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Cuckmere Accessible Audio Trail
The South Downs National Park have set up an audio trail along the ‘Miles without stiles’ concrete path that leads from the A259 to the mouth of the Cuckmere. The trail follows the valley floor down to the shingle beach and the mouth of the River Cuckmere which is approximately 2km (4km return). It takes…
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The gamble of life 🌱🌱🌱
When a seed decides to take root, it makes a tremendous gamble. Seeds are embryos encased in nutrients; a seed scientist once described them to me as a “plant in a box with its lunch”. The blueprint for the whole plant is in there, dormant but alive the whole time. A seed might blow around…
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The Seaford Jug
Do you visit Seaford Post Office and hurry through the entrance to see if there is a long queue? I remember the old Post Office site in Broad Street and then the excavations, as a new location was prepared in Church Street. During the preparations in 1976, a dig was undertaken by a team from…
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🌟An interview with a future star 🌟
Hello Everyone, My name is Venus Elektra Hinds and I am a Year 8 student as of September 2024. I am a Grade 3 flute player and today I would like to share my musical journey with you. I am visually impaired due to having discovered a tumour behind my right eye which is in-between…
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Bob’s bird and butterfly blog
Blue Eyes. By Bob Eade My last blog post about Dragonflies gave me a little inspiration, as I have probably been neglecting this group of insects recently. Last weekend I gained further inspiration, when Lisa and I were on Pevensey Levels, and I found a rare Lesser Emperor, as well as seeing a Norfolk Hawker.…
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South Downs National Park – have your say
The South Downs National Park Authority have begun the work of updating their Local Plan to make sure it’s up to date and addresses important issues including nature recovery, climate change and supporting local communities to thrive. This stage of the consultation runs from the 8 July to 16 September. There are three project documents…
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Free Well-being in Nature Group
Seven Sisters Country Park starting 11th October Learn all about how nature based therapies can help with mental wellbeing in this supportive friendly group. Places available for Brighton and Hove Food Partnership’s next Growing New Roots Well-being in Nature group starting 11 October at Seven Sisters Country Park. Apply now via our webpage Growing Roots…
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Bob’s bird and butterfly blog
Bob Eade has very kindly shared one of his many blogs. This one focuses on dragonflies and butterflies spotted in Seaford. Norfolk Comes to Seaford For the 2nd year running, there has been a very big influx of the lovely Norfolk Hawker dragonfly into the area around Seaford. The first one that I saw this…
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Be the sunshine in another person’s sky
Reproduced with the kind permission of Becky Hemsley One time I met a girl Who was a burning ball of light She glowed with endless energy From morning through til night Her skin glittered with freckles And her hair was plaited gold And I decided I would like to be Like her when I grew…
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A26 Newhaven overnight closures in August and September
National Highways has announced upcoming road closures throughout August and September to carry out essential resurfacing works to the A26 near #Newhaven ROAD CLOSURE INFORMATION FROM NATIONAL HIGHWAYS: Essential resurfacing works to the A26 near Newhaven. To carry out the works safely we’ll need to close the A26 both directions in various locations. The works…
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Have you ever considered …
Reproduced with the kind permission of Becky Hemsley Have you ever considered that, at any given moment, you are exactly who the world needs? That you’re the tune to someone’s lyrics when no other melody seems to fit. That you’re the stars to someone’s sky when it is drowning in inky darkness. That you’re the…
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Green Sock Movement
Extreme Beach Clean and Wildlife Habitat Clear Up Saturday 27th & Sunday 28th July 2024 Hello Everybody! We will be out at Cuckmere Haven all weekend for our next Green Sock Movement 💚 Extreme Beach Clean and Wildlife Habitat Clear Up On Saturday we will be on the Seven Sisters Country Park side of the…
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A Journey Through Time: Southdown buses
Submitted by Bill Who remembers the distinctive apple green and cream buses of Southdown Motor Services, (SMS) which ran through Seaford on their way between Eastbourne and Brighton and connected Seaford with the download villages and the Wealden towns to the North? Their livery always seemed to be at one with the downland landscape. Memories…
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A Distant Sound
It is easy to take everyday objects around you for granted. I have looked again at two of these and seen the connection between them. The first is a framed watercolour above our fireplace. The scene shows a striking Seaford cliff-scape, painted in meticulous detail, with Seaford Head as it was in the nineteenth century.…
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Temporary closure of the public toilets at The Salts Recreation Ground
Seaford Town Council has released the following press release. Vandalism Forces Seaford Town Council to Temporarily Close the Salts Public ToiletsVandalism continues to affect the Town Council’s public toilets, resulting in a need for The Salts public toilets to be closed for a third time this year. SEAFORD, 19th July 2024 – The Town Council is…
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Three Free Green Sock Movement Extreme Beach Cleans !!!
FOR A CLEANER PLANET First Beach Clean FRIDAY 19th JULY – 5pm until sunset is at Birling Gap We walk a mile away from the metal steps either side removing as much plastic trash and marine debris as possible and get it all back to the bins. A stunning location whichever direction you choose to…
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Morning Prayers
by Patrick Goff One of the first things I do in the morning in my every day routine is as I come downstairs, I turn right while the cat sits and waits, posing. He knows what I’m doing, I’m going to turn on the computer and collect the camera from the office. I then return…
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National Coastwatch Institution: Newhaven KAVS
‘Eyes along the Coast‘ Alongside the now shortened communication mast on the hill above Newhaven Fort stands proudly the old brick Coastguard Tower, home to the Newhaven branch of the National Coastwatch Institution (NCI), and it is here from which the volunteer watchkeepers watch over ‘our’ area of sea; its bordering beaches and cliffs ensuring…
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The Big Butterfly Count starts today!
