A Leatherhead Advertiser headline a few years ago questioned if Leatherhead's High Street was among the worst in the country. Leatherhead has been the subject of many other disparaging remarks - about, for example, the Swan Centre car park and the demise of the Thorndike Theatre.
The High Street has seen some improvements recently. The Travelodge, new shops and restaurants have opened, major businesses have moved in, the Theatre is being revived. The River Mole was designated a 'Local Nature Reserve' in July. So has the tide turned? Probably, some believe, but at too slow a pace, and with no clear vision for the future.
