Thursday doors – 7 August 2025 – Doors of Godalming

Doors 319 – Doors of Godalming, Surrey, March 2025 (Part V)

Are we really in August already? Life canters on with little respite, which makes writing a blog all the more important, taking time to think, reflect and write before returning to the maelstrom.

This is the last in a series of doors from Godalming, a small town in Surrey, which I visited on a work trip back in March this year. Although I had heard and was aware of the town most of my life, it wasn’t until my work took me there that I visited the place. I am super-lucky that one aspect of my job takes me all around the country to stay in towns and cities, many of which I get to visit for the first time. I chronicle my ‘tours’ through photographing doors and street art (if there is any), which feels like a nice way to remember a place. Enough chit-chat – on to this week’s doors. I hope you enjoy them.

An unusual door with a suspended canopy, Bridge Street, Godalming, Surrey, March 2025
An unusual door with a suspended canopy, Bridge Street, Godalming, Surrey, March 2025
'Please shut the gate' door, Bridge Street, Godalming, Surrey, March 2025
‘Please shut the gate’ door, Bridge Street, Godalming, Surrey, March 2025
Faux Regency door to a closed down retail outlet with a lot of notices, High Street, Godalming, Surrey, March 2025
Faux Regency door to a closed down retail outlet with a lot of notices, High Street, Godalming, Surrey, March 2025
Black door with a large oval window, High Street, Godalming, Surrey, March 2025
Black door with a large oval window, High Street, Godalming, Surrey, March 2025
Black coat of arms embedded in a wall in Pound Lane, Godalming, Surrey, March 2025
Black coat of arms embedded in a wall in Pound Lane, Godalming, Surrey, March 2025
Two doors in a timber frame building, Bridge Street, Godalming, Surrey, March 2025
Two doors in a timber frame building, Bridge Street, Godalming, Surrey, March 2025
Five sets of doors on a timber frame building, Bridge Street, Godalming, Surrey, March 2025
Five sets of doors on a timber frame building, Bridge Street, Godalming, Surrey, March 2025
Large timber frame building with tiered floors and shop doors, High Street Godalming, Surrey, March 2025
Large timber frame building with tiered floors and shop doors, High Street Godalming, Surrey, March 2025
Small red door with a flood wall built in front of it, Westbrook Road, Godalming, Surrey, March 2025
Small red door with a flood wall built in front of it, Westbrook Road, Godalming, Surrey, March 2025

The red door, was the last one I photographed in Godalming and was from a small cottage situated directly adjacent to the brook (West Brook?), which was obviously exposed to frequent flooding, hence the brick flood wall blocking the entrance. I think that there was another entrance on the side of the building that was a more practical access to the cottage.

I very much enjoyed my night stopover in Godalming, and would recommend a visit if you happen ever to be in the area.

Something a little different next time.

If you have made it this far, you probably like doors, and you really ought to take a look at the No Facilities blog by Dan Anton who has taken over the hosting of Thursday Doors from Norm 2.0 blog. Links to more doorscursions can be found in the comments section of Dan Anton’s weekly Thursday Doors post.

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Thursday doors – 31 July 2025 – Doors of Godalming

Doors 318 – Doors of Godalming, Surrey, March 2025 (Part IV)

Rather remarkably, I have remembered that Dan is taking a Thursday Doors holiday this week, but I have decided to press ahead with this week’s selection as I have a little bit of time (last night in fact) to write this post and I might as well make hay while the sun shines.

This is the fourth and penultimate selection of doors from Godalming in Surrey, photographed on a work trip overnight stay. This week’s doors are mostly from the High Street running through the centre of the town. Enjoy.

Beautiful timber frame building with Specsavers shopfront and dull grey door, High Street, Godalming, Surrey, March 2025
Beautiful timber frame building with Specsavers shopfront and dull grey door, High Street, Godalming, Surrey, March 2025
Timber frame house and wonky black door, High Street, Godalming, Surrey, March 2025
Timber frame house and wonky black door, High Street, Godalming, Surrey, March 2025
Wonky black door, High Street, Godalming, Surrey, March 2025
Wonky black door, High Street, Godalming, Surrey, March 2025
Tudor archway, Crown Court, Godalming, Surrey, March 2025
Tudor archway, Crown Court, Godalming, Surrey, March 2025
Yard double door and archway dated 1836, High Street, Godalming, Surrey, March 2025
Yard double door and archway dated 1836, High Street, Godalming, Surrey, March 2025
Grand entrance to The King's Arms and Royal Hotel, High Street, Godalming, Surrey, March 2025
Grand entrance to The King’s Arms and Royal Hotel, High Street, Godalming, Surrey, March 2025
A roof door at The King's Arms and Royal Hotel, High Street, Godalming, Surrey, March 2025
A roof door at The King’s Arms and Royal Hotel, High Street, Godalming, Surrey, March 2025
Classic door with porch and twin trees, High Street, Godalming, Surrey, March 2025
Classic door with porch and twin trees, High Street, Godalming, Surrey, March 2025

Godalming High Street, like so many other high streets in English towns, is stuffed full of little gems and wonderful history, heritage and architecture. It is all too easy to keep your head down and not look at what is around you. Having an interest in doors acts like a portal (no pun intended) into this world of curiosity of your surroundings, and it has certainly prompted me to look at the places where I happen to be through a different lens. One more selection and then I move on to another place. See you next time.

