Pre-School Activities • Daycare Nurseries

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Ninja School at The Samurai Centre, New England St, Brighton, 3½yrs+, 01273 570940

Peacehaven Leisure Centre, gymnastics, Thu pm, 1-1.45pm, 2½yrs+, 01273 588858

Rugbytots, weekly play sessions in Brighton, Hove, Worthing & Lewes for boys & girls

2-5yrs, 0345 3130421 (see advert)

Tumble Tots, Hove: Mon, Hollingbury: Thu, Portslade: Fri, 6mths+, 07774 123814

Wickers Gymnastic Club, Lancing, toddler & pre-school classes, 3-4yrs, 01903 752503

Pre-School Swimming

Aqua Swim, Surrenden pool, Brighton, 1yrs+, Sat & Sun classes, 07702 075091

Brighton Swimming School, Brighton Swimming Centre, Eastern Rd, 1yrs+, 01273 434400

King Alfred Leisure Centre, Hove, swimming lessons 4mths+; parent/ toddler fun swim, Mon/Thu am, U5s *the pool will be closed until Easter for major repair*, 01273 290290

Little Dippers, baby swimming, Upper Gardner Street, Brighton BN1 4AN, 01273 229390 (see advert p.8 & discount voucher p.10)

Puddle Ducks, baby & pre-school swimming, Hilton Metropole, Brighton & Herons Dale PS, Shoreham, 01892 617246 (see advert)

Ridgeside Pool, private pool hire on an hourly basis for a swim with your family/friends, ridgesidepool.co.uk

Seriously Fun Swimming School, Brighton, Lancing & Haywards Heath, 3yrs+, 01273 950015

(see advert p.19)

Sinclair’s Swimming School, parent & baby swimming, 01273 583760

The Little Swim School, Brighton, pre-school swimming & water safety, 1-5yrs, 01273 207992

Water Babies, 7 days a week, award winning programme teaching water confidence, Brighton, 0-4½yrs, 01273 552454

Pre-School Yoga

Balance Kids Yoga, yoga for U5s, Brighton Mon am, Hove Tue am & Fri pm, 07584 208913

Inclusive Communication Therapy, yoga, Telscombe Cliffs, 1 yr+, 07876 032258

Kids Yoga with Iona, story-based yoga sessions in Brighton on Wed, Hove on Mon & Fri, Lewes for U5s, iona.yogaga@gmail.com

Pre-School Other Groups

Baby Bee Wild, Portslade & Stanmer Park, Tue am & Fri am/pm, outdoor toddler group, 07880 727679

Baby College, multi-activity classes to enhance toddler development, Brighton & Hove, 07985 350632 Bee in the Woods, Stay & Play, Portslade, Mon am, outdoor toddler group, 3-6yrs (back the spring), 07880 727679

Fledglings by the Beach, near the West Pier, Fri, 10am-noon, 18mths+, fledglingsinthecity@gmail.com

Fledglings in the Orchard, Race Hill Community Orchard, Whitehawk, Wed & Thu 10am-noon, 18mths+, fledglingsinthecity@gmail.com

Little Learners, Messy Play & Mark Making, Brighton Wed am, Hollingbury Mon & Fri am, 5mths5yrs, 07747 104974

Little Pop-Up Kitchen, fun & creative children’s cooking classes, Westdene, 4yrs+, 07463 801826 Saplings, St Ann’s Well Gardens, forest school for toddlers & their parents, Wed-Fri am, 18mths4yrs, 01273 933781

Woodland Playgroup/Forest School Lewes, craft, campfire, storytelling & more, Fri 10-11.30am, 2yrs+, wildinthewoods.weebly.com

(see advert)

Toy Libraries

Toy Library, Tarner Children’s Centre, Mon & Thu 10am-1.30pm, Tue 11am-4pm, Wed 9.30am2.30pm, 01273 294105

Whitehawk Library, 179A Whitehawk Rd, Brighton BN2 5FL,Tue-Thur, Sat, 01273 290800

Daycare Nurseries

Acorn Nursery, The Rise, Mile Oak, Portslade BN41 2PY, 3mths5yrs, 01273 293980

ActiveKids Nursery, 8 West Way, Hove BN3 8LD, birth-5yrs, 01273 911876

Apple Tree Montessori Saltdean, Oval Park, Saltdean BN2 8SJ, birth5yrs, 01273 271969

Apple Tree Nursery School, Ovingdean, from birth-5yrs, 8am6pm, 01273 271969

Bear’s House Nursery, 19 Grantham Rd, Brighton BN1 6EE, 3mths5yrs, 01273 561100

Bloomsbury Street Day Nursery, 16 Bloomsbury St, Kemptown BN2 1HQ, 3mths-5yrs, 01273 033833

