The Round Hill Society
The home site of the Round Hill Society, a community group of the residents of Round Hill in Brighton, England. The site contains information about the area, latest news and reflections on life in Round Hill.
Welcome
Welcome to the website of the Round Hill Society. Check out the new page dedicated to Arts | Music | Theatre | Cinema.Our Local Tradespeople page also contains a large store of useful information for residents whose concerns are closer to home.
Visitor Statistics to this site. Past issues of our printed newsletter 'The Round Hill Reporter' can be downloaded (in PDF format) from here.
A good way to get a better understanding of local community is to participate in planning consultations (e.g. the future of The Level, The Open Market & London Rd shopping area, CPZs, Waste Disposal).
Our planning section will brief you on these and other concerns such as parking.
Ashdown Road Development
An application BH2011/03818 has been made to discharge planning conditions on the permission (BH2008/02170) PHASE ONE to convert the single dwelling at 2 Ashdown Road into three Self-Contained units. A similar application will follow to discharge planning conditions on permission (BH2008/02170) PHASE TWO to build two new houses on the same freehold.
Note that The Council lists applications for Discharge of Conditions for information only, as there is no legal requirement to publicise them. They are not for comment or consultation Nevertheless residents likely to be affected by proposals (e.g. through extra pressure on on-street parking) may still ask
How thoroughly are the conditions being met?
For example, Condition 9 requires the applicant to provide details of secure cycle parking facilities for the occupants of, and visitors to, the development
Application BH2011/03818 addresses Condition 9 through
14 December 2011: Supporting Document(s) cycle storage details. This link leads to a product description the Mottez 5 Bike Floor Stand (£64.79 delivered free) taken from Amazon.co.uk.
Report on seasonal singing
December 2011's seasonal singing:
Started from bottom of Cats' Creep steps.
Finished at The Round Hill Pub in Ditchling Road.
Raised £170 for Martlets-At-Home
Thank you to all who gave donations &/or helped in the event including the staff of The Roundhill Tavern.
Regular listings
1. The Duke of York's Picture House
2. Coachwerks, Hollingdean - this month's events
3. Brighton & Hove Arts Diary
4. Sussex Concerts
5. East Sussex CC: Music, Art & Cultural Events
6. Prince Regent Swimming Complex Pools Programme
Cheap Swimming for 50s +
7. www.visitbrighton.com for this month's events in the city centre.
Thursday 26th January 8pm - Folk Music (upstairs) at The Royal Oak Pub, Station Street Lewes. * £6.00 * ALAN DAY & MIKE AINSCOUGH - two excellent musicians combine their considerable talents on anglo-concertina and string instruments to bring us a selection from their huge and catholic repertoire.
Tuesday 31st January 2012 1.10pm-1.55pm Agnieszka Pluta (pno) - Scarlatti Chopin Rachmaninoff (Sonata 2). Live lunchtime concerts are held on Tuesdays between 1.10 to 1.55 at the Chapel Royal, North St, Brighton. Admission: £2.50 on the door. Children free. Yearly season tickets £75.
Saturday 4th February 2012 10:00 am to 1:00 pm - Friends of Hollingbury and Burstead Woods - Triangle Copse – Crown lifting and tree aftercare. Bird box erection (locations tbc) easy access trail. Click here to learn about Hollingbury Hillfort.
Saturday 11th February at 7.30pm St Bartholomew's Brighton, Ann Street, just off the London Road (A23) opposite Boots. Sussex Symphony Orchestra - St Valentine's Day Gala Concert: Simon Ballard - Piano and Mark Andrew James - Conductor. The programme will include: Bernstein - Symphonic Dance Suite from 'West Side Story'; Barry - Theme from the film of 'Out of Africa'; Chopin - Piano concerto No 2 slow movement; Rachmaninov - Piano concerto no 2 slow movement; Prokofiev - Romeo and Juliet Suite.
Community University Partnership Programme
The Community University Partnership Programme (Cupp) aims to create sustainable partnerships that provide an enduring benefit to local communities and to the University of Brighton. Round Hill has obtained funding to allow students from a variety of disciplines to undertake a research project in the community setting of our neighbourhood. Areas of need in Round Hill which may correspond with the students' own areas of interest include:
knowing RH residents better - numbers, location in the area, ages, occupations, density, social needs, working locally/commuters; artists/musicians; any student/long term resident tension. A better profile of our area would facilitate skills exchange and would allow those organising events to tap the potential of local residents to provide talks, demonstrations, &/or activities.
better community events - what would residents want to be involved in; are needs/interests of all groups catered for? Finding suitable venues for all or some age groups in an area without a community centre. Adequacy of existing events and activities.
