Considerate parking

At the Annual Parish Meeting in May, to which all parishioners were invited, parking in the village was identified as the issue of most pressing concern. Accordingly two parish councillors volunteered to look further into the matter with a view to identifying problems and suggesting ways in which the Parish Council might help alleviate them.  They…

Piddinghoe Lake closed again

On 23 September 2022 the Newhaven and Seaford Sailing Club made the following important announcement: ‘It is with regret that following a negative water quality report on Piddinghoe that we have no option other than to suspend all water-based activities until further notice due to the high levels of Blue Green Algae. Cyanobacteria or ‘blue-green algae’, can…

Parish Council Update

Here are some key points from the meeting of the Parish Council held on 13 September 2022.  The full draft minutes will be posted both on the website and in The Villager in due course. Following the consultation over the summer we resolved that in order to support biodiversity the Church Bank area should not…

Piddinghoe Lake passes EU tests

The latest update on the water quality at Piddiingjhoe Lake from the Newhaven and Seaford Sailing Club includes the following advice: Piddinghoe pond was closed on 23rd August due to the many fish deaths that occurred from a rapid decline in the level of oxygen in the water due to the long heatwave. Oxygenating pumps had…