We are lucky in Send to live in a rural environment which most people who replied to the Parish Plan questionnaire in 2006 thought it was important to keep rural.
The River Wey provides opportunities for many activities including boating, walking and cycling along the towpath.
Environmental News
For the first time, in 2009 Send held a week of eco-friendly activities (BEST Week). There will be a similar week of activities in March 2010. The week will start with a Swap-It in the Lancaster Hall (another first!) from 10 am to 12 noon on Saturday 20 March. It will end with a village-wide litter sweep on 27 March - meet at the pavilion on the recreation ground at 10.30 am; and there will be working parties at the Heathfield and the Bush Lane woods on the same date. Please contact lparkerpicken@yahoo.com for further details.
There is fishing in the Wey and also in the ponds where the old sandpits used to be, and sailing on nearby Papercourt Lake. (See Clubs, Groups and Societies for details of Send Angling Society and Papercourt Sailing Club).
The most visible wildlife is probably the rabbits, followed by foxes which are often seen crossing the main roads in Send at night. Deer can also be seen from the towpath when walking towards Triggs Lock from the direction of the New Inn. There is plentiful bird life including the occasional kingfisher near the Cartbridge, woodpeckers and grebes on the ponds. Parakeets are now naturalised in this area. You can hear their parrot like screeching then spot their bright green plummage!
West Surrey Natural History Society meets monthly in Ripley Village Hall at 8.00 pm on the fourth Thursday of the month. Contact Ron Croucher on 01483 223630 for the programme of indoor and field meetings covering all aspects of wildlife and the natural world.
Surrey Wildlife Trust, with headquarters in Pirbright near Woking, is a registered charity and the only organisation concerned solely with the conservation of all forms of wildlife in Surrey. They are responsible for over 600 sites in Surrey, covering 4000 hectares of the county's countryside. These sites include Papercourt Meadows and Papercourt Marshes (part of the Papercourt Site of Special Scientific Interest) just outside Send. SWT offers an extensive programme of walks, talks and events, open to the members and non-members alike. They have in the past included bat watching along the towpath near Triggs Lock. For more information visit their website at www.surreywildlifetrust.org.
Heath Field - the area off Sanger Drive with its boardwalk around the pond needs regular work to keep it looking good. For details on how to get involved email Florence.ams@virgin.net
Send Gardening Society holds bi-monthly meetings in the Church Rooms. Contact Catherine Davey 01483 773452 for details.
Allotments are available in Send for a modest fee. Please contact Debbie Hurdle for details.
Planning applications are available for viewing at Guildford Online Planning Applications. Here you search for Send/Ripley or select Send Parish for local planning applications.
Recycling
There is a collection box for shoes outside McColls in the parade of shops in Send, and another outside the Post Office. No other recycling bins are located in the village itself. The nearest recycling facilities are at Sainsbury's in Burpham or at the local tip site in Woking. There are also extensive recycling facilities at Slyfield on the edge of Guildford.
GBC collects materials for recycling from the kerbside each week. Please put your green and purple boxes out by 7 am on your collection day. The green box is for plastic bottles, glass jars and bottles, steel and aluminium cans and tins and aerosols. The purple box is for newspapers, magazines, directories, catalogues, junk mail, office and printed paper and card. Textiles, in tied bags, can also be put on top of the purple boxes.
The food waste caddies (new in November 2009) are also collected weekly. Please line them with compostible lining bags or newspaper. DO NOT put the small caddy into the large caddy on collection day: move the contents across if you run out of space. Otherwise, it can be very messy and unpleasant for the refuse collectors to retrieve your small caddies that have fallen into the waste lorry!
GBC also collects garden waste in special green bags (ordered from the council). These require an annual renewable fee. They also have subsidised composters, green cones or wormeries for sale.
Guildford Borough Council's recycling team can be contacted on 01483 445084, or visit www.guildford.gov.uk
To find out about becoming a Community Recycler, please email Jane.Alexander@guildford.gov.uk or call 01483 445085.
