In pictures: See how new community hub building in Bexhill is taking shape as construction progresses

Community group Heart of Sidley said building work is due to be complete by the middle of the year.

A statement on its Facebook page said: "We are so excited to share some photos of how well our Sidley Hub build with BMR Construction Limited is coming along.

"This amazing team and their fabulous sub-contractors are very much on target to finish up by June.

"Our Sidley Hub development is part of a UK Government-funded partnership between Heart of Sidley, The De La Warr Pavilion and Rother District Council. Together we're creating opportunities, inspiring pride of place and strengthening community life across Bexhill and Sidley."

Building work on the new £3.4 million community hub in Bexhill started in August 2025.

The Sidley Hub at Sidley Recreation Ground in Canada Way will provide sports changing facilities for the area, as well as a café, accessible toilets, off-street parking and spaces for hire by local groups for sport play and informal recreational use.

The old toilet block and changing rooms on the site were demolished earlier in August 2025 to make way for the building work to start.

Heart of Sidley’s fundraising campaign set up to get the community hub off the ground exceeded its initial target in November 2024.

More than £11,000 was raised through its ‘Buy a Brick’ campaign, in a bid to raise £10,000 towards furbishing the new hub.

Proposals to build the facility in Sidley in Bexhill were unanimously approved by Rother District Council’s planners in July 2024.

A grand opening of the hub is planned for June 28, Heart of Sidley said.

It is looking for an operator to run a café inside the new community hub.

The deadline to submit expressions of interest is February 15.

More information on how to register an expression of interest can be found at heartofsidley.co.uk/news/sidley-hub-cafe-now-accepting-expressions-of-interest.