Your Feedback
This information, taken from the 1,804 questionnaires you gave us has been put into different sections relating to the different leisure activities, sports and community facilities you have said you would use in Peacehaven
Parks & Gardens
We asked you which of these you would use regularly (once a week or more). This is what you said:
| Cycling / walking pathways | |
| Wildlife / nature walks | |
| Picnic areas | |
| Formal gardens | |
| Sensory gardens | |
| Community allotments / orchards | |
| Not important → Very important |
Most of those who marked 'other' said that Water Features (fountain, stream, pond and boating lake), Trees, Wildlife and Landscaping were important.
Leisure (and indoor play)
We asked you which of these you would use regularly (once a week or more). This is what you said:
| Swimming | |
| Racquet sports | |
| Dance | |
| Climbing wall | |
| Gymnastics | |
| Table tennis | |
| Boxing, fencing, martial arts | |
| Not important → Very important |
Most of those who marked 'other' said that an indoor Skatepark was important.
Play (outdoor)
We asked you which of these you would use regularly (once a week or more). This is what you said:
| Open space | |
| Adventure playground | |
| Teenage play space | |
| Toddler play space | |
| Natural play area | |
| Big games area | |
| Pitch & put, crazy golf | |
| Outdoor gym | |
| Not important → Very important |
Most of those who marked 'other' said that a bigger Skatepark and play facilities for the over 50s were important.
Sports & Clubs
Key findings
We asked you which of the 16 sports & club choices given, you do, or would use regularly (once a week or more).
The top 12 are shown below as percentages.
| Cycling | 34.3% | |
| Tennis | 30.1% | |
| Football | 24% | |
| Horse riding | 23.8% | |
| Bowls | 21.4% | |
| Golf | 17.5% | |
| Athletics | 16.5% | |
| Cricket | 13.7% | |
| Skateboarding | 12.8% | |
| BMX | 12% | |
| Netball | 11.1% | |
| Basketball | 10.1% |
Community facilities
Key findings
We asked you to tell us which community facilities were important to have in the area. This is what you said:
| Public toilets | |
| Club/hang-out area for young people | |
| Indoor meeting place to eat/drink | |
| Large indoor multi-use hall spac | |
| Sports changing room | |
| Flood-lit all weather pitch | |
| Creche / playroom | |
| Computer / wi-fi area | |
| Treatment rooms | |
| Learning/conference/meeting rooms | |
| Not important → Very important |
About you
Of the 1,804 people who returned their questionnaire the majority of you had a BN10 postcode - which means they live in the Peacehaven and Telscombe area.
| BN10 8 | 767 | 42.5% |
| BN10 7 | 694 | 38.5% |
| Others | 343 | 19% |
What age group?
A mix of ages took part, although the 18-34 and 55-64 age groups were less well represented.
| Under 18 | 24.2% |
| 18-34 | 12% |
| 35-54 | 27% |
| 55-64 | 14% |
| 65-74 | 13.6% |
| Over 75 | 8.4% |
| Prefer not to say | 2.1% |
What gender?
| Male | 37% |
| Female | 61% |
| Other | 2% |
67.8% of people told us that you use the play spaces and parks in Peacehaven.
The top six things you told us would improve your experience of using the parks:
- Make bigger, better, updated and adventurous equipment
- Keep cleaner, more dog bins, more litter bins
- Café
- Toilets and baby changing facilities
- More seating and places to meet
- More trees, planting and wildlife
As part of the Big Parks Project we will be able to make small improvements to some of the parks in Peacehaven... keep informed through our mailing list.
We asked if you regularly take part in a sport or leisure pursuit..
| Sometimes | 26% |
| Most days | 25.7% |
| Once a week | 23.5% |
| Never | 15.3% |
| Every day | 9.5% |
These are the top 10 sports and activities you told us you do...
- Walking/rambling
- Swimming/aqua
- Cycling/mountain biking
- Gym/weights
- Football
- Keep fit/aerobics/exercise machines
- Running/jogging
- Dance
- Bowls
- Golf
Download this feedback
Big Parks Project leaflet (2.54MB PDF) - put together to show you the main features you told us you would like to see in the new big park.- The full Executive Report (469KB PDF) taken from the original data.
Or come and see the Feedback exhibition.
