Celebratingseaford
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Remembrance Services in Seaford 2024
Remembrance Sunday Service on Sunday 10th November – 10:30am at the War Memorial, Sutton Road, Seaford. Please see programme of events below: 10:30am ROAD CLOSURES Commence, diversions in place 10:35am WREATH LAYING commences, lead by Seaford Town Council’s Mayor 10:59am PRAYERS & EXHORTATION BY Royal British Legion Chairman 11:00am TWO MINUTES SILENCE 11:03am NATIONAL ANTHEM…
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Controversial planning application for an 18 storey tower block plus 5 smaller blocks of flats in Newhaven has been deferred to a later date.
The controversial planning application for an 18 storey tower block plus 5 smaller blocks of flats in Newhaven was considered by Lewes District Council’s planning committee this evening. Councillors on the committee voted to defer the decision following concerns voiced about the scheme. There were no councillors willing to propose approval of the scheme in…
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Churchill Living public consultation on plans for a retirement living community on the Seaford Constitutional Club site.
Consultation runs from 4th Nov – 10th Nov. McCarthy and Stone have chosen not to progress with their plans for a retirement living facility on the site of the Constitutional Club in Crouch Lane which received planning approval last year. Churchill Living and Weatherstone Properties Group are now planning to redevelop the site providing approximately…
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East Sussex County Council Consultation – Proposal to introduce a booking system for all household refuse sites.
East Sussex County Council is currently consulting on introducing a booking system for the 10 household refuse sites in East Sussex. This will obviously affect the refuse site at Cradle Hill in Seaford and the one in Newhaven. The idea is you book a specified time slot when you will visit. The proposal will include:…
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2024: A year in the life of Driftwood By Sea
2024 has been a significant year for Geoff Stonebanks and his multi-award-winning garden, Driftwood By Sea, in Bishopstone. September marked 20 years that he and his partner had moved from North London to the coast. Having raised over £170,000 for charity and seen over 23,000 visitors, Geoff and the garden continues to have some amazing…
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Why do the clocks go back on the last Sunday in October?
Don’t forget this Sunday, 27th October at 1am the clocks go back an hour. In 1907 William Willett wrote a pamphlet called ‘The Waste of Daylight’ in which he suggested the clocks go forward in April and backwards in September. William’s idea was not taken up immediately even though it had many supporters including Winston…
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Rampion
I recently enjoyed a fascinating boat trip with Sussex Boat Trips where we sailed 12 miles out to the Rampion Offshore Wind Farm. Firstly, are you aware how the wind farm got its name? A pupil from a school in Worthing won a competition to name it. The name she chose was Rampion, a flower…
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PRESSURE
Article written by Melanie Locke A Seaford Resident is the central character in a new film – PRESSURE based on the WW2 D-Day Landings delays and some filming at the Coastguard Cottages Group Captain James Martin Stagg, CB, OBE, FRSE (30 June 1900 – 23 June 1975) Who lived at 33 Carlton Road, SEAFORD This house now displays…
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Green Sock Movement – Extreme Beach Clean
Cuckmere Haven, Sunday 6th October 💚💙💛 Join us on Sunday 6th October at Cuckmere Haven for our next Extreme Beach Clean 💚 #greensockmovement http://www.bhassexplore.com 💛💙💚 In the morning we are walking out beneath the cliffs towards Birling Gap and after lunch we will be on the estuary and shingle beaches and flood plains of the…
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🎶 Musicals Showcase 🎶
With Rhapsody Artist Development Seaford’s finest young singing talent are showcasing their work with group songs and solos from “ The Musicals”. Saturday, 12th October at in Lewes. A short 5 minute walk from Lewes station. Tickets available to the general public now @. radseaford@gmail.com Come along and support tomorrow’s stars.
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The National Garden Scheme and the amazing 16 NGS gardens in Seaford.
