Ore, East Sussex

Ore is a large suburb of the urban area of Hastings, in the Hastings district, in the county of East Sussex, England. Formerly a village, it is still known and advertised locally as "Ore Village". It is located 1.3 miles (2.1 km) 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".^[2] 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
High Street
Ore Location within East Sussex
Population	5,195 (2011.Ward)[1]
OS grid reference	TQ836113
District	Hastings
Shire county	East Sussex
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	HASTINGS
Postcode district	TN34; TN35
Dialling code	01424
Police	Sussex
Fire	East Sussex
Ambulance	South East Coast
UK Parliament	Hastings and Rye
List of places UK England East Sussex 50.8721°N 0.6085°E / 50.8721; 0.6085

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.^[3]

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

Civil parish

In 1951 the parish had a population of 355.^[4] On 1 April 1958 the parish was abolished and merged with Guestling and Westfield.^[5]

See also

• List of places of worship in Hastings