Mid Sussex District Council announces that four parks in the District have received Green Flag Awards after achieving an international quality mark for parks and green spaces. East Court and Ashplats Park in East Grinstead in collaboration with East Grinstead Town Council and East Grinstead [...]
East Grinstead Town Council is delighted to announce that it is preparing an Expression of Interest for East Grinstead to enter the mix to become UK Town of Culture 2028 — an exciting new national competition celebrating the creativity, character, and cultural life of towns [...]
On 7th February, 2026, the Engine Room Bar, The Old Mill, 45 London Road, East Grinstead, RH19 1AW has two celebrations. First, we are hosting the launch of CAMRA North Sussex Ale & Cider Trail. Second, we are opening our custom made cold room. And [...]
We’re making plans for our first-ever Christmas market at East Grinstead Sports Club. We’re looking for gift sellers, artists and makers for our market on Saturday, 15th November. To register your interest in booking a stall, please email minette@acornsgym.co.uk or nikki@acornsgym.co.uk.
What is Railway 200?The Stockton & Darlington Railway opened on September 27, 1825, connecting places, people, communities and ideas and ultimately transforming the world.Railway 200 will be a year-long nationwide partnership-led campaign to celebrate 200 years of the modern railway and inspire a new generation of [...]
East Grinstead Sports Club is looking for a new Chair of Trustees. Are you passionate about making a difference in the community? Do you have the leadership skills to guide a dedicated group of trustees towards achieving greater impact in the provision of sport and [...]
Please note that all activities are chargeable, please contact us on 01342 327 046 or for more details: -Â Age UK Activities at Glen Vue
East Grinstead, once again, held its Classic Motor show along the Historic High Street on Sunday, 1st September. Around 100 vintage and classic cars (and one bus!) arrived in glorious sunshine, the oldest of which was a 1904 Stanley Steamer, closely followed by a 1915 Model [...]
Comedian Mark Steel visits towns across the UK, meeting locals and then creates a stand up show for them, the radio listeners and the town. This week was the turn of East Grinstead and the venue was the Chequer Mead Theatre. To listen to the [...]
My name is Catalina, and I am excited to introduce myself as the new Community Engagement Officer at Citizens Advice. I am thrilled to announce that starting from June, we will be relaunching our Language Café, a fantastic opportunity for our community to learn beginner [...]
In East Grinstead, we will start with the national proclamation being read at the War Memorial in the High St at 8 am. With the main events starting from 6pm on King Georges Field where we will have Fish and Chips, along with Apple Crumble [...]
KIDS FOR A QUID TRAVEL OFFER: Weekends and School Holidays 2024 Fantastic value for all the family at The Bluebell Railway! We will be opening up our Kids For A Quid Travel Offer to all of our services during Weekends & School holidays throughout 2024! [...]
The Bluebell Railway Museum at Sheffield Park Station is pleased to announce the unveiling of an exhibition shedding light on the often-overlooked contributions of Women to railways throughout history. This compelling exhibition, set to open its doors at 12:30 pm on March 30th, will be [...]
Betty Hill held her very first Friendship Coffee Morning at the Sunnyside Barn on Thursday, 29th February. It was a great success, with over forty local residents attending, together with past mayors Dick Sweatman and Adam Peacock.Future Friendship meetings will take place on the last Thursday [...]
The Bluebell Railway played host to an extra special occasion during the festive period in 2023, where Ben Gray, aged twenty-one, became the youngest driver to be passed out to drive steam locomotives in the heritage railway’s sixty-four-year history. Ben, son of the Bluebell Railway’s [...]
East Grinstead Meridian NEWS CAST - Another success for Rotary East Grinstead Meridian Rotary raised £4500 for 3 local charities at their Charity Golf day. Our President Phil Baker presented three £1500 cheques to the representatives of Being Neighbourly, Family Support Work and Bloomin Arts [...]
From 28 March Mid Sussex District Council will implement a new flexible season ticket offer and increase car parking charges in line with inflation.  Changes to car park season tickets, which are mainly used by town centre workers and commuters will better match new customer behaviour. [...]
World-famous locomotive No. 60103 Flying Scotsman, will return to Sussex this summer. Bluebell Railway, a heritage railway operating steam-hauled trains between Sheffield Park and East Grinstead, will welcome the locomotive in August 2022. It will be the Flying Scotsman’s second visit to the Bluebell. The locomotive [...]
We had to take the very difficult decision to postpone the Love East Grinstead event on February 13th due to the adverse weather conditions and have re-scheduled the event for Sunday, March 13th. The event will run from 11am until 3pm, we will still have the [...]
Mid Sussex District Council has partnered with ShopAppy.com to provide local businesses with access to the platform free of charge for the first 12 months. This initiative has been made possible by the Government’s Welcome Back Fund with funding from the European Regional Development Fund. Hear [...]