The National Garden Scheme (NGS) gives visitors unique access to over 3,500 exceptional, mainly private, gardens in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Channel Islands, and raises impressive amounts of money for nursing and health charities through admissions, teas, cake, plant and other related sales. Thanks to the generosity of garden owners, volunteers, and visitors we donated…
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Batty about Bats
The Bat Conservation Trust have kindly allowed me to share some information from their webpage. Have you ventured out at dusk and spotted a small dark creature flying by at speed? Yes, then you may just have been lucky enough to have seen a bat. Bats account for almost a third of all mammal species…
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Sewage Pollution Alerts Affecting Seaford 27th September 2024
Southern Water have just confirmed there were six storm overflow releases from CLIFF END SEAFORD this morning.. The first started at 03:50 and ended at 04:31. Followed by 04:42 which ended at 04:47. Then another one at 04:53 which ended 05:01. Another release started at 05:06 which ended at 05:21. This was followed by a…
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Protect the Beachy Head West Conservation Zone
Consultation ends this Friday 27th September The information below has been copied from the Sussex Wildlife Trust’s News page. Brighton Marina Dredging Licence Sarah Ward, Conservation Officer – Marine Brighton Marina is currently allowed to dump dredged sediment in Beachy Head West Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) but their licence is now up for renewal –…
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Sewage Pollution Alerts Affecting Seaford 22nd September 2024
Southern Water have just confirmed there were three storm overflow releases from CLIFF END SEAFORD. The first started at 01:39 and ended at 02:04. This was followed by a second release at 02:11 which ended at 02:40. There was then a further release at 22:00 which lasted for 2 hours and 29 minutes finally finishing…
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Autumn Equinox
This year the autumn equinox falls on September 22nd at 1:44pm. This heralds in the start of autumn and marks the end of summer. The word equinox comes from the Latin aequinoctium meaning ‘equal night’. It is the time of year when the earth is directly above the equator and we have almost an equal…
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Are you part of a group interested in nature? Would you like to help people to access, enjoy, learn about and look after the nature and cultural heritage of the eastern South Downs?
The Changing Chalk Community Grant Scheme is OPEN for applications. The information below has been copied from the National Trust webpage. There are grants of up to £7,500 available for community projects and up to £15,000 available for habitat-related projects focusing on restoring the fragile chalk grassland of the South Downs Sussex groups from Shoreham,…
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A Story of Shanties in Talk and Song – 8th Nov 7:30pm.
All proceeds go directly to benefit Newhaven RNLI You may have seen us singing on Seaford beach, or heard our dulcet tones carrying on the wind, but do you know the story of Shanties? Now’s your chance to learn the story in talk and song. Join us on Friday 8th November 2024 at 7:30pm at…
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RAF Friston – Spitfires and Spies National Trust Guided Walk 29th September 2024
I appreciate this isn’t Seaford but I think it will appeal to many Seafordians. The National Trust have a guided walk starting at Crowlink car park where you can learn about the history of RAF Friston and hear about some of the brave men and women who were based there and flew the iconic Spitfires.…
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Harvest moon, Supermoon and Partial Lunar Eclipse 17/18th September 2024
Wrap up warm tonight and venture outside if you can. It is a very special evening! Tonight is the Harvest Moon. It is also a Supermoon which means it will appear bigger and brighter than normal. Moonrise in Seaford tonight will be 19:04. A good place to view the moon will be up at Seaford…
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International Observe the Moon Night
Saturday 14th September 2024 Did you know tonight is officially ‘International Observe the Moon Night’? International Observe the Moon Night is sponsored by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission and the Solar System Exploration Division at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, with many contributors. We are lucky in Seaford to have dark skies both at Seaford…
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The Wreckers
We are a Sea Shanty band comprising of 6 or 7 local men who had a common interest in Sea Shanties and their history. We initially met nearly a year ago and so began our voyage of discovery. Three became, four, then 7. We found a venue and started to sing. At first we were like Church mice, quiet, introverted…
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Tall ship to start sailing from Newhaven to Le Tréport, Normandy three times a week from October.