The Butterfly Conservation Charity is organising The Big Butterfly Count which runs from Friday 12th July to Sunday 4th August. Butterfly declines are an early warning for other wildlife losses. Butterflies are key biodiversity indicators for scientists as they react very quickly to changes in their environment. Therefore, if their numbers are falling, then nature…
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Chyngfest
Sunday 14th July 2024 Chyngfest, an annual free for all festival in Seaford, takes place THIS Sunday 11am-4pm. Taking place on Walmer Road Recreational Park it’s hosted and financed entirely by members of Life Church Seaford (https://seaford.life/ ) and is a celebration of all the things we love. Chyngfest exists to give a day out…
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Green Sock Movement Extreme Beach Clean
Sunday 14th July 2024 at Cuckmere Haven 8am – 6pm Join us to help with the extreme beach clean at Cuckmere Haven, all day or part of the day. Become part of the Green Sock Movement and clear this iconic part of the coastline of as much of the plastic trash and synthetic materials as…
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Archaeology and History Weekend at Old West Dean Manor BN25 4AL
Saturday July 13th and Sunday July 14th 10am- 4pm. See the ruins of the Old Manor House and the archaeology site and enjoy tea, coffee and delicious homemade cakes and savouries from the Farrowing Barn. Seating for refreshments is at the Old Manor House site. Money raised from the sale of food and drinks will…
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Bhassexplore – Splash Point
Bhassexplore and the Green Sock volunteers removed over 2 tonnes of marine debris from our iconic Coastline on four different days between May and June. Their story is below: ‘We visited the location where a yacht ran aground at low tide in April 2024 at Splash Point to remove as much of the plastic and…
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Coastguard Rescue
Amended Article – Blassexplore article has been moved On July 4th a 36 foot yacht carrying a lone sailor crashed into the harbour wall at Newhaven breaking up on impact. An incredible rescue operation involving several rescue organisations began. An heroic paramedic lowered down on a winch from the Coastguard helicopter battled against the most…
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Peveralls Community Garden
Special event THIS FRIDAY 12th. July 2024 This Friday The Peverells Community Garden is hosting a special event with Roots Rising CIC, Culture Connect Project CIC and Diversity Lewes Come and celebrate our multicultural community with us. Check out the community garden, connect with community and enjoy some delicious food. All welcome from 4-8pm, this event…
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A Medievel Lighthouse on Seaford Head
By Rodney Castleden The Romans built lighthouses. They were usually stone towers, square or round in plan, and built close to the approach to a harbour. Modern lighthouses, like the one at Beachy Head, are usually round. Lighthouses were built during the middle ages too, but most of them have gone. The entrance to Seaford’s…
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Alces Place, an Arts & Crafts masterpiece
What’s the connection between a property in Firle Road, the French resistance in WW2 and James Bond?
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Intriguing pile of earth!
Whilst wandering along the path on Seaford Head towards the coastguard cottages I came across a strange pile of earth with a little hole in the middle. I pondered over this little pile of earth wondering what creature had worked so hard to create it. It obviously wasn’t ants. Whatever was causing it wasn’t worried…
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A Garden Studio
by Patrick Goff We moved to the seaside when my partner retired as she was born in this area and waited tables in a local caff as a teenager, having happy memories of the coast. Her roots were here, whereas my RAF upbringing wedded my heart and soul to England but not to any one place. So…
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‘Beachy Head’ the story of a steam engine
Can you believe it has been 10 years since two steam hauled special trains called into Seaford station to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the opening of the branch line into our town? Videos of these events are still available to view on YouTube. Below is a photograph taken at Sheffield Park station on the…
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BHASSEXPLORE Beach Clean
Sunday 30th June 2024 Join Warm Norm this Sunday east of Cuckmere for an extreme beach cleaning and epic environmental adventure from 10am. Further information on the beach clean this Sunday can be found at BHASSEXPLORE Beach Clean Wear a green sock, or two, to show your support for the Green Sock Movement and help…
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Seaford Open Gardens
Sunday 30th June 2024 11am – 5pm 8 gardens in Seaford will be opening this Sunday as part of the National Garden Scheme raising money for charity. The gardens taking part are:- Combined entry to all of the gardens is £8, free entry for children Light refreshments will be available at 34 Chyngton Road, Cosy…
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Waverley Paddle Steamer
Excursion from Eastbourne Pier For the first time in 20 years the Waverley Paddle Steamer will be running an excursion from Eastbourne Pier to Beachy Head and the Seven Sisters on Thursday 12th September. The afternoon excursion has already sold out. There are still places available on the evening excursion which sails at 17:30. The…
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Sussex Nature Recovery
Nature in Seaford urgently needs our help.Have your say on the Local Nature Recovery Strategy. Survey closes on 30th June 2024 As England is widely considered to be one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world following historic and ongoing declines the Government has appointed 48 responsible authorities to lead on preparing a local…
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Sussex Police Appeal
Sentimental ring stolen in Seaford Police are investigating a report of a woman having her handbag, which contained an extremely sentimental item, snatched by two men in Seaford. The handbag, which was over her shoulder, held a ring containing the ashes of her late son. The victim – a woman in her 30s – reported…
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Biodiversity – let’s put Seaford on the Map
We are blessed to live in such a beautiful town. One that is full of green and open spaces, surrounded by either the South Downs National Park or the sea. We have the opportunity to celebrate the wonderful flora and fauna all around us, in our gardens, on the grass verges, the green and open…
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My Mother and Madame Pomme
I have a tattered, faded photograph that I treasure. It shows a young girl in a black tunic, black stockings and laced boots, standing in a shop doorway. The windows display 1920s dresses beneath signs announcing the shop name ‘Pomme’. The young girl is my mother, the year probably 1928 and the place is Broad…
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