Covid-19 Updates

Please view our latest updates below:

• Go to latest event updates

• Go to latest travel information

• Go to home deliveries & takeaways

Now Open

• Golf Courses and Tennis Courts are now open - please follow social distancing guidelines.
• Towner Art Gallery is now open Wednesdays to Sundays and Bank Holidays
• The Sovereign Centre is open for gym and sports hall use only
• Cineworld is now open
• Most accommodation, shops, restaurants, pubs and cafes are now open.  Please check with each business before visiting.

Current Closures

• Congress Theatre and Devonshire Park Theatre performances up until 31 August are either cancelled or postponed.
• Bandstand concerts until 31 October are cancelled.
• Redoubt film screenings are cancelled for 2020.
• Eastbourne Tourist Information Centre and Eastbourne Theatres Box Office are all currently closed.
• Event postponements or changes include:
  • Beach Life Festival will become a Drive in Movie Festival on 11-12 July
  • Seafront Soapbox Race is now 20 September
  • Seafront Markets are now 2 - 5 July, 30 July - 2 August and 21 - 31 August
  • Eastbourne 10K is now 29 November
  • Monthly Bike Nites - postponed start
  • May Funfair postponed - date tbc
  • Castle Night Trek - date tbc
  • Friends of Princes Park Fun Day - date tbc
  • Race For Life - date tbc
  • Seafront Skate Park opening - date tbc.
• Event cancellations include:
  • Stargazing (March)
  • Easterbourne
  • Heritage Eastbourne talks (April, May & June)
  • St George's Day Parade
  • Bible by the Beach
  • Magnificent Motors
  • The Waterfront Spring Market
  • Beer and Cider by the Sea
  • Motcombe Community Excavation
  • Ironbourne
  • Nature Valley International Tennis
  • Tour of Sussex Cycle Events
  • 999 Emergency Services Display
  • Pride
  • Lammas Festival
  • Feastival
  • Airbourne
  • Triathlon
  • County Cup tennis
  • Royal London One Day Cricket
  • MG South Downs Run
  • Outdoor Cinema in Gildredge Park
  • John Davis' Funfair
  • Rude Mechanical Theatre
  • EODS Taming of the Shrew
  • RSPB Walks/Talks
  • Hit the Downs MTB
  • South Coast Mighty Hike
  • Macmillan Mighty Hike
  • All park runs
  • Arlington Bluebell Walk
  • Eastbourne Sunshine Carnival
  • Wyntercon

Our Tourist Information Centre is now closed, however enquiries can be emailed to tic@lewes-eastbourne.gov.uk

Our Seafront Office is now open, however enquiries can still be emailed to seafront@lewes-eastbourne.gov.uk or Bandstand ticket enquiries to boxoffice@eastbournebandstand.co.uk 

Southern Rail
Tel: 0345 127 2920
www.nationalrail.co.uk

Stagecoach Buses
Tel: 0871 200 22 33
www.stagecoachbus.com

Cash payment should be exact fare only as no change will be given, contactless card payments are preferred.

Brighton & Hove Buses
Tel: 0871 200 22 33
www.buses.co.uk

Compass Buses
Tel: 01903 690025
www.compass-travel.co.uk

Cuckmere Buses
This service is withdrawn until further notice.
www.cuckmerebuses.org.uk

Eastbourne Theatres
Ticketholders will be contacted in due course to arrange refunds and exchanges.
www.eastbournetheatres.co.uk

Lifeguards are now on duty for the season.  Please respect social distancing measures on beaches and take litter home with you.

Some public toilets are now open and beach huts are available to hire.

Each toilet is cleaned as regularly as possible, however users must take responsibility for their own hygiene.  

Shopping & Pharmacy Deliveries

720 Taxis are offering a home delivery service for orders placed in local shops and pharmacies.

Payments can be taken via phone, app or contactless at the doorstep.

Tel: 01323 720720  www.720taxis.com

Food & Drink Delivery/Collection

A number of food establishments are offering a home delivery service or collections for meals or groceries at this time and these include:

• The Stage Door Pub
• Eastbourne Downs Golf Course
• New Wilmington Hotel
• Chilley Farm Shop
• Cavendish Bakery
• Poppyseed Bakery
• Sharnfold Farm Shop
• Mrs Bay Tree Eggs
• Rodmill Post Office
• The Meat Company Sussex
• My Daily Bread
• J R Wholesale Sussex
• Southern Head Fishing Co.
• Hydro Hotel
• Seashelles Bake House
• Taste of Wonderland
• The 19th Hole
• KD Catering Butchers
• Qualisea
• Fab Food for You
• The Giants Rest
• Wheatsheaf Inn
• Cuckoo's Bakery
• Flamingo Patisserie
• Hudson's Deli
• Solo Pasta
• Rostick Restaurant
• Royal Oak & Castle
• Presto
• Devonshire General Store 
• Old Town Trader
• Lakeside Tea Chalet (Mr Whippy ice cream delivery)
• The Beach Hut (pick & mix sweets & gifts)
• Rathfinny Wine Estate
• Beer Me Brewery
• Bottle Grove
• Adams Wholesale

Pet Food & Walking Services

• Polegate Pets

• Raystede Centre

• Running Paws Dog Walking Service 

Laundry Collection

Eastbourne Laundrette are offering a collection and delivery service for those self-isolating without their own washing facilities. Service takes 3 days to allow time for the virus to die before the washing is processed.

Tel: 07961 845999 or email

We have created a stay at home activity package for residents in care homes to help keep their minds stimulated and occupied during this difficult time. This is a free downloadable resource which you are able to print off for each resident. 

Download activity package here