The Patch Is located in Hanover / Elm Grove Area of Brighton ( BN2 3AR)
Entrance to the park is from Picton street / Franklin Street or Hartington road. 

Click here to download a map of area or please use Google Maps.

Patch News

Patchfest 2012 - July 7 1pm - 9pm

Come and join us for our Annual frolic at the greatest little festival in the south east!

Three music stages: Upper, Lower (youth) & Funkolectif Stage. Plus market-place, football tournament, games, ferris wheel, bouncy castle & slide, healing area, beer tent, barbeque & loads of other foods stalls Also, the return of the Adventure Unlimited climbing tower and Radio 4A who will stream to the world live from the Upper Stage. All this and more at our annual summer festival for the Lewes Road, Elm Grove and Hartington Road areas – PatchFest 2012.
If you can help out, we’d love to hear from you. We need help setting up Thursday 5th and Friday 6th July, 10am-7pm, and Saturday 9am – 1pm.  Clearing up all day Sunday 8th and Monday 9th July.
Help on the day running the tea tents, barbeques, bouncy castles and with stewarding.

To Volunteer contact John Cuthbert – 07775 525311
Stalls enquiries to Jenny on 01273-231433
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Set-up: Duncan Blinkhorn 07944-152706
BBQ: Stuart Cummings 07810 793959
Performance enquiries to
Upper Stage - Caroline Burrows 07968-809899
Lower Stage - Boo Hodges  07906 969857
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Planning Meetings
Wed 30th May 7pm for 7.30pm start
at Pub With No Name, top of Southover St
Wed 13th June 7pm for 7.30pm start
in the Patch - at top end by Elm Grove School

ABOUT US
The Friends of William Clarke Park is a not-for-profit community organisation with a mission to improve a small green space (also known as 'The Patch') situated in the Hanover and Elm Grove ward of Brighton and Hove and promote it as a focus for local community life.

We are dedicated to making the space a cleaner and safer environment for all local people to enjoy and to create events to bring the community together.

We aim to:

• protect & promote the park in its role as a green space and a focus for local community life
• organise events ( 'Spring in the Patch', 'Patchfest' & 'Winter Warmer').
• improve the access, play & recreational facilities (e.g. we liaise with the City Council in Park Development Plans. In 2005-6 we successfully campaigned for new playground equipment and this year the Patch benefitted from the MyPlaySpace scheme with new play equipment and grass planting on the lower tarmac area).
• work to protect & enhance the natural environment & wild-life habitats (our wild-life group has surveyed the wild-life, put up bird-boxes, planted wild flowers & shrubs and built a wildlife pond)
• facilitate good relations between park users and the wider community (we’re building links with local residents, schools, Wellington House Day Ctr, Old Viaduct Court Residents and local businesses)  

We welcome new members and have several working groups, focusing on different aspects of the above, where new members can participate. If you are interested in getting involved or being kept informed, please get in touch and we can send you a membership form. 

Any donations of time, skills, money or resources are welcomed.