JAN’S BAKE DAY is the event and Quiz/Bingo at the Young at Heart over 55s social morning at The Hellingly Hub, The Drive, Hellingly on Monday 30 March from 10.30am to 12.30pm. Join in or just chat over coffee and biscuits or on this occasion, cake. All welcome.
WINDMILL HILL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY next meets on 2 April when Jay Ashworth presents a talk, My Life as a Gardener. Jay is from Penhurst Place and will be speaking to
members about working in the beautiful gardens of Penhurst Place. Penhurst Place has a
beautiful and peaceful garden set in the Sussex countryside. Come and hear about what
it is like to be a gardener in this stunning setting. Members £2, Non-members £4, including refreshments at the Reid Hall, Boreham Street. Become a member for just £10 a year. Visit the website for more details www.whhs.co.uk.
THE WINDMILL AT WINDMILL HILL will open for visitors at Easter, and then every Sunday and bank holiday Monday from 2.30pm to 5pm through to mid-September. If you have not visited before or even if you have, make a point of coming to it us in 2026, its 30th anniversary year. There is a wide range of special events, activities and workshops, including sourdough bread-making, basket-weaving and special anniversary tours. There is also flour for sale, milled in the roundhouse of this 200-year-old landmark. You can buy our flour at the windmill or from The Little Bake Shop in the centre of Herstmonceux. All proceeds from flour sales go towards the maintenance of the mill.
THE COMMUNITY COFFEE STOP next get together is on Monday 30 March from 10am to 12 noon. Go along and join in. Everyone welcome. There is tea, coffee and biscuit for £1 along with cake and cheese scones to buy. Bring friends and make new ones at Herstmonceux Village Hall.
WEALDEN IRON INDUSTRY will be the subject of a talk at the next meeting of Hailsham Historical & Natural History Society by Jeremy Hodgkinson on 1 April at the Charles Hunt Centre. Doors open at 7pm for 7.30 start. Jeremy will be talking about Wealden Iron Industry from the Iron Age to the 19th Century.