What’s On?
Your guide to what’s on in and around Storrington. There are many community groups, organisations, societies and sports clubs which meet regularly and hold public events. These listings are created by them and include film shows, markets, live music, and other community events.
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Conservation Morning at Sullington Warren. Saturday 13th November 09:30 -12:00.
Led by the National Trust. Tools provided. Tasks will include scrub clearing and burning.
Please wear appropriate clothing and gloves.
Bring your own refreshments for short mid-morning break.
Children under 18 must be accompanied by an adult unless by prior arrangement.
Meet on ‘The Green’.
Sandgate Conservation Society Talk: “Reimagining the Commons” by Tony Whitbread.
The talk will take place on Wednesday 24th November at 7:30pm at Storrington and Sullington Parish Hall, Thakeham Road, RH20 3PP. This thought-provoking talk by the President of Sussex Wildlife Trust will challenge what you thought you knew and help you see how a different model of ownership of natural resources could result in more sustainable use.
Free entrance. Sorry, no refreshments at this talk.
Sandgate Conservation Society Talk: “Water under the Bridge” by Tony Pratt (Wey & Arun Canal Trust)
The talk will take place on Wednesday 26th October at 7:30pm at Storrington and Sullington Parish Hall, Thakeham Road, RH20 3PP.
The talk is based on picture postcards from 1900-1930 plus press reports from the period, genealogy research and illustrated with contemporary video clips. All welcome.
Entrance is £2 for Society members, £4 for non-members.
Light refreshments after talk (expected to last about 1 hour).
Submitted to the Storrington Community Website using the Event contact form.
Sandgate Conservation Society Talk: “Biomimicry and Nature’s Intelligence” by Nicola Peel
The talk will take place on Wednesday 23rd November at 7:30pm at Storrington and Sullington Parish Hall, Thakeham Road, RH20 3PP.
Billions of years of evolution have resulted in designs, systems and processes in nature that work and are sustainable. The talk is about how we can learn from nature to find solutions to some of our urgent problems. Nicola is an award winning solutionist, international speaker and educator on environmental matters.
The talk is expected to last about 1 hour and light refreshments will be available after.
Entrance is £2 for Society members and £4 for non-members.
Submitted to the Storrington Community Website using the Event contact form.
Wildflower Meadows by Sarah Abercromby, a local resident and Chair of the Sussex Wildlife Trust Storrington and Arun Valley Regional Group
The talk will take place on Wednesday 25th October at 7:30pm at Storrington and Sullington Parish Hall, Thakeham Road, RH20 3PP.
Sarah will talk about the wildflower meadow created by her and her husband at their home on the outskirts of Storrington on land that had been used to graze horses that they acquired as an extension of their existing garden. Although this gave them a significant area of land for their wildflower meadow the same techniques can be applied in smaller, more manageable gardens which will also deliver benefits to wildlife – our vital pollinators and other insects and the other animals that eat them such as birds and bats, and hedgehogs which are currently listed as vulnerable to extinction in Britain. They also provide interest and delight to people.
£2 for members, £4 for non-members – pay at the door. Please arrive a few minutes early to take your seats to enable a prompt start at 7:30pm.
Submitted to the Storrington Community Website using the Event contact form.
Talk on Bats by Ryan Greaves
Ryan is the Events Coordinator at Sussex Bat Group, which was formed in 1984 to help conserve bats and their habitats in Sussex and to raise awareness of bats and their conservation.
The talk venue is Storrington & Sullington Parish Hall, Thakeham Road, RH20 3PP It starts at 7:30pm and is expected to last around 1 hour and light refreshments will be available after the talk.
There is some car parking available at the hall. Please arrive early to take your seat so that the talk can start promptly.
Entrance is £2 for Sandgate Conservation Society members and £4 for non-members.
Submitted to the Storrington Community Website using the Event contact form.
Come along and help take care of this Site of Special Scientific Interest.
The task this Saturday will be raking up cut heather. Please wear appropriate clothing. The wearing of sturdy shoes is recommended. Also bring some refreshments for the mid-morning break.
The weather forecast for Saturday is currently for a dry but cloudy and cool day.
Any necessary tools will be provided but it is recommended that you bring your own gloves.
We will be led by Lee from the National Trust.
Meet on ‘The Green’. Look out for a white NT truck parked on the north-east corner of The Green (approximate what3words location – //scales.advocado.refilled )
The start time is 09:30 – please be prompt. We finish at 12 noon.
You do not need to be a member of the Society to attend.
Children under 18 must be accompanied by an adult unless by prior arrangement.
Please check the Sandgate Conservation Society Facebook page and/or website in case of any last minute changes or cancellation.
Submitted to the Storrington Community Website using the Event contact form.
Conservation morning at Sandgate Park – Saturday 23rd March 2024 at 10am
Come along and help take care of this Local Wildlife Site. Usual tasks include cutting back the invasive Rhododendron Ponticum, clearing paths, clearing the streams and other work using hand tools.
Tools are provided but it is recommended that you bring your own gloves (though if you forget gloves should be available). Also, please bring your own refreshment for the mid-morning break.
We usually meet at the old bench opposite the heather mound on the path from the gate into the park partway up Sandgate Lane, opposite the cut through from Hillside Road (what3words bench location is approximately mulls.splice.dislikes ) . Please be prompt as if we have moved on to our worksite by the time you have arrived you may find it difficult to find us.
Please check our website or our Facebook page before you set out on the day in case the meeting place has changed and in case of cancellation (e.g. due to bad weather).
Note that Sandgate Park is the wooded area owned and managed by Horsham District Council, not the grassland area, owned and managed by CEMEX.
We work until noon with a short break at around 11am.
All welcome – you do not have to be a member of Sandgate Conservation Society (though we will probably try to persuade you to join). Children under 18 must be accompanied by an adult unless agreed in advance with the Society (this is for health & safety and insurance reasons).
Submitted to the Storrington Community Website using the Event contact form.
Talk – Wildlife and Wild Places of Sussex by Tony Whitbread on Wednesday 27th March.
Tony Whitbread returns to give us one of his popular, enjoyable and highly informative talks. Tony, local resident and the President of Sussex Wildlife Trust, will share his knowledge of wild places and fauna in Sussex.
The talk is at Storrington & Sullington Parish, Thakeham Road, RH20 3PP, starts at 7:30pm. Please arrive early to take your seat so that the talk can start promptly.
Entrance is just £2 for Sandgate Conservation Society members and £4 for non-members. Light refreshments will be available after the talk.
Submitted to the Storrington Community Website using the Event contact form.