Woking

Visitors to Woking are invited to get involved in a wide range of exciting activities, entertainment and special events as part of Celebrate Woking - a year-long programme of cultural activities in the lead up to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic celebrations, and the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.

For sport-lovers, the Halfords Tour Series returns to Woking in June for the fourth year running, when the town plays host to the fast and furious professional highspeed cycle race. There will also be a rare opportunity to witness the crème de la crème of the world’s top cyclists, when the Olympic Cycle Road Races whizz through the Borough on 28 and 29 July.

The diverse and family-friendly calendar of Celebrate Woking events will also include the very first Woking Youth Drama Festival in March, and the 21st International Duke Ellington Conference in May, celebrating one of America’s most influential composers of the 20th Century. In addition to The Woking Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Weekend in June, which will enable communities to come together to celebrate and commemorate Her Majesty’s 60 year reign, Woking will host its first Party in the Park in July – a multi-cultural event for all the family, themed around the ethos of the five Olympic rings: music, dance, language and literature, visual arts and sports.

Visitors to Woking can also take advantage of its range of permanent attractions. Eclectic art and history exhibitions are on offer at the award winning gallery and museum - The Lightbox - created by the designers of the London Eye. Some of this year’s exhibitions will feature watercolours of Surrey, local artists’ competitive work, and photographs of HM The Queen by such renowned photographers as Lichfield and Snowdon.

Theatre-goers can watch some of the biggest and best shows from the West End at the region’s largest venue, The New Victoria, or enjoy some homegrown talent and local productions at the neighbouring Rhoda McGaw Theatre. Or take a leisurely stroll around the many picturesque common

Woking is perfectly placed in the heart of Surrey and has a fast, regular train service from London Waterloo, which is just half an hour away. Visitors find Woking’s pedestrianised, level town centre easy to get around, and enjoy the benefits of Shopmobility and the free, Town Centre Buggy during the week. For the more active visitor, Woking’s Cycle Town status means that it’s easier than ever to get to, across and around the Borough on two wheels.