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Some of our systems will be unavailable

Due to a local power outage your Council Tax, Benefits account and the Planning Portal will be unavailable on Saturday 6 December. We apologise for any inconvenience. To contact us in an emergency use our out of hours details.


Decision on local government reorganisation

The Government has confirmed that Surrey will move to a two-unitary council model following its review of local government arrangements. Read our full story and future steps.

Hire of public parks and open spaces

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Guildford has more than 65 parks, which can be hired as venues for commercial, community or charity events such as:

  • music concerts, funfairs, firework fiestas or fetes
  • sponsored walks, raft races or Santa runs
  • regular school PE, fitness sessions or other sporting activities
  • filming and unit bases
  • hot air balloon launches
  • team building such as forest school and nature walks

Hire a park for a public event

Hire one of our parks or outdoor spaces for your commercial or community events.

Hire a park for regular activity

Apply for a licence to use our parks for regular activities.

Request to film in Guildford

Apply to film in Guildford, we're film friendly location.

Hot air balloon launches

Apply to launch a hot air balloon from Shalford Park.