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Dacre Road, NEWHAVEN, BN9 9FA

The street from which the town of Newhaven grew up around viewed from the junction with Meeching Road. Until the late 1970s this was the A259, then a couple of ring roads took the traffic away but in the process formed a shopping area which nobody saw. The road was pedestrianised in 1981 and over the years the businesses pulled out as footfall dropped. Traffic was reintroduced at the beginning of this century between Bridge Street and Meeching Road but the street is still dying not helped by a proliferation of new large supermarkets on the eastern side of the river. The steps on the left currently lead to a church though the space above has been used as a gym and night club in the past.

Taking part in the Newhaven Bonfire Society Procession. The Sussex Bonfire Societies are responsible for a series of bonfire festivals around Sussex from early September, culminating with the Grand Festival in Lewes on November 5th.

Members of the Brighton Sea Cadet Band followed by the Herstmonceux Bonfire Society. The Sussex Bonfire Societies are responsible for a series of bonfire festivals around Sussex from early September, culminating with the Grand Festival in Lewes on 5th November each year.

The market was opened in October 2013, funded with money secured from the Mary Portas scheme to revive flagging high streets. http://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/local/new-market-pulls-in-the-crowds-to-newhaven-high-street-1-5378858

Once the A259 until the northern and southern ring roads were built in the late 1970s and the main shopping street became pedestrianised. However, over the years the major shops have moved out and the High Street became run down with many boarded up shops. Traffic was allowed back into the High Street a few years ago but even at midday the place looks very underpopulated. Unlike Dieppe where there are a number of things to keep you in the town on a day trip, for those coming from France, Newhaven is place to get off the ferry and onto a train to head to Lewes or Brighton and therein lies the problem the town has.

For pictures of the High Street before it was pedestrianised c1984 see http://www.ournewhaven.org.uk/page_id__124_path__0p2p105p10p.aspx

Meeching is the original name of Newhaven, the latter gradually taking over the name of the settlement from the 16th century onwards. This view takes in the crossing of South Way and looking towards its junction with High Street. Prior to the ring road being built in the 1970s the junction on the left was with Meeching Rise whilst on the right was the junction with Dacre Road in the middle of which stood the Newhaven Transport Memorial which was moved in 1977 to a spot by the river and then onto Image in the 1990s. Beyond the road junction where the trees are was once the site of the town's police station whilst on the left the cleared site was once a large house called Saxonholme which was demolished in 2006 and next door to that on the site of Image was the town's fire station.