Blueberry Nursery, 5 Davigdor Rd, Hove BN3 1QB, 1-5yrs, 01273 733799

Boomerang Kids, Saltdean Barn, Arundel Drive West, Saltdean BN2 8SJ, 0-4yrs, 01273 390900

Bright Start Nursery, 1 Barrack Yard, North Rd, Brighton BN1 1YA, 6mths5yrs, 01273 291570

Brighton College Nursery, Eastern Rd, Brighton BN2 5JJ, 3-5yrs, 01273 704343 (see advert p.2)

Brighton Day Nursery & Preschool, 151 Eastern Rd, Brighton BN2 0AG, 6mths-5yrs, 01273 680280

Burgess Hill Nursery (located at Burgess Hill Girls), Keymer Rd RH15 OEG, boys & girls, 2½-4yrs, 01444 241050 (see advert p.15)

Busy Bees, 41 Dyke Road Ave, Hove BN3 6QA & 44/46 Harrington Rd, Brighton BN1 6RF, 0-5yrs, 03303 338133

Butterfly Nursery, Greenwich House, Peacehaven BN10 8BB, U5, 01273 580819

Charley Barley’s Nursery, Stanford Avenue, Brighton BN1 6FE, 3mths-5yrs, 01273 958750

Cherry Tree Nursery, Hollingdean Children’s Centre, BN1 7DY, 3mths-5yrs, 01273 296052

Each Peach Childcare, 42 Wilbury Villas, Hove BN3 6GD, 3mths-5yrs, 01273 323199

Fizzy Fish @ Peter Gladwin PS, Drove Rd, Portslade BN41 2PA, 2-4yrs, 01273 294076

Fizzy Fish, 21 Tudor Close BN3 7NR, 0-3yrs; Hounsom Memorial Church, Nevill Ave BN3 7NG, 3-5yrs, 01273 227425

Footsteps Day Nursery, 221-223 Old Shoreham Road, Portslade BN41 1XR, 3mths-5yrs, 01273 416164

Footsteps Day Nursery, 44 Cromwell Rd, Hove BN3 3ER, 3mths5yrs, 01273 779034

Footsteps Day Nursery, 95 Lyminster Avenue, Hollingbury BN1 8JL, 3mths-5yrs, 01273 508533

Goldstone Valley Nursery & PreSchool, Edward Ave, Hove BN3 6WL, 0-5yrs, 01273 958988

Growing Up Green Day Nursery, 138 Beaconsfield Villas BN1 6HE, 3mths-5yrs, 01273 551333

Growing Up Green Day Nursery, 208 Preston Rd BN1 6RA, 3mths-5yrs, 01273 542888

Happy Days Nursery, Coleman St, Brighton BN2 9SQ, 9mths-5yrs, 01273 694447

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Daycare Nurseries (cont.)

Hillbury House Day Nursery, 81 Denmark Villas, Hove BN3 3TH, birth-5yrs, 01273 730004

Home from Home Nursery, 56 New Church Rd, Hove BN3 4FL, 10mths5yrs, 01273 245377

Honeycroft Children’s Nursery, St Barnabas Hall, Sackville Rd, Hove BN3 3WF, 0-5yrs, 01273 220323

Hopscotch Children’s Nurseries: Nizells Ave, Portland Rd, Hove Station, Preston Park, Peacehaven & Seaford, 01273 385577 (see advert)

Hove Day Nursery & Preschool, 46 Cromwell Rd, Hove BN3 3ER, 6mths-5yrs, 01273 730017

Hove Village Pre-School Nursery at Hove Library, Church Rd BN3 2EG, 3mths-5yrs, 01273 358589

Hove Village, 126-128 New Church Rd, Hove BN3 4JD, 3mths-5yrs, 01273 358589

Hungry Minds Childcare, home based nursery, 267 Dyke Rd BN3 6PA, 0-5yrs, 01273 541344

Jump Start Nursery, Moulsecoomb Children’s Centre, Hodshrove Lane BN2 4SE, 3mths5yrs, 01273 290458

La Casita, bilingual Spanish-English nursery, 43 Lawrence Rd, Hove BN3 5QE, 6mths-5yrs, 01273 323431

Litte Pioneers Nursery & Pre-School, University of Sussex, Falmer, 3mths5yrs, 0800 954 0669

Little Angels Nursery, 18 Whitethorn Drive, Brighton BN1 5LH, 3mths-5yrs, 01273 380067

Little Earthworms Nursery, 387 Ditchling Rd, Brighton BN1 6NF, birth-5yrs, 01273 243182

Little Lambs Kindergarten, Stapley Road, Knoll Park, Hangleton BN3 7FG, 0-4yrs, 01273 933631

Little Stars Childcare, Bear Rd, Brighton BN2 4DA, 0-5yrs, 01273 707581

Nanny’s House, Easthill House, Easthill Park, Portslade BN41 2FA, 6mths-4yrs, 01273 422422

