Land & nature
A garden on a forgotten corner
with a neighbour · one of the new estates
Someone's quietly started growing on a scrap of the estate nobody uses. Want to help it spread, even if you're only here a couple of years?
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Tongham · under the Hog's Back · psst, pass it on
Let's make Tongham awesome. Together, for real.
New here or been here forever, off the feed or on it: this is where you find out what's on, meet the neighbours, and do something worthwhile together, even if you won't be here forever.
Not another village hall evening. Real things, nearby, with people you'll want to see again.
Next up · an idea, not a date yet
A walk up the ridge and a pint
A weekend afternoon in November, if enough of you fancy it
Up the Hampton Estate's permissive path to the viewpoint over the Surrey Hills (about 2km there and back), then down to the Hogs Back Brewery for a pint.
Ten "I'd come"s and we pick a date.
Or tell us:what would get you out of the house?
What's happening
Some of it is already happening. Some of it needs you. Say you're in and it helps it happen.
Land & nature
Volunteer days on the chalk downland
with the Hampton Estate · Seale
Hedge planting and scrub clearing on the Hog's Back slopes, usually in winter. Good company, fresh air, cake if you're lucky.
Play & sport
Sport for the fun of it
with you? · the Rec
Ultimate frisbee on the Rec, a social run on the Blackwater Valley Path, a ceilidh in a barn. Tell us which and we'll find a host.
Good news from round here
Things worth knowing about, right on the doorstep.
Hogs Back Brewery
Surrey's biggest independent brewer is right here, brewing with hops grown at Hampton in Seale. Tours run Fridays to Sundays, £23 with tastings.
Tice's Meadow
An old quarry between Tongham and Badshot Lea turned into a nature reserve. Bring binoculars.
The Rec
A free tennis court (no booking), a basketball court and an outdoor gym, behind the Community Centre.
Treat yourself this winter: the Waggon Sauna
Hosted by Elenid Coleman at the Hampton Estate, Seale. A wood-fired sauna in a waggon, on a woodland walk, with bucket and woodland showers to cool off.
- Open: Thursday 4 to 8pm, Friday 7 to 11am (the early commuter dip), Saturday 4 to 8pm, Sunday 8am to noon. Check the booking page, as times change with the seasons.
- Top tip: get the Trailblazer pass. It works out at about £16 a session instead of £20.
- Go with: a friend or three. Take the corner seat if you like it hot.
Good news from Jules, after a Sunday morning visit.
Is this you?
New in Tongham and can't work out what's going on?
Off Instagram and missing the gossip?
Maybe this is your place.
Come and do
Turn up, get your hands dirty, make something. Learn a skill from a neighbour.
See the numbers
What the solar actually saved. How much rain a roof catches. What the town taps on most.
Read the stories
Good news from round here, long and short. The people, the places, the why.
How we show up
- Come as you are.
- Talk less, do more.
- We're all leaders here. It's our space, and we all look after it.
- Deep chats and silliness, in equal measure.
- If it's alive, we follow it.
Not for everyone +
This isn't for you if…
- You're here to make speeches.
- You'd rather talk about it than do it.
- You want the mic all to yourself.
- You want somewhere to moan.
- You want to look green more than do green.
Still reading? Good sign.
Find your thread
Which one is speaking to you right now? Tap it. Pick one, not seven.
Tongham, mapped
The people, places and businesses that could make this place hum. Tap a pin.
PlacesBusinessesPeople doing thingsIdeas
Pins are roughly placed. Missing something? Tell us.
The web
After the Transition Towns idea of a local web: who and what is here, and how it all connects. Tap a circle.
Tap a circle to see what it connects to.
Want in?
Leave a name and a number or email. We'll tell you when the first thing in Tongham is happening, and ask what you'd like to host.