Presented by Plastic Free Eastbourne, The Eastbourne Spring Water Festival 25 is now in its fifth year. It has grown into a vibrant and widely recognised event, drawing businesses, residents, and visitors together to celebrate Eastbourne’s natural water resources and promote eco-friendly initiatives.
Plastic Free Eastbourne's goal is to rid our town of single-use plastics. This Festival raises the profile of both our organisation and our work in a supportive and educational context.
Here is what we are offering:
If you like walking:
Promenade is a walk along 7 of our seafront hotels to view Artwork created by Compass Arts
Visit our drinking water refill stations (including our “Dolphins”) along Spring Water Way
Two Led Walks: "Coastal: Chalk cliffs and grassy downs" along our seafront “Spring Water Way” and “Marshland: Mysteries of The Levels”
Our Beachy Head Ambassadors will be leading an evening walk around Beachy Head to appreciate its natural beauty
Seen and Unseen: A Pilgrimage based in Pevensey Bay
An Accessible Walk for less abled and able participants
If you like Sea Sports: try out some Taster sessions for Sailing, Paddle Boarding or Windsurfing (special Festival Goer price reductions)
If you like the Sea, look out for our local Sea Swimming groups: Eastbourne Sea Swimmers and Silver Dippers, for example. Come down to the shore to watch our "Festival Cup"Yacht Race
Join in our Big Turd Paddle out.
If you like Litter Picking, come and join in with our Big Beach Clean, or perhaps join the Motcombe Wombles with their litter pick.
If you like All the Fun of the Fair, come to our Eco Fair, where you will find over 35 stalls, a Puppet Show. Don't bring food: there are several Food Stalls with nourishing and appetising fare.
If you want to have some exercise and learn something new, join a 'Bench Dance' (special Festival Goer price reductions); or take part in Tennis for All. Then there is our “Kidical Mass' cycling event.
If you like to be enthralled and educated: visit “Submerged ~ Eastbourne's Lost Treasures” or our Museum of Water...or watch and learn from our Water Cycle Bike display...or enjoy our Water Cycle meditative and poetic event along with listening to some inspirational songs. You might like to be challenged by our Quiz "All about Plastic". Why not attend one of our screenings at the Towner Cinema of "Ocean with David Attenborough" a new feature length film (special Festival Goer price reductions)
Most of our events are free. Those that require payment are being offered to Festival Goers at a reduced rate.
Our Sponsors. I am delighted to share who our Sponsors are:
Our Gold Sponsor is Gradient Consultants
Our Silver Sponsor isTurkuaz Restaurant
Our Bronze Sponsors are:
Bombay Avenue Curry Restaurant
Eastbourne Chamber UnLtd
Ginger and Sanders property rentals
I appreciate and thank these enterprises for showing support for our Festival. In return, we are promoting them across our media.
For full details and registration links, where relevant, please visit
plasticfreeeastbourne.com/festival
A note to all participants: please try to be as eco-conscious as you are able to be. Travel to our events by walking, cycling or using the bus. If you do need to use a car, car share when you can. Please bring a refillable drinking bottle: we will have a refill station for your use. Please do not bring any single-use plastic water bottles to our Festival. Please take any litter or rubbish back home wherever possible. Please come with an open mind in order to learn more about our efforts at improving our environment.
