Land and nature

Surfers Against Sewage
We’re a community dedicated to the protection of oceans, waves, beaches and wildlife.  We fight long and hard to protect what we love and we won’t stop until it’s completely clean, safe and protected for everyone, forever. From humble beginnings in Porthtowan Village Hall in 1990, we’ve stayed close to our roots and continue to […]
Alexandra Park Greenhouse
Alexandra Park Greenhouse Group sell plants nurtured in the greenhouse and with the support of local businesses, repairs have been carried out, borders restored, railings erected and cold frames built. Supermarket funding has enabled the group to commission restoration of most of the upper ironwork. Funding is currently being sought for repairs to the teak […]
Phone Number
07949 829 168
Upper Part of Alexandra Park
TN34 2LQ
Community Garden at Warrior Square Station
The community garden at St Leonards Warrior Square, started in January 2016, is our first growing project in the area. Transition Town Hastings have been transforming the environment around the station and getting local residents working and growing together. Landscape architect and artist Julia Hilton created the garden design. Warrior Square station garden was looking beautiful […]
Mallydams Wood
In 1961 the late Horace Quick (1891 – 1966), a local artist and wildlife enthusiast, gave Mallydams Wood to us so that the woodland could benefit wildlife. To help us carry out Horace’s wishes we built a small wildlife rehabilitation centre and, since the doors opened more than 50 years ago, over 35,000 sick, injured […]
Phone Number
0300 123 0723. If you need to report cruelty or an animal in distress call us on 0300 1234 999.
Mallydams Wood, Peter James Lane, Fairlight, HASTINGS

TN35 4AH
Marina Allotments
This is a self-managed site managed by the Marina Allotment Association. Please email the site secretary for cost details.
Marina Allotments
Off Tudor Avenue
St Leonards-on-Sea
East Sussex
TN38 0NS
Sussex Wildlife Trust
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. […]
Phone Number
01273 492630
Bohemia Walled Garden
The Bohemia Walled Garden Association was formed in 2009 in order to bring the Victorian Walled Garden in Summerfields back into active use for horticulture and associated educational and cultural activities. The Management Committee submits its annual report and financial statement for the Bohemia Walled Garden Association (BWGA) for each year ending 31st December. The garden is owned […]
Bohemia Walled Garden Association
Summerfields Wood Nature Reserve
Hastings
TN34 1ND
Hastings and Rother Beekeepers
If you are interested in becoming a beekeeper, please contact us on train@hastingsandrotherbee.org.uk. We provide our members with support, education opportunities, legal guidance, insurance and a range of social activities As beekeepers we love our hobby – for some it is a business, to most it is a pastime for the care of honeybees and […]
Phone Number
01424 814837
Wood People Connective
A ‘connective’ of people who through our individual work, and projects we do together, inform and celebrate with the wider public the value of trees, wood and woodlands through creative and experiential methods (art, craft, music, bushcraft, story, play, activities and opportunities to learn new skills).
Ore Community Land Trust
Ore Community Land Trust seeks to protect land in the Upper Ore Valley to save and enhance urban woodland and green space for community use and to protect animal habitat. We, therefore, campaign against development plans that would threaten the environment of the Valley. We also support positive regeneration plans and put forward ideas for […]
Phone Number
0738 3000 673
Ore Community Land Trust
c/o The Ore Centre
455 Old London Road
Ore
Hastings

TN35 5BH
Project Rewild
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 […]
Tidy Up St Leonards
Tidy Up St Leonards is a voluntary local action team organised by John Funnell, Richard Wesley and others who feel passionately about the state of their local streets. Yes, we pay council tax and the local council has a responsibility to clean the streets, but in the face of cuts in spending and services, it is […]
This climate emergency strategy and action plan was developed to support the Climate Emergency motion Hastings Borough Council declared during 2019. Our vision is to make Hastings carbon neutral by 2030. It covers the borough of Hastings, however, to meet the target of carbon neutrality by 2030, the impact of this strategy, needs to ripple […]
MCS Beach Clean
Hastings Beach – White Rock Road Beachwatch organisers This beach has organisers for Beachwatch (all year round). There can be up to three organisers per beach section. Below will show you how many are currently signed up as one of the organisers for this survey section. If you wish to join in as an organiser for this […]
Phone Number
01989 566 017
West Marina Group
We are building on past community efforts to create a vibrant space in West Marina for visitors, local people and business owners.
Council composters
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Phone Number
0800 316 4454
West St.Leonards Forum
The West St Leonards Forum has been created by local people, is a new initiative to bring together different local community interests and people to deal with the needs and challenges of our neighbourhood. We aim to tackle the area’s social, economic and physical issues and one way we can do this is by being […]
15 Seaside Road - St.Leonards-on-Sea - East Sussex
TN38 0AL
Anna Locke Permaculture (Permacultureanna)
Permacultureanna is our local permaculture author, designer, workshop facilitator and small farmer. She offers home garden, allotment or bigger project consultations, where she will visit your site and guide your next steps. She also offers a sustainable-garden design service, either working with you or coming up with a design for you. On her website you […]
Phone Number
07946 228110
Church Wood Community Orchard
In 2021 12 apple trees were planted. We are developing a local species wild flower meadow for pollinators. We hope the orchard will be a local resource for local residents and the public to enjoy. We need volunteers to maintain the site and help organize events. Also Contact us if you would like to visit.   […]
Phone Number
01424 852668
Church Wood /Local Nature Reserve in Hollington St Leonards East Sussex
Church in the Wood Lane, off Churchwood Drive, St Leonards.
Past Church Wood School and The Church to a parking area. Bus to Tesco.
TN38 9PB
United Nations Association (UNA)
These volunteer-run groups support our work by organising a diverse range of grass-roots activities. Ranging from speaker and fundraising events to film screenings and coffee mornings, these activities raise awareness and interest in the work of the United Nations at a local level across the country.