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Friends of Riverside Park Newhaven

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Friends of Riverside Park was set up following a failed attempt to build a water park on the land which is owned by East Sussex County Council & Lewes District Council and now known as Riverside Park, Newhaven. The site was up until the late 1970s/early 1980s a landfill site for the town. Once the site was full to capacity it was capped and left to nature. We now have a wonderful array of wildlife and recently funds were spent by the local Councils to make improvements including a properly laid circular path, benches dotted around the park, a bird viewing platform, owl nest box and various hibernacula and scrapes. Scrub has been managed to improve the quality of the soil. All this has been done with the help and assistance of the Friends of Riverside Park who work as a go-between the Community who use the Park and the Councils. As part of our ongoing support we organise monthly litter picks to safeguard the natural environment & are making other small improvements to the area including more litter bins and hopefully seating.

Friends of Riverside Park Newhaven
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Members

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Years

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Total number of events

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Spring open day

Friends of Riverside Park are holding their spring open day to include I Spy nature walk, Annual General Meeting, update on what's happening on the Park and a litter pick. Event starts at 11am to 3p...

February litterpick

Monthly litter pick - Meet at the Community Garden, Lewes Road Hut, Lewes Road, Newhaven at 11am for two hours. Pickers and bags provided but not gloves Another 10 bags of fresh and historic litter ...

January Pick

Our monthly pick on the Park. Starting at 11am for 2 hours, or as long as you can manage. Meet at the Lewes Road Hut, Newhaven Lovely bright sunny day for a morning on the Park. Lots of people out ...

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