Raising the Red Ensign for Merchant Navy Day – Friday 1st September 2017. To recognise the contribution made by the Merchant Navy, the Town Council will be participating in Merchant Navy Day (officially 3rd September) and the Mayor of Felixstowe will be raising the Red Ensign on Friday 1st September at the flagpole in the… Read more »
Read moreSuffolk Coastal District Council is calling upon the business community to have their say on a local business rates discretionary rates relief scheme which is designed to help businesses hardest hit by the business rates revaluation earlier this year. The Chancellor announced as part of the Budget on 8 March 2017, a £300m fund over… Read more »
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Read moreFlying the Flag for the UK’s Best Green Spaces Today a record number of parks and green spaces collect Green Flag Award across the UK. Joining them are Felixstowe’s Seafront Gardens! They are among a record-breaking 1,797 UK parks and green spaces to receive the prestigious Green Flag Award – the mark of a quality… Read more »
Read moreWork is underway to give the public shelters along Felixstowe’s iconic seafront a well-earned facelift. Suffolk Coastal District Council owns six shelters along the Felixstowe seafront (three brick built and three timber shelters). Of these, four are currently being refurbished and redecorated. Work has now begun on the all wooden Jubilee shelter, which is having… Read more »
Read moreFrom 30/06/17 until 03/07/2017 Bridleway 14, Felixstowe from Nicholas Road to the railway crossing will be closed to all pedestrian and bridleway traffic. This is for safety reasons to enable emergency repairs to be carried out on the level crossing. Co-ordinated works may also take place during this period. There will be no alternative route… Read more »
Read moreSuffolk County Council intends to make an order closing the A154 Candlet Road, Felixstowe to facilitate carriageway repairs. Other co-ordinated works may also take place during this period. Access will be open for pedestrians and cyclists. The diversion route will be the A14, the A154 and vice versa. It is intended that the closure will… Read more »
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The Mayor, Cllr Nick Barber, was among the distinguished guests who were invited to celebrate the Port of Felixstowe’s 50th anniversary celebrations at the Cutty Sark in Greenwich last Friday. The UK’s first operational container terminal opened at the Port of Felixstowe on 1 July 1967. The 50th anniversary of this major event will be… Read more »
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With just over a week to go until Suffolk Armed Forces Weekend 2017… everyone is being invited to follow in the ‘footsteps of history’ with a special seafront march on Sunday 25 June starting from the Felixstowe Beachside Events Area (near the Pier). Join the colourful costumed re-enactors representing the Dutch invaders from 1030 for… Read more »
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Join us at the Triangle in town from 10am – 12noon on Saturday 17th June for the launch of our annual floral display scheme – Felixstowe in Flower. Free sunflower plants and seeds Competitions Music from The Stowaways Balloons and other goodies Horticultural Society stand Girl Guides stand …plus judge the Town Councillors’ flower… Read more »
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