Ore is a large
suburb
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of the urban area of the town and borough of
Hastings in
East Sussex
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, England. Formerly a village, it is still known and advertised locally as "Ore Village". It is located to the north-east of Hastings town centre, on the main
A259 road to
Rye
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. Its name may have originated from the Old English word for "stream-bank". The Ore Stream still runs through a large central Woodland area known locally as
Speckled Wood, Hastings at the top of the Valley.
It is the largest suburb of
Hastings.
Ore Valley lies to the west of Ore Village, and is the site of
Ore Railway Station and the former Broomgrove power station. It is also the site of the Hastings Millennium Community regeneration project.
[Hastings Observer https://www.hastingsobserver.co.uk/news/work-starts-ore-valley-community-centre-1297090]
Rail transport
Ore Railway Station (one mile from Ore main street/Ore Village) lies on the
Marshlink Line; with the former maintenance depot for the trains from
London, and the coast (via the
East Coastway Line and
Hastings Line). Ore station lies northeast of
Hastings station and south of
Three Oaks (formerly Three Oaks and Guestling Halt).
Religious institutions
Ore is divided into two ecclesiastical parishes, and so has two
Anglican
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Parish Churches; these are
Christ Church, Ore
Christ Church is an Anglican church in the Ore area of the town and borough of Hastings, one of six local government districts in the English county of East Sussex. It is one of three Anglican churches with this dedication in the borough. The ...
, and St Helen's, Ore. The latter gives its name (St Helens) to a distinct district of the Ore community. The church was built in 1868, to replace an ancient church dating from the reign of Edward III, which now stands in ruins nearby.
Other religious buildings in Ore include a
Seventh-day Adventist Church
The Seventh-day Adventist Church is an Adventist Protestant Christian denomination which is distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the seventh day of the week in the Christian (Gregorian) and the Hebrew calendar, as the Sabbath, and ...
, Clifton Road
Methodist church, and a
Salvation Army
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unit. Hastings cemetery and crematorium, with its own chapel, is situated in the St Helens area of Ore.
Education
Ore Valley has the Ore Valley Campus of Sussex Coast College Hastings on Parker Road.
Hastings Academy
The Hastings Academy, formerly known as Hillcrest, is a secondary school in Hastings, East Sussex, England. The Hastings Academy opened on 1 September 2011 moving into a new building during February 2013. The school has around 900 students and ...
is in the nearby Red Lake district of Ore.
Primary schools:
* All Saints CE Junior
* Blacklands CP
* The Baird Primary Academy (formerly known as Elphinstone Junior school)
* Ore Village Primary Academy (formerly known as Red Lake Community Primary School)
* Sacred Heart RC
* Sandown CP
Secondary schools:
*
Ark Alexandra Academy
*
Hastings Academy
The Hastings Academy, formerly known as Hillcrest, is a secondary school in Hastings, East Sussex, England. The Hastings Academy opened on 1 September 2011 moving into a new building during February 2013. The school has around 900 students and ...
See also
*
List of places of worship in Hastings
The borough of Hastings, one of six local government districts in the English county of East Sussex, has 50 extant places of worship serving a wide range of religious denominations. A further 29 buildings formerly used for public worship, but ...
*
Speckled Wood, Hastings
References
Further reading
Ore Valley Adventure Playground
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