Eastbourne Looking Back - The Queen's Platinum Jubilee in 2022

Celebrations started on Thursday, June 2 2022, and continued through to Sunday, June 5.

Friends and family came together and enjoyed the food, drinks and games on offer as the town celebrated the Queen’s 70-year reign.

Events took place at Our Lady of Ransom Church in Grange Road and at Willingdon School of Dancing in Seaside.

Channel View Road donated food to ‘Warm up the Homeless’ and raised £367.33 for a local foodbank.

Grove Road and South Street was closed to traffic for a street party so that people can enjoy a cup of tea and slice of cake to celebrate this momentous occasion.

There will be activities and entertainment from 12 noon until 9:45pm. With a ‘Best of British’ fancy dress competition, where residents were invited to come dressed as a British icon. The Mayor of Eastbourne judged the competition that afternoon, and the best dressed person won a prize.

From 2pm to 4pm, Defiant Sports hosted a traditional English sports day where there was an egg and spoon race, a bean bag race, a three-legged race and more. There was also be a street circus organised by Sweet Circus, providing street entertainment for the whole family. Printers Playhouse also provided live music.

The Art House Café also hosted a Jubilee bear hunt. Ten unique bears were hidden in Little Chelsea shop windows and ending the celebrations, at 9:45pm, Eastbourne Town Centre lit a beacon to coincide with the national chain of beacons being lit across the UK!