Tag archives for Alexandra Park
Hiroshima Day 2026
JOHN ENEFER On 6 August, the annual Hiroshima Day commemoration will take place in Alexandra Park, Hastings, as local people remember those who died from the first use of nuclear…
Film, Nature and Community in Alexandra Park
Ask the Trees is a new outdoor experience by Rebecca E. Marshall of Dear Future Films that invites visitors to look at the trees in Alexandra Park in a new…
Alexandra Park Greenhouse Wins RHS Awards
VERONICA PEDROSA Something pretty special has been growing in Alexandra Park – and it’s not just the plants. Alexandra Park Greenhouse Group The Alexandra Park Greenhouse Group has scooped two…
A Park to be Proud of
ROD WEBB It’s easy to take some of the great things in this town for granted and not think about their long-term future. Alexandra Park is one such treasure that…
Become Best Friends with Alexandra Park
DAVID EP DENNIS All photos by the author Alexandra Park was formed in 1876 and has one of the finest tree collections in Europe. Its glorious landscape is the home…
Foraging for Wild Garlic
STEVEN SHORT Ever wondered why the rats in Alexandra Park are so chill? It’s probably all that wild garlic they’ve been munching on. Wild garlic has been scientifically proven to…
Events at Alexandra Park Greenhouse
PLANTS large and small will be on show this month when experts bring their hobby to a Hastings community hub Alan Bromley with his cacti Alan Bromley from the British…
TENNIS: A Sport for Everyone?
FIONA MCGARRY With Wimbledon starting in less than two weeks, many people are toying with the idea of picking up a racket. Tennis is seriously good for you: it involves…
Hastings Helps Hastings
ROBIN GRAY explains. The ‘Hastings Sierra Leone Friendship Link’ has been working since 2003 to improve the lives of the residents of another Hastings over 3,000 miles away, in West…
Sewage Leak: Pump Up the Volume
PAUL McLAUGHLIN The Pumphouse in Alexandra Park was packed last week (14 July) for a meeting to discuss the recent sewage pollution of the Old Roar Gill. There was a…
Hiroshima Day Commemoration
JOHN ENFER previews this year’s Hiroshima Day Commemoration for Hastings Against War Sunday 6 August will see the annual Hiroshima Day commemoration in Hastings. The event has been held each…
Hastings’ parks retain Green Flag Awards
Hastings Borough Council is delighted that Alexandra Park, Hastings Country Park, and St Leonards Gardens have retained Green Flag status for another year. The Green Flag Award scheme is managed…
TENNIS: Park Courts Reopening
Six hard courts in Alexandra Park have been renovated by Hastings Borough Council (HBC) with funds from the Lawn Tennis Association, and will be officially reopened tomorrow (Saturday). In celebration,…
Southern Water– Bad to Worse
PAUL McLAUGHLIN It has been yet another bad fortnight for Southern Water. After being roundly criticised (see HIP 228) over its failure to provide crucial data to an independent inquiry…
Art For Health
GARETH STEVENS gives an update on recent news from Arts On Prescription. Arts on Prescription has gone from strength to strength since it was initially founded in 2019. AOP delivers…
Pump House
A new café/bistro in Alexandra Park opens at last. STEVEN SHORT finds out more. Anyone who’s ever opened a café, bar or restaurant will know that opening dates can often…
Tennis: Alexandra Park courts to be renovated
Hastings Borough Council and the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) last week announced a partnership to renovate six tennis courts in Alexandra Park at a cost of just under £100,000. The…
County Council reviews rejection of Park cycleway
An East Sussex County Council (ESCC) spokesperson said last week that alternative options have been “carefully considered” following the decision of Hastings Borough councillors in December to reject the installation…
Safety Measures in the Park – not welcomed by all
In 2020 Kay Early was brutally attacked by a man in Alexandra Park while walking her dog, suffering severe injuries. The attack happened in broad daylight, and there were many…
ENGULFED!
But what caused Town Centre flooding? There was a clear natural cause of the flood which engulfed Priory Meadow, South Terrace and other parts of the town centre, as well…
A New Greenhouse for a New Year
Alexandra Park and its wildlife give great pleasure to many Hastings residents. The greenhouse, steadily being refurbished, plays a nurturing role for the town’s various communities, and will only improve…
Council Cabinet Reviews: Cycle route, reservoir works and other issues
By Paul McLaughlin The cabinet of Hastings Borough Council (HBC), shorn of Green councillors since the breakup in October of their party’s coalition with Labour, met on 5 December. Items…
Farewell to a sovereign
On Monday morning a crowd estimated at between 800 and 1,000, of all ages from babies in push-chairs to elderly on mobility scooters, gathered in Alexandra Park to watch a…
Shared route, little common ground
Although never as simple as pro or anti bike, visitors to Alexandra Park last Saturday may have gained that impression. Once again, the vexed question of a shared use cycleway…
Who is your Queen?
By Helen Murphy and Nick Pelling Celebrating the royal family can be a bit divisive. We are not all monarchists, so the Jubilee may bring some people out in republican…
A Walk in the Park
By Ben Cornwell A new walking group to help men open up about their mental health has come to Hastings. MenWalkTalk is a mental health charity that aims to bring…
Art to replace bowls in the park
Arts on Prescription (AoP), a local community interest company which offers art and creative activities as a therapeutic means of mental health support, is to be awarded a tenancy by…
Buckshole reservoir works postponed
By Ben Cornwell Major maintenance and safety work at Buckshole Reservoir, which started back in September, has been put on hold until next spring. A Hastings Borough Council (HBC) spokeswoman…
What Next for Bowling Green?
The former bowling green and clubhouse in Alexandra Park, which was home to the Alexandra club for well over a century (and, in recent years, to Clive Vale bowls club…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Summer Free for All
You could spend the whole summer on Hastings’ award-winning beaches, but the town also has a fantastic number of free activities on offer this summer. By Hastings Borough Council Hastings Borough…