East Preston, Sussex

East Preston
Sussex
View of East Preston beach
Location
Grid reference:	TQ070023
Location:	50°48’37"N, 0°28’55"W
Data
Population:	5,938  (2011)
Post town:	Littlehampton
Postcode:	BN16
Dialling code:	01903
Local Government
Council:	Arun
Parliamentary constituency:	Worthing West

East Preston is a village in Sussex, on the south coast, roughly halfway between Littlehampton and Worthing.

Village school

The original village school building nowadays houses an estate agent firm. It was built in 1840 and started as a Sunday School funded by George Olliver. He received a reward for reporting a farm labourer (Edmund Bushby) for igniting a hayrick for moving the hay about efficiently. The labourer burned the hayrick in protest against farm machinery replacing manual labour. Bushby was subsequently hanged. Over time the building was enlarged into the village school until it was given to West Sussex Council in 1940. There were four classrooms, one very large room, having a curtain divided it into two. There were two separate playgrounds. This building remained as the village school until 1951 when the new school in Lashmar Road was opened.

About the village

East Preston and Kingston Village Hall on Sea Road were converted from old barns left to the community by the Warren family of Preston Hall.

Events

East Preston Festival started in 1981 and runs each year for ten days at the end of May / beginning of June, with all event proceeds divided between donations to local community groups and good causes, and the funding of subsequent Festivals.

In 2017, the Festival won the A Celebration of Sussex Life, Festival of the Year Award.

Sport and leisure

• Football: East Preston F.C. which plays at The Lashmar on Lashmar Road.

Outside links

("Wikimedia Commons" has material about East Preston, Sussex)

• Parish Council
• East Preston Village
• East Preston Festival
• Information on East Preston, Sussex  from GENUKI