Hastings & St. Leonards [Civic] Society's Open Meeting is on Monday 25 February, 6 pm start, at the White Rock Hotel (seafront meeting room on ground floor).
Main topic: The future of St. Leonard's Church and surrounding area, lead Chris Lewcock.
Free event. All welcome, but please advise hstlsoc@gmail.com in advance if you are attending so that we have idea of numbers.
“St Leonards Church is a key architectural landmark within Burtons’ St Leonards and for the whole Town. Sadly it is now physically unsound and closed for religious use. West of the Church are St Leonards Steps, a main pedestrian route from the West Hill Road area to Marina. Unfortunately the steps are gradually slipping down the cliff and also in danger of closure. East of the Church and below the Burton Family graveyard there is a weedy wasteland and a long-neglected development site. A sorry picture. Secure uses and a future for this Listed Gilbert-Scott Church and its surrounds can and must be found so that this becomes a seafront destination that the Town can be proud of.
