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Click on LOCAL NEWS for the latest drafts proposed for Round Hill's conservation area character statement and for news of separate weekly food waste collections to start in 2025.
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Round Hill Society
Click on the plan below to see the area which the Round Hill Society represents: the Round Hill Conservation Area.
There are about 900 households in the Round Hill Conservation Area. If you live here, you automatically become a member of the Round Hill Society (RHS). Read the RHS constitution here. There is a Committee that represents the RHS before official bodies and often organises RHS activities, which anyone can volunteer for. You can read more about the RHS Committee in the quarterly printed newsletter that every RHS member receives: The Round Hill Reporter.
The Round Hill Reporter
Round Hill residents: please submit your articles, stories and more for the next issue of the Reporter to: roundhillsociety@gmail.com.
Click here for Past issues downloadable as PDF
Issue 95 Autumn 2024
Featuring: RH conservation area not sprayed with glyphosate,Crime update,Increase in fly tipping,Slow down signs in Princes Crescent,Good gym green clearance,Weed-free Round Hill,DIY Pride,Brighton and Hove Wildlife Rescue Service,Volunteer opportunity to represent Round Hill on the conservation advisory group,Report on street play annual water fight,Next halloween street play event,Date for community carol singing,Useful contacts and committee details
Local News
Updating Round Hill's conservation character statement
Statement
Annex A | Historical development
Annex B | Buildings
Annex C | Public Realm
Annex D | Gazetteer
Brighton and Hove City Council to start Food Waste Collections
By the end of March 2026, all Councils are required to have weekly food waste recycling services to conform with the Environment Act of 2021. Brighton and Hove City Council plans to start food waste collections in 2025. Residents living in the north of Round Hill, who experience odour nuisance from Hollingdean Waste Transfer Station, hope that the food waste will be taken directy to an Anaerobic Digester well away from their homes for composting and not to The Waste Transfer Station which has no entrance airlock system. Odour also escapes through the vents designed to let air into the building.
Minutes of The Round Hill Society's AGM on 13th November 2024
These are now available here.
Events
Artists Open Houses Winter: 30th November to 15th December 2024
Advent Windows December 2024
Click here to see all the Round Hill households taking part. Learn about the background to advent window displays in Round Hill or watch this short video showing local examples.
Thursday 19th December 2024 Round Hill Community Carol Singing
Gather at 6pm at the bottom of the Cats Creep on Round Hill Crescent. Songbooks will be provided, but bring a torch. This year we'll be raising money for a local food bank. Click here for the list of carols which we have sung in previous years. Short video of previous Round Hill Society carol singing event.
The Roundhill pub
Take a look at events (e.g. menus and themed evenings) on offer at the award-winning Roundhill pub on their website or Facebook group. Book ahead for their legendary Sunday roast!
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.
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
See our page on The history of the Open Market from the 1890s
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.
Parks in easy reach of Round Hill
- 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.
Saunders Park
- Saunders Park - more than you thought
Visit our ARTS / MUSIC / THEATRE / CINEMA page.
- Brighton & Hove Arts Council Diary current and forthcoming events & exhibitions
- Brighton Festival
- Artists' Open Houses
- Brighton Fringe
- 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 2015, publicity for it provides an insight into the character of the studios.
CONCERTS
Visit www.sussexconcerts.org.uk for concert information throughout the county.
Tuesdays 1.10pm -1.55pm at Chapel Royal, North Street, Brighton BN1 1EA. All tickets £3 at the door.
Wednesdays 2pm-2.45pm at St Nicholas's Church Dyke Road, Brighton, East Sussex BN1 3LJ map - Lunchtime concerts. £3.
Thursdays 1pm-2pm at All Saints Church The Drive Hove BN3 3QE lunchtime concerts. Suggested £5 donation.
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 BN2 9ZB evening concerts
Some Sundays 2.45-5pm Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra - Brighton Dome Concert Hall, Church Street Brighton, BN1 1UE
Outdoor Activities
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.
Active for Life Sea Front self-guided healthwalk [PDF map].
Explore your local woodland:
Friends of Hollingbury and Bursted Woods
Hollingbury and Bursted Woods Facebook site
Woodvale Cemetery and Crematorium is one of the largest open spaces within easy walking distance from Round Hill. No dogs or recreation cyclists are allowed. It offers pleasant walking territory, though you should check opening times.
Other areas for walking within easy distance from Round Hill are Preston Park (including a look at Preston Manor), Blakers Park (including a look at the Stanford and Cleveland Community Garden), and The Patch (which has an annual spring festival in April).
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
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.
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.The Brighton Society - talks, lectures & exhibitions.
6. The Regency Society - lectures & events
7. Hove Civic Society - lectures & events.
8. Sussex Industrial Archeology Society meetings & events
9. Walks - unguided, guided, longer and shorter
10. The Living Coast - what's on?
11. What's on at The Level - calendar of events
12 Active for Life Programme including Healthwalks
13. Sussex Wildlife Trust What's on
14. Friends of Hollingbury & Bursted Woods - work sessions
15. Prince Regent Online Pool & Class Timetable
16. See also The Argus - events page
17. Brighton & Hove Food Partnership
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This page was last updated by Ted on 07-Dec-2024