Conservation, Community, Culture
During the dreary covid years, all our spirits were lifted by a daily exercise walk past the bright and beautifully tended basement gardens on the Estate. To acknowledge that hard work, and say thankyou to the gardeners, the Kemp Town Society decided to revive an old tradition (started by David Morris) of awarding prizes to […]
EF Language School, 1-2 Sussex Square (Ground Floor)
EVERYBODY WELCOME The Big Jubilee Picnic A National Celebration of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Raffle, Cash Bar, Toy Stall, Cakes from Marmalade, Face Painting, Morris Men, Jazz Band, Book Stall & Games. Sunday June 5th, 12:00-4:00pm The North Garden, Sussex Square Please bring a platter of food to share on the Food Table. More if […]
The David Morris Patio Garden Competition 2022 Now in its third glorious year! The competition is open to all front gardens that can be seen by passers-by, and this year it has been expanded to include main porches too… Last year’s winners are this year’s judges, so that everyone has a chance to shine. Do […]
BH2021/04167 – Brighton Gasworks Land Bounded By Roedean Road (B2066), Marina Way And Boundary Road Brighton BN2 5TJ – OBJECTION Comprehensive mixed-use redevelopment comprising site preparation and enabling works, demolition of existing buildings and structures; provision of new buildings comprising residential use (Use Class C3) and flexible non-residential floorspace (Use Class E), new private and […]
Plans for one thousand new flats at Brighton Marina, including a 28-storey tower block, have been refused planning permission in a surprise move by the Government. The development – dubbed a “pound-shop Dubai” by one local councillor – was rejected by Michael Gove, the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities, on the […]
Many members of KTS will be very sorry to hear that Joan Griffiths died on October 19th. She had been diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer, but typically kept on working and enjoying life as long as she was able. Joan was a force of nature and a fount of energy, and sometimes seemed to be […]
The 2022 Kemp Town Society calendar is now on sale! Titled ‘Alice in Kemp Town’ the calendar celebrates the Kemp Town Estate’s link with Lewis Carroll who often visited Sussex Square to stay with a friend’s family. The calendar features Sir John Tenniel’s famous Alice illustrations merged beautifully and imaginatively into landscape settings featuring the […]
On Saturday 26th June the prize-giving for the 2021 Patio garden competition was held in the South Garden, socially distanced and in glorious sunshine! During this year’s lockdown, the front courtyard gardens seem rather different. They have been the only outside space our basement residents have had unrestricted access to, and so have been nurtured […]
Chairman 1987-97, President from 2017 It was with great sadness that we learned of the death on 30 May of one of KTS’s most active and long-serving supporters. David and Nina moved to Lewes Crescent in 1974 after he retired from a career as a chartered surveyor. Clearly he sought an active retirement and wanted […]
Last year the Society were saddened not to be able to hold the Summer Garden party because of the Covid lockdown. To replace it we organised at short notice a competition to find the best Patio garden on the Estate. It was hard to choose a winner from the 19 entries! Regular passers-by enjoyed looking over […]
Below are the list of questions from 14 societies, sent to Dan Whickham at St. William Berkeley last week. 1. Alternative design studies – Question from the Brighton SocietyWhat alternative design feasibility studies were carried out? 2. Contamination issues – Question from The Kemp Town SocietyWhat do you see as the main risks of formulating detailed design proposals before the […]
Members living on the Kemp Town Estate will have received notification of a second public consultation for the Brighton Gasworks site. You are invited to visit www.brightongasworks.co.uk to view the revised proposals and give feedback. St William, the developer, is aiming to submit their planning application in spring 2021. Kemp Town Society has contributed to a joint […]
Minutes of the Ninth Annual General Meeting of the Kemp Town Society, held via Zoom on Saturday 3rd October 2020: Download
The winner of the 2020 KTS Quiz, of necessity an emailed affair, was Sue Craig, and the runners-up Pip Tucker and Frans Blok. Congratulations to them! And thanks also to those other plucky members who had a go. The answers to the 50 questions follow. Several entrants were kind enough to say that they found […]
The Society’s Annual General Meeting, delayed from May, will now be held on Saturday October 3rd at 10.30am. To ensure the safety of members and to respect social distancing, the meeting will take place ‘virtually’ using the Zoom video meeting app. The meeting link will be e-mailed to members prior to the meeting. Please see […]
Please visit the consultation online at www.brightongasworks.co.uk where you can see the initial ideas for the redevelopment of the site and leave feedback. View the consultation pdf
Suddenly, on May 28th, we woke to discover that the Information Boards were already going up! All the boards on the railings were in place by 9am, speedily and efficiently erected by Neil and Len of (Fitzpatrick Woolmer Design from Rochester). (Neil applied the fixings, Len checked constantly with the spirit level; the boards faithfully follow […]
Sadly, even with the lockdown slightly easing, this year’s “spotty” Garden Party planned for June 27th is now cancelled. Social distancing and neighbourly fun are just too hard to combine. The committee will, however, be thinking of ways to celebrate when things return to normal. Watch this space!
If you are self-isolating due to Covid-19 the Sussex Square & Lewes Crescent Mutual Aid Network can help with: picking up shopping posting mail dog walking urgent supplies a friendly phone call To request help or to volunteer contact Stephanie Ferguson (07876 574202) or Kelly Walsh (07711 963855). Or go to: https://coronasupport.house Please note this […]