Round Hill sustainability - solar panels and other methods of microgeneration; energy conservation; use of car club schemes; community composting; trees; front garden design; promoting wildlife; better waste management; living near a WTS & MRF...
RH architecture/green spaces - tension between conservation and sustainability in a conservation area with an Article 4 direction which removes "permitted development rights". Updating knowledge of planning policies and changes in legislation. Protection of RH's railway corridor, gardens and distinctive "green ribbons" (i.e. inaccessible open spaces on private land) when The Council is depending on windfall sites to meet its housing targets.
RHS Street Party
report and photos from the event on 12th June 2011
Watch videos from our 2011 street party:
1. Samba Bands, Circus Skill and Stalls
2. Brighton Fiddle Folk in a downpour of rain
Artists' Open Houses
now in the 30th Year. Click HERE for direct links to local artists' websites.
Eco Open Houses: Brighton & Hove. You can also read the Final report of the Eco Open Houses 2010 (with executive summary) (pdf 1.7Mb).
Journals on Round Hill
10 years of The Round Hill Reporter
You can now purchase the omnibus edition of the Round Hill Reporter - a bound volume of the first 40 issues, published to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the Round Hill Society for £6.45 plus postage.
Purchase omnibus edition from lulu.com
Books on Round Hill and surroundings
[Below: Primrose Laundry Works in Crescent Road
Picture kindly provided by James Gardiner]
Music, Art & Education
Learn a musical instrument - since the time of the Prince Regent, Brighton has gained a reputation for music teaching and performance. The abundance of teachers in our city means that it is easy to find help in learning an instrument.
Wednesday recitals are finished for 2011 St Nicholas's Church Lunchtime Recitals.
Courses at The Friends' Centre
Local walks and wildlife
See our page of unguided, guided, longer and shorter walks and related outdoor pursuits.
Events Page - Walks: from The Argus: a quick summary of forthcoming guided walks.
Round Hill Walks: two downland circuits (bus and on foot) starting and finishing in Round Hill.
Relaunch of Brighton & Hove's wildlife website - the Council's ecologist has notified Round Hill residents (acting as Nature Wardens) of the re-launch of www.citywildlife.org.uk which has undergone a major overhaul. All residents of Brighton and Hove can register to be a Nature Warden on the site, which permits those interested to log sitings of wildlife and to upload pictures.
City Wildlife Review of 2010 by Matthew Thomas, Brighton and Hove City Council's ecologist.
Local food production & gardening
Brighton and Hove Food Partnership has produced a questionnaire on Food related issues which local residents can complete and has also elicited answers to the questions from Conservative, Green, Labour and Liberal Democrat candidates who stood in the May 2011 Council Elections.
Brighton and Hove Food Partnership -Training courses for growers, tips (PDF downloads) for gardeners, volunteering roles in community projects RE local food production, eating healthily & sustainable growing.
Harvest Brighton and Hove:
1) Local Food Week and Events 20-26th Sept
2) Community Food Events
3) Training on growing and cooking
4) Volunteering
Brighton Permaculture Trust - Brighton Permaculture Trust have published their schedule of events and courses for the year and are taking bookings. Details at www.brightonpermaculture.org.uk.
Been waiting years on allotment waiting lists? Ever seen an unused garden or plot of land and wished you could grow your own food there? Or do you have a garden or area of land on which you'd love to see food grown? If you live in Brighton & Hove, Grow Your Neighbour's Own wants to help remedy the situation.
See also:
1) The Friends Centre's ONE PLANET LEARNING environmental awareness and sustainable living courses (pdf brochure)
2) Seedy Sunday : the UK's biggest community seed swop. Click here for the Event's history
3) Brighton and Hove Organic Gardening Group's Events.
2010 General election results
May 2010 General Election Results in Brighton Pavilion constituency.
2011 Council election results
Greens increase their seats from 13 to 23 to become the largest Green group of councillors in the country.
54 seats
23 Green
18 Consevative
13 Labour
St Peter's & North Laine (Council ward which includes Round Hill)
Lizzie Dean - Green Party 3407 22% Elected
Ian Davey - Green Party 3132 20% Elected
Pete West - Green Party 3043 19% Elected
Quick links
Links to some other recent stories, events or useful pages.
This page was last updated by Ted on 26-Jan-2012