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Our community centre provides a welcoming space to enjoy joining in one of our classes or perhaps hiring some space to run one of yours. There’s just one thing missing: you! Contact us and become part of our community! We are always looking for enthusiastic VOLUNTEERS, please get in touch to find out more.
Do you have excess apples that usually go to waste? Eve Apple Press provides a mobile service to press your excess apples into delicious, organic juice. By pressing your apples into juice, it reduces the volume of apples into a more useable and manageable product that can be easily stored and used when needed, for […]
Nude Food offers products from time to time at The Crown in the Old Town, Hastings. Please refer to their Facebook page for details. Facebook Opening Times: Thursday : 11.00am – 1.00pm Green Goddess Refill Venue. Zero-waste, plastic-free, food and household goods to support your plastic-free lifestyle. Contact them directly for more information or head down […]
KINGS ROAD STREET MARKET RETURNS, from Saturday 4th April 2020, 10am-4pm and running all year, including St Leonards Festival in June and St Leonards Frost Fair in November. Entertainment, street food, produce, craft stalls and much more. If you are interested in trading at Kings Road or at another of our events head over to […]
We are a free to access, volunteer run, weekly community bicycle workshop. We provide access to skills, advice, recycled spare parts, and tools. Bike workshop open every Wednesday 6pm – 8pm
The market is always a weekly delight for the senses. It awakens a sleepy Saturday with beautiful sights, sounds and delicious smells. Throughout the 2019 season, the Cranbrook Farmer’s Market will host a variety of performers, musicians and fun activities for the whole family. This takes place alongside a diverse array of local food producers, growers […]
Independent bookshop selling new books ranging from sociology, philosophy, psychology, political science, criminology, social history, graphic novels, music, art & culture, economics, social geography, anthropology, nature, ecology, gardening, and fiction. Higher education, undergraduate and post-graduate books. Also sell vinyl. 10% Book discount for students with student ID (In-Store only) and 1066 Cards. Who am I? […]
We want our Sussex to be a home for nature’s recovery. A place where people and wildlife can thrive together, where people can enjoy nature and the health and wellbeing benefits it provides. We believe that nature is too important to lose We are a conservation charity for everyone who cares about nature in Sussex. […]
Love Hastings is a not-for-profit business working on behalf of the levy payers to improve the town centre for residents, visitors and businesses in Hastings and manage the BID. The aims are to reflect the ethnic and cultural diversity of the town, provide a voice and support for town centre businesses and lever in more […]
Home Ground is a welcoming central space uniting our community through the food they cook and eat. Our daily wholesome canteen, training schemes for marginalised groups and platform for local food makers creates a positive impact to people’s lives and our town.
Freshly cut joints and chops or steaks cut as you require to your specifications of quantity and quality. Our shop is well known for sourcing locally fed and reared meat products – notably rare breeds beef, lamb and pork, from these, Arcade Butchers create a vast range of hand-crafted products – from award-winning sausages, burgers, […]
Horsmonden Farmers‘ Market was launched in May 2006, by three local mothers, Liz Taylor, Pippa Ankjaer and Mary Moffat, who were motivated to encourage people to shop locally to reduce FOOD MILES and to support the local rural economy. They also wanted to feed their own children on healthy, FRESH, LOCAL food. The market proved very popular […]
Divest East Sussex is an umbrella group of organisations campaigning to divest the East Sussex Pension Fund from fossil fuels (oil, coal and gas). Its current members are: Fossil Free Hastings, Climate Forest Row and Keep It In the Ground Lewes. Supporters include Divest Sussex and the Brighton Climate Action Network. It is one of a […]
Range of sourdoughs, gluten free, rye, ciabatta etc. Organic breads using Shipton Mill flours. Some groceries. Judges Bakery is situated in the heart of Hastings historic old town. It has a proud reputation of serving generations of families and fishermen since 1826. Our shop has an extensive range of local & Organic produce and the best […]
The core of our business is a fully equiped workshop. Our bicycle service is high quality at a fair price. We can build wheels, get frames painted and enjoy custom builds. We’re loving electric bikes and do e-bike conversions. We sell fully serviced used bicycles and hold a wide range of bicycle components and accessories. We aim for functional, durable and reliable products at a reasonable cost.
A regular street market selling locally produced items and unique gifts has re-opened for the New Year following a short break after the festive period. Hailsham Street Market stalls are setting up pitch in Vicarage Field from 8.30am to 3pm every Saturday commencing 5th January, and items on sale include fresh fruit and vegetables, sausages, crafts and […]
Save up to 50% with a Town City Card in East Sussex. Anything from 10% discounts, 2for1 deals & free drinks with businesses, family attractions, restaurants & shops are included. Choose the town design you like & use it across East Sussex. The discounts are not one offs, you can redeem them again & again. […]
People who like to swim in the sea in Hastings & St Leonards. No single regular activity at a set time or day of the week. Relies on posts from most active individuals to advertise days, times and locations. Just join if you want to find out who is doing what, where and when. The […]
Women-only bike rides HSBC UK Breeze offers fun, free bike rides for women of all abilities across the UK. #TogetherWeRide It doesn’t matter if you’re keeping fit, young at heart, wise beyond your years, or baffled by gears. Every woman is welcome on an HSBC UK Breeze ride. You’ll discover new places to ride. Gain […]
HOLLYPARK ORGANICS are a Food Hygiene Agency registered producer and supplier of Raw Milk in HASTINGS, EAST SUSSEX. Farm gate sales of organic umpasteurised milk, yoghurt and kefir (phone to arrange order and collections Sat/Sun only.
