The Eastbourne Society is delighted to extend a warm welcome to its next meeting to both members and non members of the society. Jefferson Collard the Council’s Planning Manager has agreed to come and talk to The Society about his views on contemporary architecture and its relevance to Eastbourne.

As the town is now attracting a number of new buildings designed by award winning architects The Society would like to extend its invitation to members of the Eastbourne public who are interested in what our town is likely to look like in the future. Of course the Eastbourne Society is also keen to ensure that the historical context of the urban environment is not put at risk and we hope that Jeff will be able to reassure us as well as enlighten us!

Jeff has been involved with the Council’s Planning Service for many years initially as historical buildings advisor and then planning policy manager and now he looks after the entire team of planners at the Town Hall.

This is a wonderful opportunity to come and hear Jeff’s views on the future architecture of the town.

The meeting will be on 12th May at 7.30 in the St Saviours Church Hall in South Street.

By popular request a shortened version of the Victorian Festival will take place in September. The events will include;

Programme of Choral Music at All Saints Chapel
Music by the Combined Eastbourne Choirs

Programme of G&S at the Underground Theatre
Produced by the Eastbourne Gilbert & Sullivan Society

Victorian Varieties at the Royal Hippodrome Theatre

Victorian Football Match

Town Walks

Last Night of the Raj

and much more.

Watch out for full details of the Victorian Weekend programme.

The Society is busy revising and updating its series of walks aimed at both visitor and resident alike. The walks are suggested as leisure trips through some of the interesting areas of the town.

Walk 1. The Goffs, Railway Station, Gildredge Park, St Mary's Church and Compton Place

Walk 2. Ocklynge, The Avenue, Crown Street and Hartfield Square

Walk 3. Gildredge Road, Devonshire Place and Grand Parade

Walk 4. Devonshire Park, St Saviour's and St. Peter's Church and Eastbourne College

Walk 5. South Street, Terminus Road (Town Centre), All Souls Church and Cavendish Place

Walk 6. The Pier, Sea Houses, Marine Parade, The Redoubt, Seaside

Walk 7. Meads Road, Meads Street, King Edward's Parade

Walk 8. Lifeboat Museum, Western Parades, Holywell, Foot of Beachy Head, Whitbread Hole and Seafront

Walk 9. Never East of the Pier, M'Dear: a wander through the Historic Seaside.

Walk 10. Eastbourne Harbour and surrounding area.

The routes will be available on this web site as soon as revision is complete. Click here for an introduction to them.

This very popular title, written by Frank Glyn-Jones, is due to be updated and republished next month. Watch the web site for more details.