Bagshot Village

On Heritage Open Days many heritge properties that are not normally accessible to ther public are opened. Of interest in Bagshot is the chapel in the cemetary which will b eopen from 10am to 4pm on Sat 14 September. In Camberley the Obelisk will be open  from 11am to 4pm on Saturday 7 September and Frimley Park Mansion (now the Army Cadet Training Center) is open on Fri 13 Sept (booking required). For more information see https://bagshotvillage.org.uk/2024/HOD/

The Archaeology Centre, London Road, Bagshot was vandalised and the inside trashed [August 2024].  

The site has had minor incidents of vandalism over the past few years, broken windows, attempted forced entry and an arson attack on a garage, but nothing like this. 

Someone entered the building via an upstairs rear window. All the internal doors in the building were locked (as a result of past incidents) and the vandals smashed them open if they could, or just kicked the panels out if they could not. The computers were smashed, walls were daubed with paint and furniture thrown around.

At first it was thought that irreplaceable archaeological finds, such as rare very early English Venetian style glassware, dating from the first half of the 17th Century had been smashed. But once members of the Archaeology Group gained permission from Surrey County Council, who are the landlords, to go in and make a more detailed assessment it was discovered that, while many artifacts had been tipped out and scattered, none had actually been broken.

All the archaeological finds, and the group’s records, have now been removed to safe, but temporary, storage. The building has been boarded up and the group is without a home.

The building from the outside.

The building is locally listed but not on the national list. A submission was made but the relevant inspector turned it down because the two doors in the front are not symetrical.

It was built as a police station, providing three residences (two for constables and and one for a sargeant) plus a police office and cells. The door on the right was to the police office and was presumably made taller to give more clearance for police helmets. Some people think that this adds to, rather than detracts from, the building’s attraction.

Now taking place on 20 November. See https://bagshotvillage.com/bagshot-society This event had been postponed on account on the Generl Election.

Rescheduled for 20 November. See https://bagshotvillage.com/bagshot-society

An illustrated talk by the Bagshot Society at 7:30pm on Tue 16 April in the Brook Church (doors open 7pm). For more information see here. All are welcome – just £2 for non-members. Did you know we have had 25 inns, pubs and beer houses – thats different buildings, not just names changing.

Come and hear Surrey’s Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner Ellie Vesey-Thompson.

Thursday 15^th February at the Brook Church, The Square, Bagshot.

Doors open 7pm for a prompt 7:30 start. All welcome. Free.

Organised by The Bagshot Society.

… and ask them the questions you want answers to. Wed 17 Jan in the hall behind St Anne’s Church. Door open 7pm for a 7:30 start. All are welcome. Free. bagshotvillage.com/bagshot-society for more information. Organised by The Bagshot Society.

An evening of photographs of old Bagshot, with commentary and comparisons to recent images.
If you want to see how our village has changed from the age of horse-andcarriage through to today then this is for you.
Thursday 30 November 2023
7:30 start (doors open 7pm) in the Brook Church
All are welcome. Free for members of the Bagshot Society, and £2 for non members (who are welcome to join at the door for a very modest £5).

Hear about the work of local charity Harper Asprey Wildlife Rescue at a talk given by their volunteers on Thursday 22 June in St Anne’s Church Centre (the hall behind the church, 45 Church Road, Bagshot GU19 5EQ). Doors open 7pm for a 7:30 start. Organised by the Bagshot Society. All welcome. Members free, non-members £2.

Saturday 10th June.  Meet at 10 am in the car park behind the Coop.  End by 12.

Bring your own gloves and tools, or use ours. We have a stock of gloves, tools and hi-viz tabards. All are welcome, but children must be under the supervision of a responsible adult.

We usually organise 1 or 2 litter picks during the year to keep our village nice – but we’re pleased to see that the litter situation is good, so we’ve swapped the litter pick that had been proposed for 3 June with a weed clearance a week later. See also the Bagshot Society’s page.