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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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‘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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Hope Gap Steps
There was a meeting of the Community Services Committee of Seaford Town Council on 30th May 2024. One of the agenda items was the proposal to ‘leave Hope Gap steps closed for the foreseeable future for health and safety reasons, and instruct officers to facilitate the Town Council considering the permanent future of Hope Gap…
Celebrating Seaford 