On Friday 9 June, the Mayor of Felixstowe, Cllr Seamus Bennett, accompanied by fellow Felixstowe Town Councillors, raised the Progress Pride Flag in Felixstowe Town Hall Gardens to mark Pride Month. The Progress Pride Flag represents those who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, asexual, transgender, gender non-binary, and intersex. The black and brown chevrons represent… Read more »

The Mayor of Felixstowe presented the Civic Awards on 10 May at The Annual Town Meeting, hosted at the Orwell Hotel. The scheme, administered by the Town Council, recognises the contribution of those residents of Felixstowe who regularly go above and beyond for their local community. Each year, up to five Mayor’s Awards are presented… Read more »

A seaside trip awaits over 100 of the world’s best cyclists when Felixstowe hosts a stage finish of the Tour of Britain cycle race in September. The fifth day of the UK’s longest-running and most prestigious international cycle race will weave through Babergh and Mid Suffolk, the heart of the county’s countryside, before culminating along… Read more »

The Polling Day for Local Elections is on Thursday 4th May 2023. REMEMBER THAT YOU WILL NOW NEED TO BRING PHOTOGRAPHIC ID TO THE POLLING STATION TO BE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE. See details here as to the type of identification that is permitted: https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/i-am-a/voter/voter-id/accepted-forms-photo-id Statements of Persons Nominated for election to Felixstowe Town Council have… Read more »

Work to renovate the Felixstowe Town Hall windows  is now complete. Scaffolding that was in place to facilitate the works was removed on 3 April 2023. The completed renovation work is pictured below: Felixstowe Town Hall, following completed renovation work to the windows. With Council’s Climate Emergency Declaration in mind, a newly developed type of… Read more »

A Traffic Order has been made by Suffolk County Council to prevent motor vehicles from entering the  pedestrianised section of Hamilton Road from 10am to 4pm daily. In the Summer of 2020, Suffolk County Council installed an experimental traffic order that prevented motor vehicles from accessing the former Shared-Space area of Hamilton Road between 10am… Read more »

31 January 2023 will mark the 70th Anniversary of the 1953 floods in Felixstowe – the largest peacetime disaster in the region,  in which 41 people lost their lives. In order to commemorate this significant anniversary, a number of remembrance events, organised by Felixstowe Parish, Felixstowe Remembers and Felixstowe Town Council, will take place in… Read more »

The ‘Wickers’, Felixstowe’s much-loved willow family, have been a familiar feature in Felixstowe’s Seafront Gardens ever since they were formally reopened by East Suffolk Council in 2015. Originally funded as part of a Heritage Lottery grant to refurbish the Gardens, the Wicker family were a surprise hit, loved by those local to Felixstowe and delighting… Read more »

Recent hard work to restore the pitches at Langley Avenue Sports Field, Felixstowe, has allowed Felixstowe and Walton United Football Club’s youth section to return to playing this season. Felixstowe Town Council, East Suffolk Council and Suffolk County Council have been working together with Felixstowe School and Walton United Football Club to bring the pitches… Read more »