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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 »

Felixstowe Town Council first introduced the Felixstowe in Flower scheme in 1985 to support the whole community in transforming the town with flowers each summer.  In the first year 60 hanging baskets were sponsored by local firms and organisations and from these small beginnings a comprehensive community scheme has developed. Felixstowe in Flower is a… Read more »

Commonwealth Day will be marked on Monday 13 March 2023 with a flag-raising ceremony starting at 9:55am at the Town Hall flagpole. During the ceremony, the Commonwealth  Flag will be raised and flown from the Town Hall. This will be the first Commonwealth Day since Her Majesty’s passing, and the first presided over by His… 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 »

The following order was made on 8th December 2022 under Section 257 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and no objections were received and the order was confirmed on 10 February 2023. As required by Paragraph 7 of Schedule 14 of the legislation to serve notice of the confirmation of the order on… 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 »

A Civic Memorial Service for Councillor Graham Newman is being held at 11am on Saturday 25th February at St. John’s Church. All are welcome to join. Graham sadly passed away on Wednesday 28th December after a short illness,    The Mayor of Felixstowe, Councillor Sharon Harkin, said: “We have all lost a wonderful colleague and… Read more »