The Round Hill Society
The home site of the Round Hill Society, a community group of the residents of Round Hill in Brighton, England. The site contains information about the area, latest news and reflections on life in Round Hill.
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Check out the Round Hill Community Noticeboard Facebook Group and its use for "Trader Recommendations" described here. This dedicated FB Group allows over 620 Round Hill residents to share their knowledge as well as their unwanted possessions.
There are about 900 Round Hill households and each receives a printed newsletter 4 times per year:
The Round Hill Reporter
Click here for Past issues downloadable as PDF
Latest Edition June 2021- --------------Issue 84------------
Clean The Musical
Click on the picture (above) for video clip. Winner of The Fringe Review Oustanding Theartre Award 2021, based on the original seen in Jan & Rusty’s (RIP) back garden a few years ago. About women working in Round Hill laundries, fighting for the right to vote and against the last outbreak of cholera in Brighton.
Not Just Weeds
Click here for an inventory of wild flowers thriving in the cracks of walls, footpaths and gutters in the streets of Round Hill.
Heritage Open Door Days [2021]
The next Heritage Open Days 2021: 10-19 September 2021. It is hoped that Round Hill residents will again participate. See June 2021 Round Hill Reporter for details and map of last year's locations.
This household is one of the semi-detached villas in Richmond Rd
Click on the picture below to enlarge.
Above is a beautifully designed display prepared by a Round Hill householder as part of last year's Heritage Open Door Days - a self guided tour of parts of Round Hill to discover an eclectic collection of local history. It presents a timeline of previous occupants looking at four sets of them in some detail. Among the four is Colonel Heber Drury (see his Wikipedia entry). The longest occupants (1921-47) were Ernest and Annie Renton.
Local history enthusiasts: click here for Free Cen records (1891 & 1871) of Round Hill households (including the villas).
Upcoming Events & Regular Listings
1. Brighton & Hove Arts Council Diary events & exhibitions
2. Arts | Music | Theatre | Cinema throughout Brighton & Hove
3. The Duke of York's Picture House Preston Circus
4. Sussex Concerts calendar
5. Lewes Folk Club Elephant & Castle, White Hill, Lewes BN7 2DJ
6.The Brighton Society - talks, lectures & exhibitions.
7. The Regency Society - lectures & events
8. Hove Civic Society - lectures & events.
9. Sussex Industrial Archeology Society meetings & events
10. English Speaking Union lectures at The Hove Club, Fourth Av.
11. Walks - unguided, guided, longer and shorter
12. The Living Coast - what's on?
13. What's on at The Level - calendar of events
14. Active for Life Programme including Healthwalks
15. Sussex Wildlife Trust What's on
16. Friends of Hollingbury & Bursted Woods - work sessions
17. Prince Regent Online Pool & Class Timetable
18. See also The Argus - events page
19. Brighton & Hove Food Partnership
Concerts: classical music & folk clubs
Visit www.sussexconcerts.org.uk for info throughout the county
Wednesdays 12.30-13.15 atat St Nicholas's Church Dyke Road, Brighton, East Sussex BN1 3LJ map - Lunchtime concerts
Fridays weekly 12.30 - 1.15 p.m Unitarian Church New Road, Brighton, BN1 1UF lunchtime concerts
Fridays fortnightly 7.30pm St Luke's Church Queens Park Road evening concerts
Saturdays weekly 8pm Lewes Folk Club
meets at Elephant & Castle, White Hill, Lewes BN7 2DJ. Entry is usually £3 for Come-All-Ye's and between £5 and £7 for guest nights.
Some Sundays 2.45-4.45pm Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra - Brighton Dome Concert Hall, Church Street Brighton, BN1 1UE
The Roundhill at its best under Max & Rosi
The Roundhill Facebook site for for latest information.
Visit our ARTS / MUSIC / THEATRE / CINEMA page.
- Brighton & Hove Arts Council Diary current and forthcoming events & exhibitions
- Artists Open Houses 2021 Festival: 29th May – 20th June
- Local Artists' studio websites - selection includes ones within easy reach of Round Hill.
- Art Trail around Brighton Open Market: although this event took place in May 2015, publicity for it (at this link) provides an insight into the character of the studios. Some still remain. Look out for short courses in pottery, jewellery making etc.
Markets in easy reach of Round Hill
Brighton Open Market
Marshalls Row, Brighton BN1 4JU (opposite NW corner of The Level)
Click on the picture above for an illustrated list of all the stalls in Brighton's Open Market. Click here for Open Market events.
The official Brighton Open Market website is at http://www.brightonopenmarket.co.uk.
It has its own illustrated Meet The Traders page at http://www.brightonopenmarket.co.uk/permanent-traders
Florence Road Farmers' Market Saturdays weekly
Florence Road Market (see map) is held every Saturday from 9.30am to 1.30pm in One Church courtyard BN1 6DL in part of Southdown Avenue running from Florence Road towards Springfield Road.
The Level - enjoy the park & events
- The Level Events Calendar
- The Level: enjoy the park and get involved
- The Level Communities Forum (LCF) is an independent, volunteer run, open community group.
Cycling
Swimming
Find your nearest swimming pool
Online Pool & Class Timetable
for today at the
Prince Regent Pool
Walking
Click here for bus-aided circular walks from Round Hill, Active for Life healthwalks, countryside events, outdoor pursuits, conservation volunteers & natural history.
Explore your local woodland:
Friends of Hollingbury and Bursted Woods
Hollingbury and Bursted Woods Facebook site
Education (for adults)
See Brighton and Hove City Council's list of:
Adult learning providers and courses
- Courses for adults at Varndean College
Surrenden Rd, Brighton BN1 6WQ - Short Courses and Evening Classes, University of Brighton
Mithras House Lewes Road Brighton BN2 4AT - Portslade Aldridge Community Academy
Chalky Rd, Portslade, BN41 2WS
[The Friends Centre went into administration in July 2020]
Silver Strings for late starters in learning to play an instrument.
Migrant English, Welfare Rights, Yoga, Free Software, and degree level courses in Social Science and Humanities, Philosophy, Feminism, Gender & Sexuality.
This page was last updated by Ted on 27-Jul-2021