Belong

Culture makes places feel like home.

Culture gives places their character, strengthens pride and belonging and helps communities feel part of something bigger.

Sussex has a rich culture of participation, where people shape the places they live through the things they do together. Lewes Bonfire, Hastings Jack in the Green and Pirate Day, Brighton Children’s Parade, football rituals, fêtes, choirs, and community festivals sit alongside extraordinary museums, theatres, heritage sites and international cultural institutions.

Some traditions are ancient; others are recent inventions that already feel inseparable from their place. The result is not one Sussex identity but a family of fiercely distinctive places shaped by landscape, history, migration and community.