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Around 60 volunteers of all ages came along on a sunny Sunday morning on April 9th to help with the Big Tidy Up at East Court, organised by Ashplats Conservation Group. Hundreds of cans, bottles and empty crisp packets were collected, along with a supermarket trolley and a microwave cooker! This annual event is just one of […]

Following many months of discussion between East Grinstead War Memorial Ltd and Mid Sussex District Council, the Management Plan for the East Court Estate was signed off in December 2016. This Plan provides a framework for the management of the Estate over the next 10 years, and regulates which costs come out of which budget. You can

East Grinstead War Memorial works closely with local agencies to make Ashplats Wood as safe as possible for all people to enjoy. An example of this partnership in action is when the Company informed West Sussex County Council Highways & Transport Department of some dangerous fencing alongside the Sussex Border Path, which runs along the

In glorious autumn sunshine, the Chairman and several members of East Grinstead War Memorial, joined together today to remember those from East Grinstead who gave their lives in the World Wars. The solomon event was attended by many hundreds of people and EGWML, along with many other local organisations, laid a wreath at the memorial

This autumn has seen a wonderful display of colours across the East Court Estate, apparently because of the wet spring, followed by a dry autumn. Hopefully you’ve had a chance to get out and enjoy natures wonderful display, but if you’ve haven’t seen it yet, it’ll probably last for a few weeks more, so don’t delay.

East Grinstead Target Shooting Club, who have been long term tenants of East Grinstead War Memorial Ltd on the East Court Estate, had some notable success at the recent National Small-bore Rifle Association annual meeting at Bisley in Surrey. Pictured above is Malcolm Brain, an EGWML Member, who came eight in the British, and seventh

On a warm summers evening in early August, eight of the Council Members of EGWML went for a walkabout to see some of areas that we’d been discussing at various Council meetings. Quite a lot of discussion ensued about the Lake, and what might be done to restore it to it’s former glory, and also what might be

One of our members raised an interesting question at our AGM, as to whether if the UK voted for a Brexit (which as we now know it subsequently did the following day) the status of the Ashdown Forest, and hence the need to designate East Court/Ashplats Wood as a SANGS, would be changed. At the time

A Common Spotted Orchid (with an accompanying insect) photographed on a rainy day in June. Ashplats Wood includes many such gems for those who have the time to look around them.

East Court isn’t just about the woods and playing fields, it’s also a place to have fun, and it was great to see so many East Grinstead residents out in the sunshine last weekend enjoying the ABBA tribute band on the Terrace. A big vote of thanks to the Town Council for organising these free