Currently, 95% of goods traded between France and the UK are transported by lorry on ferries between Dover and Calais. A pallet on a ferry emits an average of 4kg of CO2 during its journey. Have you ever considered how many pallets cross the channel every day? Would you be shocked to hear it is 135,000 pallets a…
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Bob’s bird and butterfly blog
By Bob Eade Sussex Delights. Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve had some good interesting walks with Lisa, and also on my own. Lisa and I do try to stick reasonably local when we can, so the car can be left at home. One of the delights of living just a couple of minutes…
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Seaford Town Council is proposing to scale back the commemoration of Armed Forces Day due to ‘diminished public interest’!
The Community Services Committee of Seaford Town Council are meeting on Thursday 12th September. One of the agenda items is to scale back Armed Forces Day celebrations in the town. Rather than a large scale event which we have had in previous years they feel it is more appropriate to raise a dedicated flag at…
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Sewage Pollution Alert affecting Seaford 6th September
There is a second confirmed sewage discharge today, 6th September, at Newhaven which is affecting the bathing waters in Seaford. The first discharge started at 07:05 and ended at 08:22. The second discharge started at 10:09 and is still ongoing at point of posting this article 13:35. As mentioned in the post relating the the…
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Sewage Pollution Alert affecting Seaford 5th September
Southern Water have just confirmed the release 1128658 from CLIFF END SEAFORD that started at 12:29 on 05/09/2024 and ended at 13:13 on 05/09/2024, with a duration of 44 mins was genuine and would have started to impact the bathing water at 12:29 on 05/09/2024. Southern Water allow 72 hours to pass after a storm…
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Controversial planning application for an 18 storey tower block plus 5 smaller blocks of flats in Newhaven has been deferred to a later date.
The planning application for the 18 storey tower block that was to be heard at the planning committee tonight (4th September) has been deferred. Neil Collins, Head of Development Management advised a supplementary report had been submitted to committee (see below). Mr Collins explained a change had come about through liaison with the applicant seeking…
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The Blatchington Village Stocks
By Rodney Castleden From 1351 onwards, every town and village in England had to have stocks. They were the standard instruments of punishment for minor offences. The stocks were part of the texture of English village life in the late middle ages and early modern period, along with the ducking stool, the pillory and the…
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Back to school – help with homework 🙇🙇🏽🙇♀️🙇🏿♀️🙇🏾🙇🏼
Seaford Library are hosting a Homework and Activity Club for children aged 5 – 11. Homework club provides: Children under 8 must have a guardian with them. There is no need to book, just drop in. Dates of Homework Club: 📚💻
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Back to school
Reproduced with the kind permission of Becky Hemsley There’s a name in these trousers A name in this shirt A name in this lunch bag And one in this skirt There’s a name in this cardigan One in these shoes One in this jacket That they’re bound to lose There’s a name in this book…
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‘Dancing Sunflowers’
Have you heard of ‘sunflowers dancing’? A report in a national newspaper sent me off investigating. A study carried out by a team led by Yasmine Meroz at Tel Aviv University discovered that what appeared to be random movements within groups of plants can lead to self-organising patterns that optimise growing conditions. The team delved…
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Sewage Pollution Alert affecting Seaford 27th August
Southern Water have confirmed that Seaford has been affected by a sewage discharge release today from a sewer overflow which started at 15:29. When further information is released I will update the page,
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The Jar
Kindly reproduced with permission from Becky Hemsley There was a little dreamer Who, from just the age of three Spent all his time imagining What he could do and be He wanted to invent things Give the world something brand new He wanted to change lives Even if he only changed a few His wild…
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Sewage Pollution Alert affecting Seaford 24th August
Southern Water have confirmed there was a storm overflow release yesterday ‘that is likely to have impacted water quality at Seaford’. The release was from Cliff End and lasted 2 hours and 9 minutes 😮. Update received from Southern Water 11am 27/08/24 There are no longer any storm overflow releases impacting the bathing water at…
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Controversial planning application for an 18 storey tower block plus 5 smaller blocks of flats in Newhaven to be decided on 4th September 2024.