New Church Road Hove Day

Nursery & Preschool, 54 New Church Rd, Hove BN3 3ER, 6mths-5yrs, 01273 911058

Nido Montessori, Franklin Rd, Shoreham BN43 6YD, 1-5yrs, 07495 995682

Old Shoreham Day Nursery & Preschool, 418 Upper Shoreham Road, Shoreham, BN43 5NE, 6mths-5yrs, 01273 465440

Orchard Day Nursery, Queens Park Rd, Brighton BN2 OGL, 6mths5yrs, 01273 622883

Pepper-Pot Baby Unit & Nursery, 39 Whippingham Rd, Brighton BN2 3PF, birth-3yrs, 01273 709595

Pixies Childcare, 7 Ditchling Rd, Brighton BN1 4SB, 1-5yrs, 01273 700556

Pumpkin in the Park, forest school, Wish Park, Saxon Pavilion, Hove BN3 4LF, 3mths-5yrs, 01273 227000

Pumpkin Patch Nursery, 109 New Church Rd, Hove BN3 4BD, 3mths5yrs, 01273 227000

Pumpkin Patch Nursery, 37 Preston Drove, Brighton BN1 6LA, 3mths5yrs, 01273 554484

Roundabout Nursery, 178 Whitehawk Rd BN2 5FL, 3mths-5yrs, 01273 294780

Shirley Street Day Nursery, Hove BN3 3WJ, 3mths-5yrs, 01273 735155

Shoreham-by-Sea Day Nursery & Preschool, 48 Buckingham Rd, Shoreham BN43 5UD, 6mths5yrs, 01273 567977

Starlings Nursery at Hertford Infant School, Brighton BN1 7GF, 2-5yrs, 07868 255563

Tarnerland Nursery School, Sussex Street BN2 0AR, 3mths-5yrs, 01273 294199

Teddy Bears Day Nursery, 59 Glebe Villas, Hove BN3 5SL, birth-5yrs, 01273 412100

The Garden Nursery, 201 New Church Rd, Hove BN3 4ED, 0-5yrs, 01273 418089

The Nest Day Nursery & Pre-School, 52 Dyke Rd, Brighton, BN1 3JB, 0-5yrs, 01273 087065

The Nest Day Nursery & Pre-School, 89 Islingword Road, Brighton, BN2 9SJ, 0-5yrs, 01273 087065

The Wildernest Forest School & Day Nursery, 48 Cromwell Rd, Hove BN3 3EW, 0-5yrs, 01273 087065

Wild Monkeys Childcare, Glynn Road, Peacehaven BN10 8AT, U5, 07818 505469

Wise Owls Nursery School, Park Crescent Place BN2 3HF, 9mths-5yrs, 01273 232308

Wish Park Hove Day Nursery & Preschool, 142 New Church Rd, Hove BN3 4JD, 6mths-5yrs, 01273 423666

Wishing Tree Day Nursery, 14 Carden Avenue, Patcham BN1 8NA, 3mths-5yrs, 01273 551515

Wonder Years Nursery, 2 Surrenden Crescent, Preston Park BN1 6WF, 3mths-5yrs, 01273 553083

Woodpeckers Nursery, Hangleton Primary School, Dale View, Hove BN3 8LF, 07305 000915

WRAP Nursery, full/flexible time, under the same roof as work space & wellness, extended hours, 01273 359349

Young Friends Nursery, 89 Holland Rd, Hove BN3 1JP, 6mths5yrs, 01273 735100

Young Sussex Nursery (Brighton), 191-193 Dyke Rd, Hove BN3 1TL, 0-5yrs, 01273 736948

Young Sussex Nursery (Hove), 165 Portland Rd, Hove BN3 5QJ, 0-5yrs, 01273 777001

Young Sussex Nursery (Shoreham), 302 Upper Shoreham Rd, Shoreham BN43 6BA, 0-5yrs, 01273 440777

Pre-School Nurseries

St Joseph’s Pre-school Playgroup, Davey Drive, BN1 7BF, 8am3.30pm, 2-4yrs, 01273 911438

Amigos Multicultural Preschool, Cornerstone Community Centre, Hove, 2-5yrs, 01273 011014

Apple Tree Montessori Nursery School, Village Hall, Park Rd Rottingdean BN2 7HL, 2-5yrs, 01273 271969

Baby Ducks Preschool, Parish Centre, South St, Portslade BN41 2LE, 2-5yrs, 01273 911373

Bee in the Woods, Forest kindergarten, 3-6yrs, 07880 727679

Bevendean Primary School

Nursery Class, Brighton BN2 4JP, Mon & Tue (all day), Wed am, 3-4yrs, 01273 681292

BonjourKidz French Pre-school, Stanmer Park, caring environment, forest school practice, 01273 921821