If you have made it this far, you probably like doors, and you really ought to take a look at the No Facilities blog by Dan Anton who has taken over the hosting of Thursday Doors from Norm 2.0 blog. Links to more doorscursions can be found in the comments section of Dan Anton’s Thursday Doors post.

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Thursday doors – 17 July 2025 – Doors of Godalming

Doors 316 – Doors of Godalming, Surrey, March 2025 (Part II)

I am writing this all in a bit of a hurry last night, because today I’ll be travelling to Eastbourne to run a workshop for a large nature partnership. Expect to see some doors of Eastbourne some time in the future.

Today’s doors are the second helping from Godalming, a small town in Surrey bristling with character and heritage, which I visited on a similar work trip back in March this year. If nothing else, my work rewards me with opportunities to go to parts of the country I’d perhaps have never thought of going to, and Godalming is probably one of those.

I took these pictures in the evening I arrived and early in the morning before my workshop started, it is a routine I have mastered over the last year or two. I hope you enjoy these doors and some of the timber frame architecture.

Black door on High Street, Godalming, Surrey, March 2025
Black door on High Street, Godalming, Surrey, March 2025
Black door and attractive surround, Church Street, Godalming, Surrey, March 2025
Black door and attractive surround, Church Street, Godalming, Surrey, March 2025
Door to The Pepperpot (formerly the town hall), Godalming, Surrey, March 2025
Door to The Pepperpot (formerly the town hall), Godalming, Surrey, March 2025
Inner door to The Pepperpot (formerly the town hall), Godalming, Surrey, March 2025
Inner door to The Pepperpot (formerly the town hall), Godalming, Surrey, March 2025
Door and shopfront to Pavilion (no more), Black door and attractive surround, Church Street, Godalming, Surrey, March 2025
Door and shopfront to Pavilion (no more), Church Street, Godalming, Surrey, March 2025
Sealed door and shopfront to Pavilion (no more), Black door and attractive surround, Church Street, Godalming, Surrey, March 2025
Sealed door and shopfront to Pavilion (no more), Church Street, Godalming, Surrey, March 2025
Green door to a timber frame house, Church Street, Godalming, Surrey, March 2025
Green door to a timber frame house, Church Street, Godalming, Surrey, March 2025
Blue door and accountant shopfront, Mint Street, Godalming, Surrey, March 2025
Blue door and accountant shopfront, Mint Street, Godalming, Surrey, March 2025
Two doors, brick and stone ground floor and timber frame building, Church Street, Godalming, Surrey, March 2025
Two doors, brick and stone ground floor and timber frame building, Church Street, Godalming, Surrey, March 2025

That’s enough Surrey culture for the time being. More to come next time. May I wish you all a very happy weekend.

If you have made it this far, you probably like doors, and you really ought to take a look at the No Facilities blog by Dan Anton who has taken over the hosting of Thursday Doors from Norm 2.0 blog. Links to more doorscursions can be found in the comments section of Dan Anton’s Thursday Doors post.

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Thursday doors – 10 July 2025 – Doors of Godalming

Doors 315 – Doors of Godalming, Surrey, March 2025

It sounds like an interesting place, Godalming, but I had never visited until earlier this year, and as it turns out, it is a lovely, small, Surrey town. I was there with work for a partnership workshop I was leading, preparing for a celebration event for England’s newest National Nature Reserve, called Wealden Heaths. Sadly I never got to go to the celebration event itself, but I am told it was a perfect day, and we generated plenty of local and national coverage. Job done.

The town is very much centred around a single main street, called High Street, which is home to a wonderful array of timber-framed shops and houses in a Surrey style, quite different to those I have encountered in other parts of the country. This first set of doors are found on the route from the station to the High Street. I hope you enjoy this first of three or four collections from Godalming.

Station building and black door, Godalming, Surrey, March 2025
Station building and black door, Godalming, Surrey, March 2025

 

Ghost door on the station building, Godalming, Surrey, March 2025
Ghost door on the station building, Godalming, Surrey, March 2025

 

Surrey Place (not so) luxury office suites, Godalming, Surrey, March 2025
Surrey Place (not so) luxury office suites, Godalming, Surrey, March 2025

 

Front door to Surrey Place (not so) luxury office suites, Godalming, Surrey, March 2025
Front door to Surrey Place (not so) luxury office suites, Godalming, Surrey, March 2025

 

Timber framed house and door, Mill Lane, Godalming, Surrey, March 2025
Timber framed house and door, Mill Lane, Godalming, Surrey, March 2025

 

Small cottage and gabled front door, Mill Lane, Godalming, Surrey, March 2025
Small cottage and gabled front door, Mill Lane, Godalming, Surrey, March 2025

 

Beautiful surrey timber framed cottage and front door, Mill Lane, Godalming, Surrey, March 2025
Beautiful surrey timber framed cottage and front door, Mill Lane, Godalming, Surrey, March 2025

More to come from this rather pretty town next time, and perhaps for the next couple of times after that. Meanwhile, I am basking in the brilliant and unusually wonderful summer sunshine we are having in Bristol, with little sign of rain for more than a week.

That’s it for another week. I prepared this post in advance, and I am publishing it very early (UK time) on Thursday, because when I did this by mistake a few weeks ago, I had far more views than I would normally expect. I am testing the idea once again, but this time deliberately, to see if that was an anomaly or a real effect.

If you have made it this far, you probably like doors, and you really ought to take a look at the No Facilities blog by Dan Anton who has taken over the hosting of Thursday Doors from Norm 2.0 blog. Links to more doorscursions can be found in the comments section of Dan Anton’s Thursday Doors post.

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