I am writing to express my deep concern and heartfelt support for Walton Bowling Club during this challenging time. The club has been a cornerstone of our community for many years, providing not only a place for sport but also a vital social hub where friendships are formed and cherished memories are made.
The closure of Walton Bowling Club would be a significant loss to all of us who value the sense of community and belonging it fosters. It is more than just a place to play bowls; it is a sanctuary where people of all ages come together, share their love for the game, and support one another.
I urge you to consider the profound impact this decision will have on our community. The club offers a safe and welcoming environment that promotes physical activity, mental well-being, and social interaction. These benefits are invaluable, especially in today’s world where such communal spaces are becoming increasingly rare.
Please reconsider the decision to close Walton Bowling Club. Let us work together to find a solution that ensures its doors remain open for future generations to enjoy. Your support in preserving this cherished institution would mean the world to so many of us.
Thank you for your time and consideration.

Walton on Thames bowls club is an important community asset and far from thinking of actively encouraging people of all ages to join. It is such an easy sport to learn and whatever your physique or age, bowls is a sport for everybody, and it will help improve fitness levels and mental wellbeing something so needed these days. It’s a gentle steady exercise and you dont have to be good at it to enjoy it. It’s an inexpensive sport to play you don’t need new kit and it’s a very sociable sport – an instant community. More and more people are discovering the club and joining. Don’t strip away community assets while at the same time building more houses and flats.

The membership is increasing all the time, which proves it is a popular, healthy past time. I remember watching my grandfather play bowls there when I was a child in the 40’a/ 50’s. There is so little of the old Walton left and our historic bowls club is a great asset to the town, bowls is a sport for all ages and abilities. Walton Bowls club is a small friendly club, with a social side as well as the bowls. Even if you don’t participate in the matches, it is a lovely space to sit, relax in beautiful grounds. There is plenty of space at the Rodney Road site to build a hub, there is ample parking, also easier access than Elmgrove. Plus, Fort House surgery are only just settling in at their new surgery in Rodney Road which is far more suitable than their previous building. Let’s not concrete over anymore of this town, enough damage has been done already!

It would be such a shame to lose such a valuable social amenity. The club has been established over a hundred years and constantly supported by the community with yearly subscriptions increasing. My mother uses the facilities regularly and always looks forward to attending the club not just for the bowling but the important aspect of socialising and meeting new friends. I strongly oppose any redevelopment.

I oppose the plans to close and replace Walton Bowling Club with a new NHS Hub or worse, more housing. The bowling club is a place which offers a valuable community service to young and old and has been a part of this community for over 100 years. Please stop tearing down our town and replacing with ugly modern buildings. The club is a place where members can interact socially and also maintain physical fitness, vital for the older community.

There are existing NHS facilities at Rodney Road and these can be redeveloped, plus that location also offers plenty of parking. Another issue for the Elmgrove/Bowling Club site is the lack of parking in an already over congested area which has suffered for many years. The surrounding roads are already at breaking point with regard to parking stress.

I strongly believe that Walton Bowling Club need to be allowed to remain where they are or be offered alternate site within Walton.

I am very much against the closure and relocation of the Walton Bowling Club.

This is concerning and the closing of this club should certainly not be up for debate, I wholehartedly agree with the argument that this facility needs to remain open for members now and in the future and for the community as a whole, too many local facilities like this are threatened by greedy, power hungry local councils who struggle to grasp the concept of community!
My grandfather was a very active member of this club, as I child I have the fondest memories of being on that green and playing in the clubhouse, I hope it survives and continues to thrive so many other children get to experience the joys of this club, with their grandparents.

This council and many before them have ruined Walton over the last 30 years. Please keep Walton Bowling Club, and some of our history.

I am whole heartedly against losing Walton Bowling club and the redevelopment of Elm Grove to build housing. Elm Grove green space is our Walton family Silver and once it is gone along with the Bowling Club it is gone forever just like Elmbridge BC did with the community swimming pool on Elm Grove some years ago. Lost for ever to future generations.

I think the Bowls Club is a great asset in Walton and should be kept where it is. So many local assets are being lost.

Walton Bowls Club must be retained! It provides sport, sociability and wellbeing for residents of all ages throughout the year, and membership is rising! It is also accessible by bus from around the area, including Weybridge and Hersham.

There is ample space on the Walton hospital site to expand NHS services.

Walton Bowls Club is a community asset, over 100 years old and is part of Walton-on-Thames heritage, so I oppose the closure of it.

Very concerned at the possible loss of this bowls club. It has a long history and is very important to the community. Bowling offers so much more than just a sport. I would like to see it saved.

Bowls is always available all year.outdoors or indoors.Also it’s very social and good for your mental health ext.for myself it’s a life saver,gives you a purpose in life especially when you’re on your own. Bowls.People of any ability are very likely to be able too play even if they are restricted playing other sport’s.

