There was some disquiet recently to see that the rather sculptural but dead tree on the Western edge of the field had been felled. The Brewery Field is now in the Chichester Conservation Area and so all the trees are protected and none may be removed without planning permission. This particular tree was removed for… Continue reading Inventory of the Brewery Field Trees
Category: Our Environment
Brewery Field Community Open Day
Don’t miss the Brewery Field Community Open Day on Sunday 20th August, 12-4pm. From 1751 to 1954 the Field was on the site of the Westgate Brewery, which produced beer for inns and pubs across Sussex. In 1811 the Brewery was rebuilt, to become the largest in Chichester, and in 1827 it was taken over… Continue reading Brewery Field Community Open Day
Re-planting of the Westgate Planters
The general state of the public realm in Chichester has suffered from a lack of investment in recent years and the City Council has begun work in the City Centre and with communities to renovate and maintain the various installations on our streets. Citizens will have noticed recent improvements to the City’s roundabouts and benches… Continue reading Re-planting of the Westgate Planters
Investigating Moths!
Sarah Hughes, Community Wildlife Officer with Chichester District Council, will be setting a moth trap on Friday evening to see what moths live in the area around The Brewery Field. Please join Sarah and I and other volunteers at The Brewery Field from 9-11am on Saturday, 20th May, when we open the moth trap and… Continue reading Investigating Moths!
Hidden Westgate Histories: The Westgate Lavant
Most residents are familiar with our winterbourne, the River Lavant. Winterbourne because it is a seasonal stream that comes down from the Downs, filtered out of the chalk after the Winter rains. Most of us are familiar with its current course on the West side: emerging from the City from underneath the Fountain public house… Continue reading Hidden Westgate Histories: The Westgate Lavant
The Brewery Field in 2017
The History This field was part of the Westgate Brewery which produced beer for many inns and pubs across Sussex and East Hampshire from 1751 until it closed in 1954. In 1827 it was taken over by the Henty family who went into partnership with George Constable in 1921. The brewery had been rebuilt in… Continue reading The Brewery Field in 2017
The Chichester Road Space Audit, WSCC 2016
At the beginning of 2016, The County Council commissioned an audit of the use of the roads in Chichester with a view to improving traffic conditions and parking options. You can read it from the WGRA website here. We have written to Marcus Davey, the WSCC Officer concerned, as part of the recent consultation,… Continue reading The Chichester Road Space Audit, WSCC 2016
The Westgate Cycle Path 3
Retired traffic consultant Paul Wreyford has been a key expert assisting the four RAs concerned with the impacts of the Whitehouse Farm development. He has over forty years of detailed highway and transport design and construction experience, and assessing developers highway designs has been a major part of this. Following the approval of the outline… Continue reading The Westgate Cycle Path 3
The Brewery Field: Time to Volunteer! Nov 2016
After a long community battle against developers, in 2015 the West Sussex County Council agreed to transfer part of the Central School playing field to the City Council as a green space for community use. Following a general meeting in the November and the official opening in June 2016, the Friends of the Brewery Field… Continue reading The Brewery Field: Time to Volunteer! Nov 2016
The Westgate Cycle Path 2
Re-design Westgate to Accommodate Everyone’s Needs Safely? The City Council’s Cycle Infrastructure Design Workshop met on 1st October 2016 in St Paul’s Church. Unfortunately this clashed with our monthly Coffee Morning but several residents were able to attend, for which many thanks. By all accounts, some interesting and competent contributors had been brought in from outside… Continue reading The Westgate Cycle Path 2