Welcome to WEVS
The West End Village Society was originally founded in 1973 as a non-political, volunteer-led village community organisation open to all West End residents. Our wide-ranging brief includes preserving and enhancing our local heritage and natural environment.
WEVS aims to work with residents, organisations and businesses in order to:
– Stimulate interest and involvement in village affairs
– Preserve the history and heritage of the village
– Assess and comment upon planning and related issues
– Participate in the formulation of Local Plans
– Arrange public events, such as lectures and walks
– Establish a major activity each year as Project of the Year
– Forge links with other West End organisations.
We welcome members from in and around the West End area. As a member, you will receive regular newsletters covering news and events in and around West End and updates regarding our activities.
West End Village is in the heart of Surrey Heath, approximately 25 miles southwest of central London.
Coming up
Remembrance Sunday
Gather at the West End War Memorial on Remembrance Sunday, 8 November, for the ceremony at 11am.
WEVS will lay a wreath at the War Memorial on behalf of all members.
Looking back
KSS Air Ambulance talk
A big thank-you to everyone who attended the talk in the Sports Pavilion on 21 September 2026.
Andy Bustin from the Kent, Surrey and Sussex Air Ambulance service gave a very informative and humourous talk. It was reassuring to hear how rapidly they respond to more than 3,000 calls per year, and their future plans to be able to deliver defibrillators by drone wherever they may be needed.
2026 Ag & Hort Show
Once again, the WEVS stall at the 2026 West End, Windlesham & District Agricultural and Horticultural Show on the Recreation Ground attracted many visitors.
The History Project photo display was very popular, as was the Buzz game. Members and non-members caught up on West End news, bought local maps and books about West End and learning more about the village.
West End Village Fete 2026
The WEVS stall at the Village Fete attracted many of the record crowd attending West End’s biggest fete yet.
Members came to catch up, and several new members joined the society. The History Project photo display was particularly popular with several members recognising themselves in the school sports team photos dating back to the 1970s.
Fascinating Place Names
WEVS hosted a talk on ‘The Fascination of Place Names’ on Wednesday, 13 May 2026, in the Sports Pavilion.
Tony Painter presented the talk to a full room. He illustrated how names like Stoke D’Abernon, Paradise, Starve Acre, Streets Heath or Commonfields came to convey a sense of location, character or size.
2026 Spring Flower Stroll
All who joined us on the 2026 Daffodil Walk enjoyed a pleasant walk.
The weather was fantastic, bringing out a good crowd to admire the daffodils that were in full bloom.
Thanks, too, to the Hare & Hounds, where many gathered for well-deserved refreshments.