• Baitul Futuh Mosque, Morden Surrey Heritage staff visit the largest purpose...
• Gay Surrey archives The charity Gay Surrey has deposited their arch...
• Gypsy School at Hurtwood In the archives of Surrey History Centre in Wok...
• Gypsy, Romany & Traveller History at Surrey History Centre Rose Manning and Annie Bentley (SHC Referen...
• Jewish Communities in Surrey Jewish Communities in Surrey Despite its pro...
• LGBT Youth Project This project focuses on LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bis...
• Roman Catholic Family History in Surrey Roman Catholic Family History in Surrey ...
• Shah Jahan Mosque, Woking There is a long-established Islamic connection ...
• The Roman Catholic Church in Surrey Image: Roman Catholic Church of the Arc...
• Together in Surrey Surrey Heritage brings together Surrey...

Learn about Surrey's diverse culture and communities.

To celebrate the handing over of the Paralympics from Beijing to London 2012, a small group from Surrey's Riding for the Disabled (Samber RDA) met at Newlands Corner on 17th September 2008. Click here to read more.

Click here to see pictures of Gurkhas in the archive of the Surrey Regiments.

Click here to see a small sample of photographs from the archive of the Surrey Regiments which show the diverse cultures encountered.

Click here to see a sample of other Regimental photographs from India.

Find out more about Surrey's gay icons:

Other more recent famous gay Surrey residents include:

Kenny Everett (born Maurice James Christopher Cole) – the comedian spent much of his childhood at a children's home in Peper Harrow.
Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight) - former resident of 'Hercules' located on the Wentworth estate, Virginia Water.
Freddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara) – front man of rock band Queen and one-time resident of St George's Hill, Weybridge.
Brian Paddick - former Deputy Assistant Commissioner in London's Metropolitan Police Service, mayoral candidate for London (2008) and contestant on I'm a Celebrity get me out of here (2008), was born in Balham and attended Sutton Manor High School for Boys.

Click here to see a pdf () copy of an LGBT bibliography listing a range of published works held at Surrey History Centre.

Cultural diversity - a bibliography

Click here to download a list (pdf ) of the books and periodicals in the library collection at Surrey History Centre. Further suggestions can be found in the community specific bibliographies: Roman Catholic Records, Sources for Jewish History and Gypsy, Romany and Traveller Bibliography. Other books can be found by searching the Surrey Libraries Virtual Library Catalogue.

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