I would like the club to stay open for all the local residents can play. It’s important for people to have a place to go and meet other players

The bowling club is an asset to Walton and the community, it brings people together and gives the young and old exercise. As a member myself I have made new friends, increased my fitness and improved my quality of life. Please save our bowling club for the generations to come.

As the grandchild of a devoted member, I’ve seen firsthand how important Walton-on-Thames Bowling Club is—not just for those who play, but for the community it brings together. For many, this club is more than a place to bowl—it’s a vital social hub that supports mental and physical wellbeing. It’s deeply saddening to think of it closing due to local decisions that don’t reflect the value it clearly holds for so many. I sincerely hope the council reconsiders and recognises the importance of preserving spaces like this that serve people of all ages, backgrounds, and abilities.

I am 87 years of age, living within walking distance of the Walton Bowls Club. My bowling career spans more than 35 years. It is the most wonderful feeling knowing that I will be out in the fresh air playing bowls matches or just enjoying a ‘roll-up’ throughout the week.
Our Government asks that we take care of the elderly. Well bowls does that, physically, mentally and socially.
Please think about those of us who put our heart and soul into this beautiful game.
PLEASE SAVE OUR BOWLS CLUB

It’s extremely important to retain this club. I thought government policy these days was to encourage people to exercise and undertake activities to stimulate mental capacity. This would relieve pressure on the NHS and social services. Closing this historic and well supported bowling club is hardly in line with such policy. I for one know people who benefit from this club who would otherwise be unlikely to find any substitute physical activity or social interaction. It’s hard to believe that any councillors support the closure of such a facility. Yes, the council is short of funds and has to fulfil its quota of social housing (one way or another), but at the expense of the wellbeing of the current residents? NO.

This is absolutely outrageous. The elderley are NEVER at the front of anyone’s mind. Theree are very few [if any] other facilities in the area. The community centres are rarely open…what are people to do and where are they to do it ???
Physical and mental wellbeing are recognised as important in every section of thee community these days. Bowls is an excellent outlet and offers outdoor and indoor activities for anyone – not just those of a ‘certain age’.

If it is already secretly a ‘done deal’ to aquire this land for the NHS, then another site should be provided for Walton Bowling Club, which has long been a safe and sociable place for the elderly in particular. . Surely good physical and mental excercise for all will lesson the toll on the NHS in the long run. .It can only be beneficial. For goodness sake keep the well loved Bowls club – we deserve some consideration and some facilities.
This is a lovely area in which to live – very soon, if all amenities are withdrawn, it will just be an illusion.

Bowls is a fantastic sport for all ages, abilities and all diverse backgrounds. This sport gets you outside which is great for health. It gives so many people company and companionship. This is great for your wellbeing.

Although I do not live in Surrey, my sister-in-law lived there for MANY years so I know the town VERY well. Many happy hours spent trawling the various shops and latterly as I took up lawn bowls, and have played in Walton, it is saddening to hear of the Council’s pending decision to close the club. It is a WONDERFUL sport, not only for older people but for younger ones as well. These clubs often carry on during the Winter months with Quiz nights, lunches, etc etc in a lovely, social atmosphere. PLEASE RE-THINK THIS. Thank you. Carole Goffe-Wood III

I fully support in keeping the Bowls Club, membership is increasing each year, it’s location is ideal and extremely accessible. This sport engages a wide age group from young to elderly. Walton needs community activities rather than becoming a concrete jungle taking up every available green space. Surely the Council should take everything into account and listen to residents views before making a decision to dispose of such an established and valuable sports venue located in the town.

To hear that the council wish to close this longstanding community asset is abhorrent! How could they even consider destroying such a beautiful, well-kept, well-loved green space? It’s a part of the recreation ground, so how can it be considered acceptable to build ANYTHING on this land, NHS hub or otherwise?!

This club has been in our community for over a century, long before any of our current councillors were even on this earth, yet they seem to think it acceptable to destroy an important piece of our town’s history! And all for what? GREED.

Bowls is an inter-generational sport enjoyed the world over, and the stigma that it’s only for people of a certain age is a myth. My own children enjoy bowling in Walton with their friends and to see them outside enjoying the fresh air and sport is refreshing given the unhealthy obsession so many kids have with mobile phones and gaming today.

This town does not need another health hub, we already have a much larger health hub less than a mile from this proposed location.

What the town does need is for our beautiful green spaces to remain accessible and open for all to enjoy; places where people can come together to build friendships, enjoy sport, and keep the community spirit alive.

This club is more than just a bowling green, it’s a crucial space for physical and mental wellbeing in our community, for all age groups to come together and enjoy.

The council needs to listen to the community and do the right thing! Whoever thought it would be a good idea to destroy this community asset must really need the mental wellbeing that the bowling club can offer! Perhaps they should spend a season playing bowls and speaking to the people that love and enjoy this place; only then might they truly understand the value it brings to so many.

By its very nature, the Walton On Thames Bowling Club provides much needed social, physical well being and mental health benefits to the community.