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Sussex Day is celebrated on 16th June, the feast day of St Richard of Chichester, the county’s patron saint. This has become a huge annual event, one of the largest and most joyful of all county day celebrations.

Huge thanks and congratulations are due to our friends at Sussex Flag. You can see many more posts from today’s celebrations on their Facebook page.

Sussex Day Business and Community Luncheon at Sussex Coast College Hastings.
The Mayor of Peacehaven raising the Sussex Flag on Sussex Day 2025.
Polegate Town council celebrating Sussex Day 2025.
Sussex Day 2025 in Heathfield.
Sussex Day 2025 in Hurst Green.
Sussex MPs read the Sussex Charter at Westminster on Sussex Day 2025.
Sussex flag flying in New Palace Yard, Westminster for Sussex Day 2025.
Crawley Borough Council celebrates Sussex Day 2025.
The Selsey Molls perform as part of the Sussex Day 2025 celebrations at The Seal Pub in Selsey.
The Sussex Charter being proclaimed by the Uckfield Town Crier on Sussex Day 2025.
Raising the county flag for Sussex Day 2025 in Seaford.
The Town Crier proclaims the Sussex Charter in Petworth on Sussex Day 2025.
Reading the Sussex Charter in Telscombe on Sussex Day 2025.
Reading the Sussex Charter at Rye Town Council’s Sussex Day 2025 celebrations.
The Ryebellion Drummers at the Rye’s Sussex Day 2025 celebrations.
Southbourne Sussex Day Fete 2025.
Sussex Day 2025 at Bexhill Beach Garden.
Sussex Day 2025 at Beechwood Grove Care Home, Eastbourne.
Sussex Day 2025 celebrations on Chapel Green, Crowborough.
Sussex Day Disco at Bexhill Gateway Club.
Sussex Day 2025 in Lancing.
Sussex Day 2025 in Plumpton Green.
Sussex Charter being proclaimed in Lewes on Sussex Day 2025.
Sussex Day 2025 at Wealden District Council.

One thought on “Sussex Day 16th June 2025

  • I bet 100% that everyone of them never writes Sussex on their address, ever. They unfortunately have been brainwashed since 1974 to see their “county” as East Sussex, or West Sussex.

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