Frimley Lodge Minature Railway | Surrey Heath Borough Council

Alzheimer's Cafe | Surrey Heath Borough Council

Gardening group | Surrey Heath Borough Council

Travelling Through Time | Surrey Heath Borough Council

Frimley Green Carnival | Surrey Heath Borough Council

Camberley Repair Café | Surrey Heath Borough Council

Breakfast Church | Surrey Heath Borough Council

Pram Walk and Talk | Surrey Heath Borough Council

Outlook for seniors | Surrey Heath Borough Council

People using screen readers are not able to see the layout of a form. To make forms
accessible, they must define explicit text labels for each form control. 

Usually the best solution is to use a `<label>` element. The label may be linked to 
by the form control:

```html
<label for="name">Full name</label>
<input type="name" id="name">
```

or the `<label>` can be wrapped around the form control:

```html
<label>
    Full name <input type="name">
</label>
```

Buttons are different, as their labels are specified by the code for the button, e.g.

```html
<input type="submit" value="Send message">
<button>Send message</button>
```

Alternatively ARIA attributes, such as `aria-label` may be used, but this information
will not be conveyed to visual users. For more information, see [W3C's guide to labeling controls](https://www.w3.org/WAI/tutorials/forms/labels/).

Hidden input fields (`<input type="hidden">`) do not require labels.
Note that the `placeholder` attribute 
[should not be used as an alternative to a label](https://www.w3.org/TR/html/sec-forms.html#the-placeholder-attribute),
nor should the `title` attribute.

## Custom roles

Note that this check considers the underlying accessible role of an element, which can be 
different from the tag itself.

For example, this `<div>` has a `role` of `button`, and so is expected to have a label, like
a button would.

```html
<div role="button"></div>
```

form-control-labels

September 2025

August 2025

Surrey Heath Borough Council

	Title / URL	Issues
	Frimley Lodge Minature Railway \| Surrey Heath Borough Councilwww.surreyheath.gov.uk/events/frimley-lodge-minature-railway	1
	Alzheimer's Cafe \| Surrey Heath Borough Councilwww.surreyheath.gov.uk/events/alzheimers-cafe	1
	Gardening group \| Surrey Heath Borough Councilwww.surreyheath.gov.uk/events/gardening-group	1
	Travelling Through Time \| Surrey Heath Borough Councilwww.surreyheath.gov.uk/events/travelling-through-time	1
	Frimley Green Carnival \| Surrey Heath Borough Councilwww.surreyheath.gov.uk/events/frimley-green-carnival-0	1
	Camberley Repair Café \| Surrey Heath Borough Councilwww.surreyheath.gov.uk/events/camberley-repair-cafe	1
	Breakfast Church \| Surrey Heath Borough Councilwww.surreyheath.gov.uk/events/breakfast-church	1
	Pram Walk and Talk \| Surrey Heath Borough Councilwww.surreyheath.gov.uk/events/pram-walk-and-talk	1
	Outlook for seniors \| Surrey Heath Borough Councilwww.surreyheath.gov.uk/events/outlook-seniors	1

Ensure form controls have labels

Surrey Heath Borough Council

Where this issue has occurred