You can now buy improved teeth.
All that money where Cranleigh residents and the villages around once parked their cash has now become an Orthodontics Practice.
Surrey Orthodontics (Godalming) Ltd have moved into the old Lloyds Bank buildings on Cranleigh High Street.
But it may be a sign of the times—as the new orthodontic practice may have a bit of a fight on its hands putting up the flashy new awning sign it wants to advertise its wares!
Waverley Planners are not keen on the new signage the practice wishes to place on the 141 High Street premises. They believe that the building of historic merit deserves something more in keeping with its place in the Conservation Area of Cranleigh.
However, the parish council has raised no objections.
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Absolutely pathetic. The Council should be more concerned with the dire state of the weeds outside most of the shops in the High Street. The Medical Centre has weeds all along the entrance wall. Sainsbury’s has mold, moss and weeds along its entire High Street Frontage. They also have the Big White Postal Box which is a real eyesore. How was that allowed to happen.
It is a prime example of the retailers not giving a damn about their premises and how they present their businesses to the public. Bramley Linen Care seems to specialise in weeds as part of Cranleigh in Bloom. As far as I know the wood work frontage has not been touched in more than 30 years. The retailers drive in to Cranleigh and trade, then drive home again without respecting the High Street that the residents walk up and down day in and day out.
Sooner or later I will make a start work on the Cranleigh Weeds and the Health Centre would be my first target. I have mentioned the weeds and the reception team look at you as if you have just flown in from Mars.
I had the same response when I challenged several retailers about all the weeds along the High Street Frontage.
Weed Man
Cranleigh resident since 1990.
One of our Waverley Webbers recently cycled across the borough and stopped for a coffee in Cranleigh. Saying`: “What a shabby looking place.” He remarked that many of the shops looked as though they needed a facelift, rotting woodwork, paint peeling, and empty shops full of advertising literature. As you so rightly say, the village that has now morphed into a town looks down at heel and in need of a wash and brush up. However, is all that extra footfall Cranleigh Chambers of Commerce called for actually shopping there. He heard from some of the people he spoke to that everyone in Cranleigh shops in Horsham. So perhaps the retailers are feeling the pinch, or is it their greedy landlords?