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Vera's Walk
What’s near Vera's Walk on the full map. The shaded area inside the dashed line is a conservation area and green dots are trees under a tree preservation order (indicative only).

Planning and building here

Closing dates you can still act on, applications and decisions on the street, appeals, the protections that cover it, and the council's land and licensing papers.

Planning on this street

We have no planning applications or decisions for this street. That doesn’t mean nothing has happened here, only that the council’s weekly planning lists haven’t named it since our record starts on 21 April 2026.

Conservation, listed buildings and protected trees

None of the town’s 18 conservation areas reaches Vera's Walk as mapped.

Measured along the street’s line against the council’s boundaries. Whether a particular building is inside depends on where the boundary runs: each area’s page on the council’s site has its map. All 18 conservation areas

The council’s Article 4 direction on houses in multiple occupation covers the whole town (in force since 2 July 2012): turning a house into a shared house for three to six people needs planning permission. The council’s page ↗

Listed buildings

Historic England’s list has no entry that names Vera's Walk or stands beside its line. Every listed building in Hastings

Tree preservation orders

The council’s map data has no tree preservation order within about 40 m of Vera's Walk’s line.

Indicative only — the council’s order is what counts. The council says of its tree order map data: “This dataset is under review and subject to change. Always refer to the Original Tree Preservation Order and associated plan for confirmation.” The council’s tree preservation orders page ↗

Conservation areas, Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders: Hastings Borough Council, Open Government Licence v3.0. Street lines © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Flood zones, the coast and protected nature

Flood zones

None of Vera's Walk’s line is in Flood Zone 2 or 3 on the Environment Agency’s flood map for planning. In the Agency’s words: “This means a site in flood zone 1 could still flood now or in the future.”

A street’s line is not an address. For a particular address, use the Environment Agency’s Check your long term flood risk ↗; for a planning site, its Flood map for planning ↗. Flood warnings in force now are on Live now.

Protected nature

  • Ancient woodland: Vera's Walk’s line passes within about 100 m of 1 parcel on Natural England’s inventory.

Natural England’s designations within about 100 m of the street’s mapped line. Each official page says what is protected there. Protected nature in Hastings

Flood zones: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. Open Government Licence v3.0. Fetched 2026-10-12.

Coastal erosion and the Shoreline Management Plan: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2015. Open Government Licence v3.0. Fetched 2026-10-12.

Protected sites: © Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Fetched 2026-10-12.

Street lines © OpenStreetMap contributors.

On the street now

Problems reported, roadworks, how long reports take to close, and who looks after the road.

Who looks after this street

Adopted highway: yes. Vera's Walk is on East Sussex County Council’s map of adopted roads, so the county looks after it: report a problem to East Sussex Highways.

From East Sussex County Council’s map of adopted roads, read 12 October 2026. © East Sussex County Council 2026. Only the street’s name and whether it is adopted are used: the county’s map is the record, and its Highway Land Information Team confirms a road’s status. Who looks after what

Nearby

Buses and trains, health, schools, care, parks, food hygiene, air, crime and the sea.

Buses near Vera's Walk

  • Upper Park Road (adj)

    98 to Sidley Whitehouse Avenue, Hastings station; 100 to Rye station; 101 to Rye station; 349 to Hastings station; 384 to Baldslow Ashdown House; 1066 to Hastings station, Pebsham Bexhill College

    Weekdays: 65 buses, 05:43–22:52 · Saturday: 63 buses, 06:21–22:53 · Sunday: 26 buses, 06:51–19:20

    200 m away
  • Bohemia Road Top (o/s 50)

    98 to Silverhill Chatham Road; 100 to Conquest Hospital, Silverhill Chatham Road; 101 to Silverhill Chatham Road, Conquest Hospital; 322B to Harley Shute The St Leonards Academy; 349 to The Moor The Eight Bells; 384 to Robertsbridge Community College

    Weekdays: 66 buses, 06:34–23:43 · Saturday: 62 buses, 06:34–23:43 · Sunday: 26 buses, 07:59–21:01

    224 m away
  • St Peter's Church (adj)

