June 5th, 2025.



New designs for Newhaven town centre will be on display this month at the Marine Workshops. This is the latest step in Newhaven’s Wayfinding and Public Realm Improvement Scheme, as it continues with plans to revitalise the town by creating a more welcoming, accessible, and vibrant environment.

The town centre project aims to deliver Neighbourhood Plan and Town Investment Plan objectives and has been shaped through engagement with high street traders and members of the community.

Key elements include making the town centre more pedestrian friendly, introducing green spaces with places to rest, lighting upgrades, more plants, sustainable drainage solutions and enhancing key entry points to the town centre.

Councillor Zoe Nicholson, Leader of Lewes District Council, said: “This is a significant investment in our town centre, designed to make it a more attractive, safer, and enjoyable place for our community and visitors alike.

“We've been listening to what local people and businesses want and now invite people to come and see the plans that will be completed next year.

“This is part of creating a thriving future for the town alongside major projects such as Newhaven Square, the recent multi-million pound fort restoration and upcoming redevelopment of West Beach Promenade.”

The exhibition will take place in the Atrium at the Marine Workshops from 10.00am to 4.00pm from Thursday the 19th, through to Saturday the 21st of June. The plans will then be on display at Newhaven Library for the remaining part of June.

Newhaven’s Wayfinding and Public Realm Improvement Scheme, funded by theGovernment with investment secured by Lewes District Council, is one of twelve projects funded through the Re-imagining Newhaven Investment Programme being completed in 2026.

Projects already completed under the scheme include last year’s Look Again Supergraphics Festival and soft landscaping projects at Riverside North, Chapel Street and Meeching Road.

Details of the wider scheme will also be on display, including improvements along Railway Approach and pedestrian links between Egrets Way, the town centre, West Quay and the port.


Pictured: Design of planned improvements looking towards Newhaven Square from outside Poundstretcher.