A controversial planning application has been submitted to demolish the former port office in Newhaven. You still have a chance to comment on this application whether you are for or against it but your comments must be submitted to Lewes District Council before the 4th September. Details as to how you can submit your comments…
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It’s all about the hedgehogs 🦔🦔🦔
Do you remember seeing hedgehogs snuffling around the garden when you were a child? Have you seen one recently? According to research 95% of the hedgehog population has been lost since the 1950’s 😳. Research by People’s Trust for Endangered Species shows that hedgehogs have declined by 30% in the last 10 years alone and…
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Bob’s bird and butterfly blog
By Bob Eade Feeling Autumnal. It is certainly feeling that summer is on the wane already, and that Autumn is very nearly with us. The local downland now is coming into flower with Devil’s-bit Scabious and Autumn Lady’s-tresses and many of the wild flowers are getting their seed-heads, although most of the trees are still…
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A single artist can dream. A group of artists can light fires in other peoples’ hearts!
Salt Edge Arts was initiated by artist, printmaker and educator, Emma Taylor and has evolved into a group of 16 Sussex based professional artists, working in many different disciplines. ‘Shorelines’ is the group’s fourth summer exhibition to take place at South Hill Barn, Seaford. The barn is an old agricultural building, with a great atmosphere, and situated near Cuckmere Haven, overlooking the Seven Sisters. Its history includes use in the…
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The Creative Journey of Paul Cox: Why he chose to set up his studio in Newhaven.
Paul Cox recently displayed his sculptures at the Seaford Horticultural show. They proved so popular we asked Paul what inspired his work. Paul Cox, the talented artist behind Paul Cox Sculpture, has always been deeply influenced by his surroundings. When it came time to establish his studio and shop after graduating from the Royal Academy…
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Rare Blue Supermoon Monday 19th August
The blue supermoon on Monday 19th August will be the biggest and brightest moon so far this year. The blue super moon, also known as the ‘Sturgeon moon’, will be about 30% bigger and 15% brighter than a normal moon according to space.com The moon will start to rise at approximately 20:25. There will be…
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Wildlife Rescue And Ambulance Service (WRAS) August Newsletter
East Sussex Wildlife Rescue & Ambulance Service (WRAS) has been committed to wildlife well-being since 1985. Our mission is to provide a front-line rescue service for wildlife casualties, who, unlike their domestic counterparts, often have no one else to turn to. We work closely with other animal welfare organisations across the South and around the…
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Sewage Pollution Alert affecting Seaford 16th August
There has been a sewage discharge from a Southern Water combined sewer overflow. The discharge started on 16th August at 03:10.
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What’s that lump of concrete over there – is it something to do with the war?
Article kindly submitted by Seaford Museum and Heritage Society Well, yes, no and maybe. Which war, anyway? The ‘lump of concrete’ in question is the Martello Tower that now stands on Seaford Esplanade. It’s not concrete of course, but brickwork later covered in stucco. This photo was taken in May 2023 when the Tower was…
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Bat Evening, Seven Sisters Country Park with Michael Blencowe 🦇🦇🦇
As we head into the Autumn the Seaford night skies are a battlefield of deafening cries as bats swoop and swirl, plummet and pounce at their insect prey. The acrobatic anarchy overhead goes unnoticed by us humans. Our hearing is limited and when it comes to night vision we’re as blind as, well, something with really…
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Where are all of the ducks?
Rachel, the owner of Seaford’s Secret Fairy’s Bookshop, a children’s bookshop based on Facebook has organised a summer competition around the town in Seaford. Rachel has teamed up with 28 local shops in town and have hidden some funky coloured rubber ducks for the children to find. The idea is that children can go to…
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Sewage Pollution Alert affecting Seaford 12th August
There has been a sewage discharge from a Southern Water combined sewer overflow. The discharge started at 19:06 on Monday 12th August.
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Perseid Meteor Shower peaking tonight
The Perseid Meteor Shower is reaching its peak tonight and tomorrow with up to 100 shooting stars an hour expected. The Perseids are said to be one of the best shooting star displays of the year. You don’t need any special equipment to view the meteor shower, just look up at the night sky and…
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Never underestimate the little things you do
Reproduced with the kind permission of Becky Hemsley For years, I used a certain mug for my morning cup of tea. One that someone bought me as a present once ☕️. They probably forgot they’d even given it to me. I once listened to a song on repeat for days because I fell in love…
Celebrating Seaford 