Camp Ivy pops up!

20.2.13

Combe Haven Defend­ers has just got word of a new inde­pen­dent camp that has appeared just off the pub­lic foot­path between Glover’s Farm and Acton’s Farm.

Camp Ivy is not on the route of the road and this means it should be rel­a­tive­ly secure from short-term evic­tion. It does, how­ev­er, pro­vide a good base for pro­tes­tors very close to the action! At the moment con­trac­tors are try­ing to com­plete exten­sive hedgerow cut­ting along the route of the pro­posed road to beat the 1st March nest­ing sea­son dead­line. This com­ing week­end 22/23 Feb will be a focus for protest against the hedgerow destruc­tion.

Folk com­ing to the camp are request­ed to be as self-suf­fi­cient as pos­si­ble, bring­ing food and water, and, if stay­ing overnight, tent and sleep­ing bag too. The Camp Ivy mobile is 07706 065623.

To access the camp, take the pub­lic foot­path from Glover’s farm, Sid­ley, and fol­low it along the track which goes under the dis­used rail­way and then bears right towards Acton’s Farm. The camp is locat­ed dis­creet­ly in wood­land on your right, between the foot­path and the dis­man­tled rail­way. The OS map ref is TQ750097. There’s a map in the fly­er below. For the more adven­tur­ous, access is also pos­si­ble from the North on foot across the val­ley from Crowhurst.

Sid­ley is a 30 minute walk from Bex­hill train sta­tion, or reach­able by Stage­coach bus 98 (every 30 mins approx) from Hast­ings, St Leonards and Bex­hill.