Author: Andrew Taylor

The Town Council are delighted with the announcement of the opening date for the, long awaited Travelodge.  The new King Street site will open on 15 October 2018 and bookings from that date onwards can now be made on the Travelodge website.

Cllr Frazer Visser Chairman of the Town Councils Planning Committee said “We are very pleased to hear that the date has been released and the hotel is now taking bookings.  The site has been a work in progress for so long that rumours were constantly abound that the completion would not happen.  However the date has now been announced and the much needed town centre hotel is poised to open”

The Town Council have given regular updates as information has been known via the Councils planning committee and Cllr Visser is looking forward to confirming this final piece of news at the next meeting on 6 August.

The new Travelodge will be a welcome addition to the town’s accommodation offering and will increase the options for visitors wanting to stay in the town centre.

IN a regular feature on the Town Council website, we will be remembering, on the anniversary of their deaths, the East Grinstead soldiers who died during WWI,  and who are named on the High Street War Memorial.

This month we recall (as recorded on The Roll of Honour website):

Edward Noah VENN

CSM. L.9049 7th Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment. 12th Division. Regular, formerly with the 2nd Battalion.

Killed in action at the battle of Amiens 9. 8.18 Aged 25. Born St. Mary’s and enlisted in Chichester.

Next of kin West Grinstead. Connection with East Grinstead, unknown.

Included on the Parish Church Memorials of West Grinstead and Partridge Green. Commemorated on The Vis en Artois Memorial MR. 16.

Sussex Police are reminding everyone about summer time crime, stealing from sheds, outhouses etc.  They ask that you follow Sussex Police on Twitter or Facebook as they will be posting more reminders and advice to keep secure.

You can report crime and incidents online at www.sussex.police.uk/reportonline

We’d like to invite you to a very special workshop happening at Wakehurst this summer.

The My Naturewatch team is running 4 exclusive workshops that will give Wakehurst Visitors the chance to make their very own My Naturewatch Cameras to take home!

This homemade camera has been developed to help you capture wildlife in your garden. Based on the famous Raspberry Pi £10 computer, it takes only about an hour or so to make and is very ‘tech light’ (no soldering!).

The workshops are completely free and we’ll also give you free entry to the gardens for the day.

We welcome anyone over the age of 9 to take part. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Bring your family or a friend – 1 ticket will give entry for up to 3 people. 1 Camera Kit per ticket / group.

Choose from the 12:00 – 14:00 or 15:00 – 17:00 workshop, on either the 2nd or 3rd of August.

Spaces are limited and will be allocated on a first come first served basis.

To book, please email WakehurstProgrammes@kew.org with your adult’s name, contact number and email address for correspondence.

Participants Please bring along:

• A smartphone
• A 1.5 ltr – 2 ltr empty soft drinks bottle uncrushed (not essential, but it’s good to recycle)
• An adult, if you’re under 16

Please note that this event is part of a research project, it will be documented under ethical consent that will be explained at the start of the session.

If you’d like any further information, please email: WakehurstProgrammes@kew.org