    98 to Silverhill Chatham Road; 100 to Conquest Hospital, Silverhill Chatham Road; 101 to Silverhill Chatham Road, Conquest Hospital; 322B to Harley Shute The St Leonards Academy; 349 to The Moor The Eight Bells; 1066 to Hawkhurst British Legion Hall, Flimwell Crossroads

    Weekdays: 65 buses, 06:33–23:42 · Saturday: 62 buses, 06:33–23:42 · Sunday: 26 buses, 07:57–21:00

    246 m away
  • St Peter's Church (opp)

    98 to Sidley Whitehouse Avenue, Hastings station; 100 to Rye station; 101 to Rye station; 349 to Hastings station; 1066 to Hastings station, Pebsham Bexhill College

    Weekdays: 64 buses, 05:44–22:53 · Saturday: 63 buses, 06:22–22:54 · Sunday: 26 buses, 06:53–19:21

    280 m away

From the operators' registered timetables (the Bus Open Data Service) for the week of 3 November 2026, and DfT's register of stops (NaPTAN). What is timetabled, not what ran; times are departures.

The nearest station is St Leonards Warrior Square, about 850 m away: next trains, step-free access and facilities. Step-free access: B2, (refer to quick reference guide).

Crime and policing in Gensing ward

Vera's Walk's middle is in Gensing ward. These are the ward's figures, not this street's: we don't publish crime street by street.

In August 2026, the police recorded 100 crimes and 10 incidents of anti-social behaviour in Gensing ward. In the 12 months to August 2026: 1,179 crimes and 163 incidents of anti-social behaviour. The ward's figures by category.

Its police team is Gensing. The team's next meeting listed on data.police.uk: Community Meeting - Gensing, Sunday 24 January 2027, 5pm, St John Evangelist church, Pevensey Road St Leonards.

The team's priorities, as the police word them: Public Place Violence; Robbery and Public Order; Criminal damage.

The team's contact details on data.police.uk: email hastings@sussex.pnn.police.uk. Sussex Police's telephone number on data.police.uk is 101, the police's number for anything that isn't an emergency; Sussex Police's website. In an emergency, call 999.

From data.police.uk (Open Government Licence): crimes reported to and recorded by the police, each counted in the ward that holds its anonymised map point. About these figures.

Air quality nearby

The council's nitrogen dioxide tube at 116 Bohemia Road, about 210 m from the middle of this street: an annual mean of 19.4 µg/m³ in 2025.

Every year the report gives: 2021: 24.1, 2022: 23.8, 2023: 21.6, 2024: 21.3, 2025: 19.4 (µg/m³).

Each figure is for the kerbside spot where the tube or monitor sits, not for the whole street. The report compares each site “with the air quality objective of 40µg/m3”, an annual mean. From the borough council's 2026 Air Quality Annual Status Report (May 2026, read 12 October 2026). Every site

Charging an electric car

The nearest public charger mapped on OpenStreetMap is A charging point near Priory Street, about 1,310 m from the middle of this street (8 bays mapped).

Volunteers map chargers, so there may be a nearer one. Every mapped site, and how many the DfT counts. © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

GP, pharmacy and dentist

The nearest of each on NHS England's register, measured from the middle of this street in a straight line. Nearest doesn't mean a practice takes patients from this street or is taking new ones; each name links to its NHS website page, with its opening hours.

Every GP practice, pharmacy and dentist in Hastings.

Schools nearby

Within a kilometre of the middle of this street, as the crow flies. Distance isn't how places are given: the county's admissions rules decide that. Every school in Hastings.

Care homes nearby

Within 800 m of the middle of this street. Ratings as CQC states them. This page uses Care Quality Commission information. Every care home, surgery and dentist in Hastings.

Parks and play areas

Measured in a straight line from the middle of this street. Plans to refurbish or replace play areas are in council papers and planning applications, not in these maps: search the papers for “play area” or “playground”, and see what developers pay towards them on Developer contributions. Green spaces: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Greenspace (April 2026 edition, read 12 October 2026). Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; OS OpenData, Open Government Licence v3.0. Playgrounds also from OpenStreetMap, read 12 October 2026: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

On the record

Council papers and other documents that name Vera's Walk, newest first.

On the record

Nothing on our record names Vera's Walk yet: no council paper or report, and no planning application. When something does, it will appear on this page and in its feed.

Street names and locations from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.