Welcome to the LOSRA Website
Like any local community, the policies and decisions shaping the character and future of Lower Sunbury are influenced by a combination of local and national government initiatives, alongside market forces and vested interests operating within these frameworks. As with many areas, Lower Sunbury faces challenges stemming from an aging infrastructure, rapid urban development, increasing traffic congestion, and other pressures that impact both quality of life and the distinctive character of the neighbourhood.
In collaboration with local authorities, other residents’ associations and amenity groups, LOSRA plays a vital role in addressing fundamental issues that affect its members' lives. This organisation not only engages with broader strategic concerns but also focuses on the everyday matters that shape community well-being.
To stay informed, we encourage you to subscribe to our regular e-bulletins via the link at the top left of this page. Your continued support is essential to our efforts, and we urge you to join or renew your membership. Subscriptions for 2026 are now payable at £5 per household. Donations are also welcome.
First Event of this Year's SSAA Festival
You are invited to join the Sunbury and Shepperton Arts Festival for the first event in this year's Festival which takes place at the Riverside Arts Centre.
Friday 5 July at 8 pm
CLARA’S GIFT
Elizabeth Mansfield presents her new one-woman show, Clara's Gift. The story of Clara and Robert Schumann told through music and readings from Janice Galloway's novel 'Clara' and features the famous song cycle 'Frauenliebe und Leben'.
'Glorious music, ridiculous words!' is a frequent response to this song cycle, but this production uncovers and celebrates a very different interpretation.
Tickets £10
Tickets for this and all other events in the Festival can be purchased by calling the Box Office on 01932 567 365 or by emailing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Race Night at Sunbury Cricket Club, Saturday, 6th July
The following email from Sunbury Cricket Club has been received by LOSRA and we are pleased to reproduce it here:
ENTRY TO THE EVENT IS FREE
Please show your support for Sunbury Cricket Club, and help us maintain the fantastic facilities we are all lucky enough to enjoy, by attending the Sunbury CC Race Night this Saturday, 6th July.
If you want the full experience you can own a horse which you can name yourself and/or become a trainer. These opportunities are going fast and will only be available for purchase prior to the event before this Wednesday 3rd July. Thereafter, some may be available on the night but to allow the programme to be printed you will have to take your horse's allocated name - and nobody wants to be stuck with a horse called "Teddington" "Banstead" or "Wimbledon"!
To own a horse costs £6. To be a trainer also costs £6 - you can be both for a discounted price of £10. Every winning owner and trainer wins a prize.
So please don't be shy. To buy in to a horse please contact me at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or on 07921 821958.
A tote will be in operation and bets can be placed immediately prior to each race. Food by Chef Ryan will also be available for a reasonable price on the night.
So come on down, and have a sensible flutter flutter and a great laugh with club members from all areas of our great club.
Trading Standards Alert! - The latest Sunbury Rogues, HMRC Scam and Safe Online Banking
The latest Trading Standards Alert has been received by LOSRA and may be viewed by clicking here. Sunbury is currently the target of rogue traders it would seem.
Sunbury & Shepperton Arts Association Summer Festival
A talk by the director of Shepperton Studios, a fortepiano recital of baroque music in St Nicholas Church and a River Thames boat trip feature in this year’s Festival while a variety of other performance events will be held at the Riverside Arts Centre in Thames Street, Lower Sunbury from 5 to 21 July.
The festival opens on Friday 5 July with Elizabeth Mansfield and her new one-woman show, Clara’s Gift. The story of Clara and Robert Schumann, it features the famous song cycle 'Frauenliebe und Leben' (A Woman's Life and Loves) told through music and readings from Janice Galloway's novel 'Clara'.
On 14 July there will be an afternoon piano recital by two students from the Royal College of Music featuring music by Chopin, Brahms, Haydn and Rachmaninov.
Screen comedy writer, Jan Etherington, revisits the arts centre stage on 18 July with a rehearsed play reading, Why can’t I?, assisted by well-known faces from stage and screen.
Finally, the pace hots-up with two lively and diverse musical events. The first, on 19 July features Viva Flamenco and their performance of traditional dance and music. Then on Saturday 20 join us for an evening of jazz presented by StarDust Big Band featuring music by the likes of Duke Ellington.
A cake decoration workshop will also be held at the Riverside Arts Centre during the afternoon of 20 July – numbers are limited.
Worthy of note are three free events. On Saturday 13th the SSAA endorses the work of local creative writers and poets - many of whom have been published and won prizes - who will perform a public reading of their works. Local butcher, James of Shepperton, will advise on Eating Excellent Meat on the afternoon of 17 July. And, from 18 to 20 July, there will be a free exhibition of work by local artists Freda Anderson, Candida Woolley and Margaret Stanley with some of her students in the Studio Theatre.
Shepperton Players will perform Tonight at Eight, which features sketches and songs by Noel Coward, from 11 to 13 July (these performances are not part of the Festival so please book via Shepperton Players Box Office on 07505 206757).
The box is office is now open and a booking form may be downloaded by clicking here. You can also visit http://www.ssaa-arts.org or call 01932 567 365 to book tickets.
Development of EA Site, Fordbridge Road - Schedule
The phased development of the Environment Agency site in Fordbridge Road is due to commence from 8th July with the demolition work on existing buildings.
Local residents should by now have received a flier from the EA summarising the next steps.
For those who may not have been included in the circulation, a copy of the flier may be viewed by clicking here
First Meeting of Local Policing Board for Spelthorne
Inspector Derrick Laing has forwarded details of the Local Policing Board's first meeting being held on 27 June at the Greeno Centre in Shepperton.
