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Twinning in East Grinstead
Our Association was formed at a public meeting held at East Court, East Grinstead, on 21st November 1962 following contact made by the Mayor of Bourg-de-Péage, in the Drome Region of Southern France, and subsequently official twinning took place in 1964.
Over the years the link has grown ever stronger, with exchange visits taking place between young people, adult groups, sports groups and other organisations such as choral societies, professional associations and so on.
Bourg-de-Péage also twinned with Mindelheim (Bavaria, Germany) and Verbania (on Lake Maggiore, Italy) in 1962. In 1964 when East Grinstead twinned with Bourg-de-Péage it was at the same time as they twinned with Sant Feliu de Guixols (Costa Brava, Spain). It was a natural progression that East Grinstead should link with these other towns. Official twinning with Verbania took place in 1992 followed by Mindelheim and Sant Feliu de Guixols in 1994. Our fifth link came about through Mindelheim’s twinning link with Schwaz (Austrian Tyrol).
In 1985 East Grinstead was honoured with the presentation of the European flag in recognition of our activity in promoting friendship to our European neighbours.
A short description of each of these five towns can be seen by clicking the links below, and it should be noted that East Grinstead Library holds a number of pictorial books received as gifts from the twin towns for further information.
Our logo
  Our logo is a collage representing, left to right, the world-famous Queen Victoria Hospital, St Swithun's church, the 14th-century timber-framed buildings in the High Street and, in red, the Meridian line which passes through East Grinstead.
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