Welcome

Welcome to the Bourne Conservation Group’s website. From here we co-ordinate our activities, and provide a way for you to get in touch with us for more information. If you would like to know more about the group, use the menu above to look at some details of the group’s work so far, and plans for the future.

Our volunteers assist in the maintenance and improvement of public open areas and rights-of-way centred on The Bourne, Farnham for the benefit of residents and wildlife.

Make a difference! Come and join us! You can find out how here

The Year Ahead

At the start of 2025 we can look back on the past year and take pleasure in our achievements in the past twelve months which included renewing our focus on biodiversity enhancement, helping to launch a new project in Wreccelsham and gaining an Outstanding grade in the In Bloom competition. 

Most of all we can look forward to working with all members and our partner organisations in the year ahead for which the outline programme is on this website.  The key events will be:

  • Carrying out Toad Watch once again in February
  • Preparing the Old Churchyard for Palm Sunday in April
  • Entering the Its Your Neighbourhood competition in July
  • Running a Bioblitz in The Bourne Green area in August 
  • Taking part in Heritage Open Days in September

Learn more about The Bourne

A Preliminary Survey of the status of the Bourne Stream
Burial plots map
Burial records arranged by name
Burial records arranged by plot number
Effects of climate change in the Bourne
George Sturt 1863 – 1927
Heritage Open Days Programme
In memory of Stan Cockett, founder of BCG
Last Years of Frederick Grover (Memoirs of a Surrey Labourer)
Middle Bourne Lane Pond
Moths of the Old Churchyard
Old Church Lane: George Sturt and W.H. Allen
Sable Wood – What’s been achieved
The Bourne’s distinctive footpaths
The Children’s Hymnbook
The Old Churchyard – Overview
Tracing the Development of a Small Community