It is open to all Spelthorne residents regardless of where they live.
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LOSRA's 40th Anniversary Garden Party
Many thanks to all those who turned out for our 40th Anniversary Garden Party last Sunday. It was a great pity that,despite promises from the Met Office for dry weather, the first two hours of the event was marred by rain.
Nevertheless, the event proved to be a success and our thanks go to Mr and Mrs Heslop for making their beautiful garden available to us; and to David Banks, the party organiser who will now, sadly, be leaving our Committee due to work commitments. He will be greatly missed.
Sunbury Open Gardens Day, Sunday 30th June 11am - 5pm
The ever popular Sunbury Open Gardens Day enters its eleventh year with the promise of six gardens to appeal to all tastes.From the unashamedly 70s garden to the modern with zacuzzi; all will delight.
Apart from all the usual attractions of cakes, jams, plants, books, teas and fizz, there will also be a Mega raffle with many prizes including a 39" Samsung smart TV, a Toshiba Pixcam, Roberts Radio, tickets to Hampton Court Flower Show, a case of wine and much more besides.
For further details, ticket sales and bookings, visit: http://www.sunburyopengardens.co.uk
The Lee Ryder Band Makes Debut at SCC on 28th June
The next Music Night at Sunbury Cricket Club will be held on Friday 28 June, and after a couple of events featuring familiar faces in the form of the Dave's Not Here and The '60s All Stars, the Club welcomes another new name to the Club for the first time with The Lee Ryder Band. Lee Ryder has been around the London blues scene since the '60s and is a long-time associate of Mick Taylor from the Rolling Stones. He was in a band called The Hush, who were around the fringes of the big time, and has led his own blues band for a couple of decades now, having built a formidable reputation as one of the best bluesmen on the circuit.
Alan Darby, former sideman with Paul McCartney and Eric Clapton, and who is guitarist in the band of the Queen musical "We Will Rock You" at the Dominion Theatre, is taking an night off to do this gig. Anyone who can emulate Brian May on a nightly basis should be worth seeing.
The band has an excellent web site at www.theleeryderband.co.uk, with biogs, music, videos and reviews, and there's more video on YouTube, so please check them out. You can certainly look forward to another evening of top class blues at the Club.
Walton Bridge - Progress and Road Closure Dates
Residents may have attended the recent public meeting at which the progress and final construction schedule of the new Walton Bridge was discussed. If you were unable to attend, you may wish to click on the following link to update yourself on the planned road closures which will be necessary before the final opening.
Cystic Fibrosis Fundraiser at Riverside Arts Centre, 6th July
Cystic Fibrosis cuts lives in half, and research into finding a cure for this crippling genetic disorder needs constant funding if young sufferers are to be given the opportunity to enjoy the length and quality of life they deserve.
On July 6th at the Riverside Arts Centre there will be an evening of fun, food, music, dancing and entertainment aimed at raising money for Cystic Fibrosis Research. Admission is by ticket only, and since the number able to be accommodated at the Arts Centre is limited, it has to be a case of first-come, first-served.
Individual tickets cost £15, or a table for 8 people costs £100.
More than half the available tickets are already spoken for, so anyone else who would like to have a good night out on July 6th while supporting the cause should contact Gerry Cook at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. <mailto:This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Minutes of LOSRA AGM
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Regrettably, the guest speaker for our Annual General Meeting was incapacitated with a stomach complaint and was therefore unable to attend to give his presentation on the proposal to introduce cattle into Sunbury Park. We have been assured that a public consultation will be held in due course and this Website will be updated just as soon as a date has been fixed. After eight years as Chairman, John Hirsh decided it was time to stand down and has been succeeded by Mr Alan Doyle who cut his teeth as an active member of the Police College Development Action Group (PCDAG). We wish him every success in his new role. The AGM concluded with an open forum during which members were able to put questions. To view the minutes, click here |
| Alan Doyle - LOSRA Chairman |
Burglaries in Sunbury - Police Alert
The following email from our local police has just been received by LOSRA and it is reproduced here for the attention of residents:
I am writing this email to inform you of recent suspicious activity.
In recent months Sunbury has been the target for burglaries. A recent method for burglars to see if a house is occupied is to simply knock on the door. When a door is answered they will tell the occupant that they are looking for someone in one instance it was a doctor and in another instance it was a Mr Hughes, once the door is opened they make their excuses and leave, normally along the line of "I've been sent to the wrong address" or something similar. In many cases the person or persons are wearing high visibility jackets to look official and may say they are working for the council, gas or electric company.
If you have an encounter like this please call us and let us know sooner rather than later. The quicker we know that a suspicious person is in your road we can find them and ascertain their reasons for being in the area and knocking on doors.
They might be completely innocent however police attendance could also be the difference between finding a known burglar in our area or having a burglary occur and a distressed victim.
Thank you,
PCSO Phill Wrighton 15007
Eco Park Public Meeting - 7pm, Thursday 13th June
Surrey County Council will be hosting a public meeting at Spelthorne Borough Council, Knowle Green, on Thursday 13th June at 7pm.
The meeting will begin with a presentation by SCC, followed by a question and answer session chaired by Richard Hewitt of the Shepperton Residents' Association.
Residents will be aware from the extensive coverage given to the Eco Park on this Site, that its proposed installation is a matter of great controversy within our local community. If you plan to attend and to help ensure there is space for all those interested, you are asked to contact SCC's waste management team on 03456 009 009 or email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to register your interest.
All residents are urged to attend.
