273 Bus Improved Timetable

Following on from the request for better public transport from the villages made at the Annual Parish Meeting, we have heard much positive reaction from residents to the introduction of an improved 273 service to Brighton and Crawley, now including buses on Sundays and Bank Holidays. A single bus ticket to Brighton (or indeed to anywhere) is still only £2 – an absolute bargain we think! Especially as it means avoiding driving on the busy A23 and saving the cost of fuel and parking in the town at the same time! The new timetable is available here https://www.metrobus.co.uk/services/MB/273 we have asked Metrobus to supply some paper timetables, and these are available at the Parish Office. Real time bus information boards will shortly be installed at the Bus Stops at the Village Garden, War Memorial, and Willow Way. We have also requested the same for the 2 stops on the London Road in Sayers Common. Use it or lose it!

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The Parish Council owns and manages several of the local recreation grounds in Hurstpierpoint and Sayers Common, including Reeds Lane Recreation Ground, which has a history of flooding and damp ground conditions. A project is therefore underway to install an underground drainage solution that will improve these issues. This drainage work is currently out to tender. Consequently, no date has been finalised for the works yet, but it is hoped they will happen this Summer or Autumn. Once the ground has settled, the Parish Council will move forward with completing the second phase, installing new play equipment to make the site even more of a destination for fun activities. New bike racks are also being installed outside the Village Shop which recently celebrated its ten-year anniversary. It is a really valued community asset so please support it and, if you haven’t been, do visit.

Hurstpierpoint Village Centre

Next to the Library on Trinity Road is the Village Centre with its large main hall with a newly sparkling wooden f loor. There are so many activities open to the public here from ballroom dancing to gymnastics, martial arts to knitting and Pilates to yoga. If you are keen to join in with a new social activity, have a look at our website to see what is on. The Club Lounge, home of the Hurstpierpoint Pre-School, is very well used but there is availability for the Conference Room which is just £28 to hire during the day for a five-hour session, which falls to £21 if ten sessions are booked in a row. It has state of the art audio visual equipment to hold Teams and Zoom meetings as well. Here is the Friday morning art class…

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