insideSUSSEX Magazine Issue 02 - April 2015 | Page 11
SEEKING OUT
MUSICAL TALENT AND
ESTABLISHED VENUES
FOR NEW EASTBOURNE
MUSIC FESTIVAL
Eastbourne Borough Council is calling upon all
Eastbourne music venues, local bands and talented
musicians to take part in an exciting new weeklong music festival between 13th and 19th July,
incorporated into Eastbourne Festival.
‘Music Live’ will be a week-long eclectic mix of
live music performances in venues across the town,
allowing local musicians to showcase their talent, as
part of the three-week Eastbourne Festival in July,
which celebrates both traditional and contemporary
arts, from music and literature to dance, comedy and
film.
The Eastbourne Borough Council Events team
are seeking out established venues in Eastbourne with
suitable live-performance facilities, who wish to take
part in ‘Music Live’ in July.
The music festival is hoping to attract a lineup of musical acts from the world of jazz, folk, rock,
pop and more. Anyone wishing to take part in ‘Music
Live’ should contact the Eastbourne Borough Council
Events Team on [email protected] or call
01323 415442.
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INTRODUCING A SELECT GROUP OF
ATTRACTIONS, HOTELS AND VENUES
OFFERING THE BEST EXPERIENCES
MID SUSSEX HAS TO OFFER
On Friday 27th March 2015, a brand new
group was officially launched at a very
special event at Kingscote Vineyards, West
Sussex. The new group, named Experience
Mid Sussex is formed of 13 of the very best
quality attractions, hotels and venues in the
Mid Sussex area and is proudly supported
by Mid Sussex District Council.
Members of Experience Mid Sussex
have come together to provide a truly
unique and memorable visitor experience.
The group aims to promote tourism in the
local area by showcasing the best that Mid
Sussex has to offer to both the residents of
Sussex and visitors to the area.
From breathtaking houses and
gardens, vineyards and showground
venues to 4- and 5-star hotels, spas and
restaurants, there is plenty to discover.
The attraction and venue partners
include: Borde Hill Garden, High Beeches
Woodland and Garden, National Trust
Nymans, Wakehurst, Bolney, Kingscote
and Ridgeview Vineyards, Hickstead
and The South of England Showground.
Accommodation partners include:
Alexander House Hotel and Utopia Spa,
Gravetye Manor Hotel and Restaurant,
Ockenden Manor Hotel and Spa and South
Lodge Hotel.
For more information, visit
www.experiencemidsussex.co.uk.
BRIGHTON i360 BUILD LOOKING UP
Brighton i360 reached a major turning point in
February as a 25-metre high pile rig arrived on
site at Brighton Beach and the sewer diversion
around the site was completed.
The 52-tonne rig will be used to put 10-20
metre long piles in the beach, which attach to
each other to make a wall, holding back the
shingle to make space for the 1,728 square
metre concrete foundation and 170 tonnes of
reinforcing steel, which will secure the viewing
tower in place.
Said Eleanor Harris, CEO of the Brighton
i360: “This year is all about moving from works
in the ground to reaching up to the sky – all our
activity will now be visible; first this 25-metre
piling rig; next a 100-metre crane which will be
used to lift the pieces of steel from the boats to
our site; and then a 60-metre high jacking rig
that will be used to build the 162-metre tower
this summer.”
Two kinds of piles being used: ‘male’ and
‘female’ Secant piles, slotting tightly together
to form the foundation walls and floor, whilst
bearing piles are also placed across the whole
site, acting as stilts, holding the building
securely in the chalk strata below the site. The
process will take four to five weeks and be no
noisier than a digger, so is not expected to
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disturb neighbours.
Elsewhere, pod components for tower
fitting are on the move from the POMA factory
in Grenoble, France, to Rotterdam in Holland,
as three bull wheels departed by lorry from the
POMA factory, heading to the Hollandia yard.
Brighton i360 construction can be watched
live on a webcam, filmed from the roof of the
Hilton Brighton Metropole, at
www.theargus.co.uk/news/i360_brighton/
The tower will start to be erected in
June, when the fitted out steel cans are to be
delivered directly to the beach on barges from
Holland.