Village News

Fairlight Open Gardens is back again this year, on Saturday 12th & Sunday 13th of July. This year’s event could be our biggest and best yet, with as many as 19 gardens to view. Some are large, some are small, some mature,

To all those who couldn’t make it to Fairfest, and to those who need a reminder how fantastic it was, check out this link. Many thanks for everyone’s support, either by being there, volunteering, or sponsoring, you truly are appreciated.

The fabulous Celtish are playing at St Andrew’s Fairlight this Saturday 28th June 7.30pm. Julie plays violin and Nigel is on a variety of Irish Whistles and percussion, they are both great vocalists and have performed internationally. This promises to

Fairlighters celebrated the first day of Summer in style on Saturday at their Village Festival. A true community spirit shone through as did the sun. You could feel the team atmosphere from the moment the marquee went up until the sun went

Dear Resident, Here is a questionnaire about Local Government Reorganisation in Sussex. This may well lead to East Sussex County Council, Rother and all other District and Borough Councils being abolished and replaced by a single “Unitary” Authority. Other models

The clock is ticking and we are getting excitingly close to FAIRFEST 2025 We are looking forward to seeing you there – just a few reminders. This is a FREE community event  but there will be a bucket for donations.

Please find attached an invitation to a meeting at the Activate Y.C clubhouse on Wednesday August 6th at 7pm in order to discuss the important renovation work needed on the building.  Please respond to this on email: youthclubactivate@gmail.comMany Thanks Wendy

I now have 8  people who wish to start a cess club.  But we could do with a few more. So, If you know of anybody else who would like to join  a friendly club, please ask them to contact me.  m0ssr@aol.com 

Please support your community Archive Resource Centre The Archive Resource Centre (ARC) has been established to store and record the history, documents, maps, photos, memories, events, etc of Fairlight, Guestling and Pett, and, indeed, surrounding neighbourhoods.  We were established in

This year’s Fairlight Open Gardens will take place over two days, Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th of July. This year looks like being one of our biggest ever events, with no less than 19 gardens taking part.  Tickets are now available

Good morning future chess club members. As of this moment we now have  8 people who have said they would like a chess club. For us to keep cost to a minimum we need at least 10. So those of

Fairlight Parish Council present the John Lutman Award for Community Service in honour of the late John Lutman, a Parish Councillor for over thirty years and a past Chairman of Rother District Council.  JOHN LUTMAN AWARD PRESENTATION – 2025 The

Please click, or copy the link to your browser, to see the Fairlight Parish Council Agenda for May 2025 Parish Council Meeting.  https://fairlightparishcouncil.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Agenda-and-Supporting-Docs-Annual-Council-Meeting-27th-May-25.pdf Thank you.

Open Meeting – updates on Natural Flood Management  The Future Landscapes Trust will be hosting another Open Meeting on Friday 6th June at 6.30pm at the Pett Village Hall to update all residents on the progress of their Natural Flood Management project. 

We are coming up to the first week of the new month so this is a reminder that the next local NHS hearing aid maintenance sessions will be held at: Fairlight Village Hall between 10am and 12 noon on Friday 2nd May Pett Village Hall between

Please can I remind you that the FRA annual membership subscription for 2025-26  is now due. The subscription remains at  £8 for the year.   This gets you 4 quarterly magazines, membership to the email scheme and enables the FRA to provide donations to village

Fairfest this year will be held on Saturday June 21st  The afternoon events will include stalls, a miniature steam train, have a go archery and tennis, arena displays, the dog show, and bouncy castle.  The evening will be live music.

Do you have any photos of family and friends celebrating VE Day 1945?  Ahead of the VE Day 80th anniversary celebration at the Village Hall on 8th May, Fairlight History Group are putting together a display of photos and memories.

The Fairlight Astronomers are due to meet this Thursday evening at 7.00pm in the village hall.  Whether you’re a beginner or expert, everyone is welcome. It’s just the excuse you were looking for to get out of the house and

The Fairlight Players’ spring production, Gail Force 9, is now less than four weeks away, and many have already booked their “passages” for this wild and unpredictable crossing. We hailed this production as a World Premiere, which it is, but

Pett Methodist Church  Coffee Morning and AuctionYou are all welcome to come along to the coffee morning on Saturday April 12th, 11am at the chapel when you can pick up a bargain and a cake and even bid for one

Hey, I just signed the petition “Save the Observatory Science Centre Herstmonceux” and wanted to see if you could help by adding your name. Our goal is to reach 15,000 signatures and we need more support. You can read more