Trees not just for Xmas
Despite radical restrictions disrupting recent seasonal festivities, our enthusiasm for the traditional Christmas tree has not diminished. UK Sales of the festive fir usually average 8 million each year but by early December 2020 growers were predicting sales of up…
BOWLS: Rub Of The Greens?
Council Budget Cuts Threaten Club Wipe-Out Proposed cuts in the Hastings Borough Council (HBC) 2020/21 budget will affect many areas of town life from shortening of museum opening hours to rescheduling of street cleaning services. Amongst savings of nearly £,…
Hastings Parks Recognised As Some Of The UK’s Very Best Green Spaces
Alexandra Park, St Leonards Gardens and Hastings Country Park in Hastings have been recognised by the Green Flag Award Scheme as some of the very best in the world. These green spaces are among a record-breaking 1,970 UK parks and…
Algal bloom warning
The Environment Agency has confirmed that the water at Shornden Reservoir near Clarence Road in Alexandra Park has high levels of blue-green algae. This can produce a scum that is toxic to animals and can potentially harm ; Hastings Borough…
Back Into The Light –Restoring A 1930s Greenhouse
Fancy seeing the May Queen crowned and picking up some garden plants while you’re there? Then make your way to Alexandra Park on May 12th, and after the coronation visit the Alexandra Park greenhouse restoration project. All profits from sales…
Make A Date To Join The Race For Life In Hastings
By Jenny Ainsworth This year, for the first time, Cancer Research UK is inviting everyone in the area – women, men and children - to join the Race for Life. There are events for people of all ages and…
Environmental News
Wild Hastings photography exhibition A free and accessible exhibition at Hastings Rail Station until 31 January 2019. Hastings’ urban areas are interspersed with and surrounded by many wild and green spaces. The photographers featured here have created images in response…
Council infrastructure repairs
Hastings Borough Council has completed the mandatory improvement works they were required to carry out at Shornden Reservoir in Alexandra Park. Councillor Colin Fitzgerald said: “The bare soil at the site has been grass seeded to help stabilise the dam…
Hiroshima Day 2018
About fifty people gathered in Alexandra Park on August 6th to attend an annual commemoration of those who lost their lives in the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. An estimated 185,000 people died as a consequence…
Council scoops award for town’s ‘outstanding’ parks
Alexandra Park, Hastings Country Park and St Leonards Gardens in Hastings have been recognised by the Green Flag Award Scheme as some of the very best in the world. The parks are among a record-breaking 1,883 UK parks and green…