The Eastbourne Society

12/04/2026

The next Eastbourne Society with Heritage Groups Drop-In at the Gather space in The Beacon shopping centre is 10am-4pm on Friday, April 17th

26/10/2025

Chris Neighbour is our guest at the next Gather session, Friday 31st October 10am to 4pm. He'll be selling and signing copies of his book on Meads Schools, of interest to historians and locals alike, between 10.30 and 12.00. The Conservation Advice Surgery runs between 1pm and 3pm. Come join us.

19/10/2025

https://youtu.be/onzujpRVxQE?si=4zZ51o1xhYQTE1R-
Our guest speaker at this past week's vital presentation.

Eastbourne Borough Council Leader Stephen Holt details what he can about the current thinking on Local Government Reorganisation, in this presentation given ...

12/10/2025

Our next presentation is this Tuesday, 14th October at The Cavendish Hotel Sussex Suite. Open 7pm for 7.30pm start. Our speaker is Eastbourne Borough Council Leader Stephen Holt. Members free, guests welcome at £5 entry.

10/10/2025

This weekend. Visit The Towner and see the conservation work on the original Figgs Map of 1817, the pride of the Eastbourne Local History Society.
Saturday 10am to 12 noon.
Sunday 10am to 4pm.

09/10/2025

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKuGWwxHeglnrrX72QY7lM_q_jqdNDJbC&si=_Ecolv6sbPKoS4Xl

In this playlist you'll learn about the evolution, people, hardships and oddities of the East Sussex seaside town of Eastbourne in the company of local favou...

06/10/2025

Please have your say on the 'planned' Local Government Reorganisation.
The time for us to give our own views is here.

Eastbourne Borough Council is carrying out a Community Governance Review. The first stage of consultation opened on Monday 29 September 2025 and will close on Monday 8 December 2025.

30/09/2025

Interested in housing? Come and support volunteers making a difference. All are welcome.

28/09/2025

Check out the plans to redevelop the Claremont Hotel site

We are bringing forward proposals to redevelop the former Claremount Hotel into a high-quality residential scheme of 65 new apartments. Our aim is to create a development that respects the character of the area while delivering much-needed new homes.

25/09/2025

Join us and other community and heritage groups at the Gather in the Beacon on Friday, 26th. We're there 10am to 4pm, with the Conservation Surgery running between 1pm and 3pm. Local poet Laurie Wilkinson is our guest between 10.30 and 12.00 noon, and he's raising monies for and awareness of Help for Heroes with his publications. Please come and support him and us.

21/09/2025

Please engage with and state your own opinions on the East Sussex County Council's unnecessary and unwanted plan to carve 2 metres off Wilmington Square.

Current status of the Square. Wilmington Square is an attractive well designed garden Square that forms part of the Seafront Conservation Area. It is sited at the heart of Eastbourne's Cultural Devonshire Quarter, between the historic Martello Tower No.73, or Wish Tower, and the Grade ll listed Cong...