Historic shelter reopens following arson attack

Having been damaged during an appalling arson attack last year, a historic shelter on Felixstowe’s South Seafront has today been reopened to the community.  Work to repair the Manwick shelter, undertaken by Felixstowe-based Turners Construction, began in...

HighTide Launches Month Of Creative Writing Workshops Celebrating Black Identity

HighTide is delighted to be running The Power of Stories, a series of six, weekly, free creative writing workshops for Black people based in the East of England taking place at various locations, including Christchurch Mansion in Ipswich as well as...

WAMfest Felixstowe Raises Funds And Fun

After months of experiencing a vacuum in the arts and culture environment the weekend of September 3-4 saw the culmination of more than 18 months of planning of WAMfest Felixstowe, a festival to celebrate the contribution of women in the arts which successfully raised...

A Word From Mayor of Felixstowe, Mark Jepson

How wonderful to see all the fantastic events happening around Felixstowe over the summer. Congratulations to everyone who took part in WAMfest, which was so well organised by Laura Locke. I was disappointed not to be able to attend personally but I know it was a huge...

Port of Felixstowe Chosen for Clean Maritime Demonstration Programme

Hutchison Ports Port of Felixstowe has been announced as one of the beneficiaries of the Department for Transport’s Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition (CMDC). Developed with partners at Cranfield University, Sizewell C and EDF, the project involves a feasibility...