New toilets recently installed at Egerton Park in Bexhill are good news for residents and visitors – and will also boost the town’s museum.

Provided by Rother District Council, the four new toilets improve facilities for people enjoying the park but also enable the Museum to repurpose the old toilets to use as storage and study space.

Cllr Hazel Timpe, portfolio holder for neighbourhood services, said: “I am delighted we have provided these new facilities – it is a real win-win for the town.

“There are three new unisex toilets – two with baby change – and a fourth accessible toilet that also has baby changing facilities, available for local people and visitors.

“But the new facilities also open the door for Bexhill Museum to carry out work to the old toilets and change them to increase storage and study space at the museum.”

Bexhill Museum wants to use the new space for storage, study, and further investigation of archaeological finds from the Bexhill area.

The aim is that young people, post-graduate students and early-career archaeologists and curators will also use the space to work with original material.

The new facilities were warmly welcomed by staff, Cllrs and volunteers, including portfolio holder for Neighbourhood Services, Cllr Hazel Timpe; museum curator, Julian Porter; museum volunteer, Dave Hatherell; chairperson of the Bexhill Museum Trust, Sally Hemmings; and Egerton Park tennis coach, Adam Field.

Published: 3rd July 2025