Boxhill Organ & Keyboard Club was 'born' in 1993, largely due to the efforts of Doris and Tony Willetts in encouraging a group of local people with a shared interest.  It has grown since then and the membership is around 70, swelled by visitors each month.

The Club has been recognised by the organ world as a very successful and friendly club, attracting some of the country's top organists, many of whom travel long distances to perform here and some even come back for a return visit!

	An irrepressible TIM FLINT on stage at Boxhill
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The comfortable Village Hall, built in 1972 after many years of fund-raising, has recently been refurbished with a new roof, windows and curtains.

Visitors are always welcome to any concert and you can pay at the door.

Where is Boxhill?

BOX HILL ( 563 ft above sea level ) is one of the best known summits of the North Downs, in the heart of Surrey, surrounded by National Trust countryside. It is visited by over a million people each year. It is named after the Box trees, which have grown here since at least the 16^th century. Box is a hardwood which was used to make the blocks for wood engravings, Chessmen, carpenters’ rules, shuttles for the silk industry and the decorative inlay for fine furniture. It was also used in parts of musical instruments.

Some place names on Boxhill - the Little Alp and Little Switzerland Valley and the narrow Zig Zag road which descends towards Dorking are reminiscent of Switzerland - especially in the winter.

A short way along the ridge of the hill is a curiosity - the gravestone of Major Peter Labellière, who requested to be buried upside down in 1800 ‘as the world has turned topsy-turvy’.

• The Old Fort, originally built in the late 19^th century as part of a defence system around London, is now a roost for many protected species of bats.

• In 1930 John Logie Baird, the television pioneer, conducted some of his early experiments here at Swiss Cottage, a flint cottage on the summit of the hill.

• The Salomons Memorial, built in memory of Leopold Salomons who gave Boxhill to the Nation in 1923, is the well known viewpoint on the summit of the hill.

• There is a well stocked National Trust Shop and popular cafeteria near the viewpoint.

• The whole area is a Site of Special Scientific Interest, a Grade I Country Park, and an Area of Outstanding National Beauty.

Our organists do not have much time to appreciate this beautiful area, which is not far from the M25 ( junction 8) at Reigate and near to Dorking, Epsom and Leatherhead. So far we have never lost an organist - they are quite good map readers!