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The committee often gets asked over the NO DOGS POLICY in The Patch. For transparency, we will reveal the real reason why there is a NO DOGS POLICY in The Patch, check our Instagram feed to see to whom really runs the committee. More evidence here on our Instagram feed Mars the Cat is the … Read more

Thank you to all the volunteers that gave up their Sunday morning to help with the Green Spring Clean in the Patch! What a difference we made together and weren’t we lucky the sun was shining. With the help of twenty volunteers we were able to prune the brambles back, clear the pond area, repair … Read more

The popular Spring in The Patch community festival held in William Clarke Park (better known as The Patch) will be taking a “fallow spring” in 2026 with no event being held this April. Yet still potentially an event in the Autumn. The Friends of William Clarke Park committee reluctantly took the decision not to go ahead … Read more

“Patch Park” – written by Pat Lynott, a Patch Local! the kemptown linecame this way,across the Lewes roadhigh on a viaduct,across the Hartingtonand rolling awayinto the Elm grove tunnel both viaduct and lineare long since gone,except for the tracks bed,now known as the Patch park,a long flow of leafy greennestling snugly betweenthe gardens back gates,stretching gracefully … Read more

Mark Riley was there, back in the day in New York and was friends of some of the folk who started the whole scene. A DJ who certainly has a tale or two to tell! Mark currently hosts a radio slot on 1BTN. Here’s footage from a previous event, where Francis (DJ Frank) was on the “wheels of steel”. … Read more