Ore is a large suburb of the urban area of Hastings, East Sussex, 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. 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 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.

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).

The routes available from Ore Railway Station include: Ashford Intl - Eastbourne, Ore - London Victoria, Ore - Brighton

Religious institutions

Ore is divided into two ecclesiastical parishes, and so has two Anglican Parish Churches; these are Christ Church, Ore, 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, Clifton Road Methodist church, and a Salvation Army 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 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

<!--IT IS NOW OCTOBER 2012. WAS IT BUILT?==Ore Valley Adventure Playground==

Hastings Borough Council has approved an adventure playground to be built in the Broomgrove area of Ore.

"As part of the National Play Pathfinder programme, local young people and partners including East Sussex County Council, Hastings Borough Council, Play England and In2Play have been developing a new, exciting and innovative adventure playground which will open in Summer 2010 in Ore Valley, Hastings.

The playground will be unlike any other in East Sussex, providing children and young people with the chance to engage in all types of supervised adventure play. It will be completely free to use and children can come and go as they wish and choose how they play."-->

<!--NO USE WITHOUT A REFERENCE, AND DID IT HAPPEN?==Redevelopment==

Ore Valley is the largest area of the Hastings Borough and is a major part of the development project led by Hastings Borough Council. The plans are to add new houses to the area, have a more efficient rail and bus service in the Ore Valley area, open more shops and community spaces such as community centre's, parks, playgrounds and the new Sussex Coast College Hastings campus.-->

Civil parish

In 1951 the parish had a population of 355. On 1 April 1958 the parish was abolished and merged with Guestling and Westfield.

See also

  • List of places of worship in Hastings

References

Further reading

  • Ore Valley Adventure Playground
  • Ore Valley History