I am an independent washable nappy specialist who has been promoting and selling cloth nappies since 2006. I only sell nappies that I have either used on my own children or which have been rigorously tested and approved by me and my colleagues. I am passionate about reusable nappies and believe that with a high […]
Roebuck Centre The Roebuck Centre offers a variety of workshops both developmental and leisure based. A majority of individuals with high functioning autism and Asperger syndrome require some level of support throughout their lives. Without specialist support, further education and employment opportunities are likely to be out of reach for most of the individuals we […]
Our overall objective is to improve and enhance our existing environment by achieving a better standard of design for future developments in the area. Geographically our principal interest is development within Hastings and St Leonards-on-Sea, but also extends to significant issues within Bexhill, Battle, Rye and other areas of East Sussex.
Energise Sussex Coast is a community benefit co-operative. Our mission is to act co-operatively to tackle the climate crisis and energy injustice through community owned renewable power and energy saving schemes. Energise Sussex Coast provides a range of services including: Energy advice Installing community funded solar on community buildings
Tommy’s Pizzeria brings the best wood fired Neapolitan style pizza’s to the beautiful shores of St Leonards & Hastings. Using the best local produce alongside amazing local ingredients we cover all your pizza cravings! • WINTER OPENING HOURS: Mon 12-10pm (delivery from 5pm) closed Tuesdays Wed-Sat 12-10pm (delivery from 5pm) closed Sundays in January • […]
At Ore Community Centre our ethos is to ‘serve the local community’ by bringing together the local residents for educational, exercise, and social activities. The Centre is run by the Ore Community Association which is a charity run by local people and the users of the centre. We have various rooms available to for […]
Located on the Stade – food stalls, wines, music – check website for dates. Indulge in a mouth-watering weekend of delicious seafood and luscious wines at this spectacular festival. The festival site and the marquees on The Stade by the historic Net Huts showcase a range of food, wine and themed activities to tempt everyone […]
The Buddy Project is taking shape and growing every day. Volunteers have been carrying out ad hoc buddying activities with the newly arriving Syrian families, and in doing so, forming close and friendly relationships. The refugees usually arrive directly from refugee camps and arrive here with nothing. The Buddies help to prepare a new home […]
Unleash The Leaf The Proper Tea Co is a small, independent tea merchants formed in 2013 and based in the East Sussex village of Pett near Hastings. As well as online, you will find us at a number of regular weekly, fortnightly and monthly street markets, farmers’ markets and events in East Sussex and Kent. […]
All vegan and also pakoras and samafel are gluten free come down too priory meadows try my food
Up to five deliveries weekly of fresh organic fruit and vegetables. Local organic bread delivered daily. Delicious Trinity-made takeaway food. Wide range of organic wine. Extensive collection of dried fruits, wholegrains, nuts, pulses, cereals and flours. Chilled and frozen vegetarian and vegan foods. Natural remedies, toiletries and eco-friendly cleaning products. …and so much more (like […]
Specialising in traditionally reared free range Oxford Sandy and Black pigs (rare old breed). They live outdoors their whole life. Reared to order. Online orders only via Instagram or Facebook page Instagram @heritagebreedmeats Facebook https://www.facebook.com/dehavillandsheritagebreedmeats
Project Rewild has been set up to reintroduce children back into a habitat from which they have almost completely disappeared – outdoors. We want to inspire children to climb trees in the woods, to run in wild meadows, explore rockpools along the shore, scramble over rocks, splash in muddy puddles, paddle in streams, pick wild […]
Locally reared free range meat and veg. Locally sourced cheese and milk. Locally made bread. Range of box types delivered in recycled and reusable boxes. Pop up stall Wadhurst Sat 9am – 1pm.
Share Your Great Idea In Our Treasure Chest Welcome to the Common Treasury, a place to share any inspiring ideas that you come across on your travels that could make Hastings a happier healthier town. Let’s build this into a treasure trove of adaptable ideas for a local economy that works within planetary limits and […]
Locally sourced wild game, some free range pork sausages – not in market June to September as low season.
Apply online, average cost is 45.50 per year. There are two inspections of the sites a year to check if being cultivated – if not, you can lose your site. There are numerous allotments sites throughout Hastings and they remain as popular as ever. In this section you can find out about how to apply […]
Rolvenden Farmers Market was established in 2000. It is run entirely by volunteers and is non profit making and stall fees are kept to a minimum. The Farmers’ Market takes place every Thursday morning from 10.00am to 12 noon in St Mary’s Church. There are normally 20 – 30 stalls with a selection of produce.
Nut Knowle Farm was established in 1979, and now produces a comprehensive range of Vegetarian, Pasteurised Goats Milk Cheeses to suit all palates. The cheeses are lovingly made by hand in our own dairy. Over the past twenty years Goats Cheese has enjoyed an upsurge in popularity because of its exceptional flavour, its health benefits, […]
Butcher, a source of local Romney Marsh lamb and local cuts of beef and free range pork and chickens. Sally and Jamie Wickens – a local couple renowned for their epicurean skills – decided that life in Winchelsea Beach had to improve on the food and drink front… …their hopes and desires became a reality. […]
The French Delicatessen was created in 2007 when one of my colleagues and I joined forces to offer great French cheeses to the Kentish gourmets. We were later joined by Ansar and Stephanie. We are present on a lot of Kentish markets (see Our Markets). In our stalls you will find our usual range of products […]
Warriors of Waste is a new group dedicated to tackling the issues of rubbish and recycling. We are based in St.Leonards on Sea and as such this puts us in an extra position of vulnerability as waste not correctly handled has a direct environmental impact on the ocean we live next to. We aim to […]