Our County Standard is available as a badge, perhaps for your camp blanket or for swaps, and we also sell the County lion,the Epsom Division badge;and the County Centenary badge. Badge sales are handled by Girlguiding Stoneleigh District on our behalf, and you can buy by credit card (min £2.00 order please) quickly and easily - they aim to dispatch within hours rather than days. Make your selection here and the total (including 75p UK postage) will be shown before you enter the payment details.Credit card payments are processed via Paypal but you do not need a Paypal account anymore!

For quantities, 'sale or return', or postage abroad, just email trading@girlguidingstoneleighdistrict.org.uk for details.

We've also listed other badges relating to the County and its Divisions, along with how to aquire them where we have this information.

The latest series 2 Standard badge for Surrey East, issued 1 November 2004. £1.50

The badge issued to commemorate the Girlguiding Centenary celebrations in 2009/2010 and launched in Surrey East at Lingfield on 5th September 2009. The design is by Jennifer Peach of Fusion Rangers, Reigate Division and comprises a smiling lion holding onto a 100th Birthday balloon representing our Surrey Lion, on top of a trefoil in yellow (Brownies), blue (Guides), aqua (Senior Section) and red (Trefoil Guild), on a background of Rainbow blue. £1.50

The current standard badge for our Region - LaSER (London and South East Region). Apply to Region to purchase this badge

Downs Heath - information to follow No badge of this standard is available

The latest series 2 Standard badge for Epsom Division. Details of this badge can be found on the Epsom Division website. £1.50

Originally the Division had six Districts.  The Oak leaf represents Oxted; the Cedar Tree is Caterham-on-the-Hill; the building is The Cage at Lingfield; the train is Caterham Valley; the horseshoe & leather bottle is Warlingham (names of twopubs); and the other symbol is Tilburstow. Apply to Godstone to purchase this badge

Leatherhead - information to follow

The Leith Hill Division Standard was created in 2009 to celebrate the centenary of Girlguiding.  It features the tower on Leith Hill as well as a bonfire to represent Dorking Downs District (including Brockham), bricks to represent Dorking Weald District and the local brickworks, and a Dorking cockerel to represent Dorking Leas District. Apply to Leith Hill to purchase this badge

The District symbols show: Engine, Redhill as a railway town, Pilgrim, as the Pilgrims Way runs through Reigate Hill, Coat of Arms of the de Warenne family of Reigate Priory, the M25/M25 interchange of Merstham, the Church of Horley West, and the Stage Coach of Horley East on the London/Brighton stage coach route Apply to Reigate to purchase this badge

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Details of the County Standard

This is a clear standard with some interesting symbolism.
The hoist is divided per pale (vertically) Azure a trefoil Or for Guiding, Or a lion passant guardant Gules armed and langued Azure, the County badge of Surrey. The lion derives from the Arms of Eleanor of Castille, wife of Edward 1 and so was contained in the Arms of their grand-daughter Joan de Barre who married in 1306 John de Warenne, Earl of Surrey.
The Motto band in the livery colours of the Movement, Azure lettered Or.
The fly, divided by three bars dancetty Azure, Argent, Azure with seven points representing the Seven Hills of Surrey - Box, Colley, Juniper, Leith, Pebble, Reigate and White.

In chief
a swan Proper for Leatherhead from the town coat of arms showing the strong links with London; (Leatherhead Division)
a castle gateway Proper, between the bases of the towers REI Gules meaning water, from the town coat of arms; (Reigate Division)
a horse Sable from Epsom showing links with the Derby which is run on Epsom Downs (Epsom Division)

In base
on a mound Vert a tower Proper representing the tower build on Leith Hill, the highest point in South East England; (Leith Hill Division)
a woolsack Proper representing sheep rearing and wool production in Banstead which provided the wool for the first Woolsack used in the House of Lords; (Banstead Division - now Downs Heath Division)
behind a churn a wheatstalk and shepherds crook Proper in saltire for the predominant occupations in the area. (Godstone Division)

The border is a twisted cord in the livery colours of the Movement.

Issue 1 was produced with a dark blue background
Issue 2 of 500 badges was introduced on 1 November 2004 with a red background and overlocking