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Surrey Day - How to get involved
The fourth annual Surrey Day takes place on Saturday 7 May, 2022, led by Visit Surrey and partners BBC Radio Surrey, Surrey Life Magazine, Surrey Lieutenancy and Local Food Surrey.
Remember, it’s open to everyone, and events and activities can be posted for free here on our top-ranking Visit Surrey website – there’s an upload button at the bottom of this page.
Our 2022 Surrey Day themes are:
- The Great Surrey Menu: searching for the Great Surrey Menu, led by BBC Radio Surrey and Local Food Surrey
- A Celebration of the North Downs Way in Surrey: the sights and sounds of this long-distance walking route. Enjoying our wonderful landscape with a walk that takes in the whole of The North Downs Way in Surrey and features some of our best views, attractions and characters along the route.
- Surrey Day Heritage Bus with BBC Surrey
BBC Radio Surrey presenter Lesley McCabe will be climbing aboard a heritage bus from The London Bus Museum at Brooklands to spend Surrey Day broadcasting from around the county. Tell us what you're planning as soon as possible and there's a chance your venue will be included on Lesley's timetable!
Get involved
Creativity is the order of the day for Surrey Day 2022, and there really is something for everyone. Remember, you can launch your activity on Surrey Day and continue to run it throughout May.
Some ideas to help spark your imagination!
- Pubs and restaurants offering Surrey-themed menus such as afternoon tea
- Devise and promote Surrey-themed hampers and meal boxes full of the flavour of Surrey.
- Unique experiences only available in May or on Surrey Day itself – such as ‘behind the scenes’ tours and tastings
- Trails that people can follow at their leisure – maybe with an arts, nature or heritage theme to encourage them to explore your town or venue
- Exclusive offers or added value on Surrey Day for pre-bookable events or experiences
- Make a film or share a performance or virtual tour
- Run a quiz for your followers with a lovely Surrey Day-inspired prize
- Go green for Surrey Day! With help from Peachy Productions, it's become a tradition for us to bathe Guildford Cathedral in green light at dusk and proudly projecti he Surrey Day badge – and thanks to its elevated location on Stag Hill, this spectacle can be viewed by people from miles around. We will be shortly be announcing more green illumination for Surrey Day – so why not take part, whether it’s your shop window, your village church, your garden or fish tank! Whatever you decide, let us know in advance and be part of our light show on social media.
- We have our own county flag here in Surrey and it would be great to see the county flag raised on Surrey Day. Our flag has a lot of history behind it. Find out more.
Share, share, share
As well as uploading your Surrey Day 2022 event on the Visit Surrey website, make sure to share it over social media using the hashtag #SurreyDay and we will share as much positivity as possible! You'll find us at @VisitSurrey on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Tune in
On Surrey Day itself, tune into BBC Radio Surrey on 104.6 FM to enjoy a full day of programmes dedicated to Surrey Day dusk on Surrey Day. And from 23 April, you can pick up a copy of Surrey Life’s April/May magazine will still be dedicating its May issue to the people and places which make Surrey so great.
We can't wait to celebrate Surrey Day with you all!
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