Surrey Hills Food & Drink Festival at Denbies Wine
Type: Festival
Dorking
Surrey
RH5 6AA
Tel: +44 (0)1306 742002
28 July 2012
A festival of Surrey Hills wine, beer and food to celebrate the first of the 2012 Olympic Games events will take place at Denbies Wine Estate, Dorking, on July 28. The Surrey Hills Festival will showcase the best of Surrey’s local food and drink, art and entertainment. Entry for this community event will be free. This would also be an ideal opportunity to visit Dorking and soak up the atmosphere, attractions and heritage of this famous market town when the eyes of the world will be on Surrey.
Tens of thousands of spectators are expected to converge on the area around Dorking and Box Hill, which offers the best opportunity to see the cycle race. Once the cyclists have passed down the A24 and completed their nine circuits of Box Hill via the Zig Zag, visitors and local people alike will be invited to make their way to Denbies to taste the wine and local beers and feast on farm produce, from hog roasts to strawberry cream teas. There will be music and entertainment and lots of stalls selling local produce to eat or take home.
The festival kicks off at 11am and the Denbies train will be on hand to ferry visitors back and forth. Roads will be closed to cars but the vineyard is within easy walking distance of Box Hill, West Humble and Dorking railway stations and it is also accessible by cycle track.
