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Sutton residents are being invited to meet TV presenter Ben Fogle as he is welcomed as guest star at Smarter Travel Sutton's free Move it at the Manor festival on Sunday 29 July.

The popular television personality will be joining Jenny Jones, green transport advisor to the Mayor of London, who will perform the official opening of the festival.

Ben first appeared on television as one of the volunteers who spent the year 2000 on the Outer Hebridean island of Taransay as part of the BBC 1 series, Castaway.

Since then he has presented a wide range of programmes including Countryfile, Animal Park, Cash in the Attic, Wild in Africa, and One Man and His Dog.

His latest series Wild on the West Coast starts on Monday 23 July on BBC2 and he has recently announced that he will join the 2008 Race to the South Pole with Olympic rowing gold medallist James Cracknell.

Local residents are invited to come down to Move it at the Manor to meet Ben who will join in some of the fun activities on offer.

Focusing on healthy and green ways to travel, the day will celebrate walking, cycling and being active.

Highlights include a cycle zone with stunt bike demonstrations and obstacle courses, children's entertainment with street performances and circus skills, and health and well-being areas.

Visitors can also enjoy competitions for hundreds of free prizes including T-shirts, rucksacks, family days out, Oyster cards, bikes and activity holidays.

Local bands The Fore, Creeper and Black and White will play live on the Move it at the Manor stage.

During the day some of the country's top cyclists will be racing through the town in the first ever Sutton Town Centre Cycle Races.

Leading women cyclists will participate in a national circuit race championship and there will be a series of youth races with local participants as well as two men's races.

For more information: www.smartertravelsutton.org

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