ly/oT0I50Xj3bW

Find a spare copy of our latest mag at popular spots around the village. Message us for precise locations. Enjoy!

We’re all ready for the start of 2025 Nature & Climate Festival day 1, with a tech takeback (mobiles, laptops, tablets, games consoles) for charity, launch of our sustainable living book and new recycling station. Join us at Vital Village in Thames Ditton from 10.00am tomorrow.

BBC Radio 4’s Any Questions? is being recorded at All Saints Church, Weston Green on Fri 24 Oct! 🎟️ Free tickets (must pre-book): allsaintsweston.churchsuite.com/events/nwrbve0l 🕕 Doors 6:15pm | Live 7:15pm

It’s exciting to see a new lantern going up at the High Street roundabout! A big thank you to Andrew Roberts, @SurreyCouncil and everyone who helped make this happen!

A big thank you to Shaun Kohler, currently enjoying a holiday in beautiful South Africa! We’re thrilled to see that his copy of ATD made the journey with him. Here he is proudly “visiting” Uvongo Beach along the stunning east coast. #ATDfarAndWide #UvongoBeach #SouthAfrica

From the Channel to the Med. A group of 5 Thames Ditton cyclists, inc our current SPOTY Jason Nourse, are riding 900-miles from Ouistreham to Nice! They didn’t forget to pack their ATD mag & here they are repping TD at the top of the Mt Ventoux! #atdfarandwide #MontVentoux

You can see our latest edition of the magazine online here: aboutthamesditton.co.uk/current-issue/

The government will be carrying out a national test of the Emergency Alerts system on Sunday 7th Sep at 3pm. The system is used to warn if there’s a danger to life nearby, inc extreme weather. gov.uk/government/new…

Boats mustering alongside TD Island for the Thames River Festival which started at Ravens Ait at midday. Head to @ThamesFestTrust for details. @DittonsSPC