Editing Uckfield (section)

==Culture==

===The Picture House Cinema===

The Picture House, an independently run three-screen cinema, was established in 1916 and is one of the oldest in England.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.picturehouseuckfield.com/cinema-home/|title=Picture House Uckfield|website=www.picturehouseuckfield.com|access-date=20 January 2017|archive-date=1 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170201233806/https://www.picturehouseuckfield.com/cinema-home/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Ashdown Radio (formerly Uckfield FM)===

Uckfield FM is a community radio station that supported Uckfield for its four-week festival in June and at Christmas each year. In July 2009 the station was granted a licence by [[Ofcom]] to become a full-time community radio station, broadcasting live to Uckfield and the surrounding areas from 1 July 2010.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/broadcast/radio-ops/key-commitment-changes/uckfield-fm.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=5 January 2015 |archive-date=21 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221123237/http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/broadcast/radio-ops/key-commitment-changes/uckfield-fm.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> The station was founded by Mike Skinner, Paddy Rea, Gary King and Alan French and now has more than 80 members, who are all voluntary. In the summer of 2008, ITV's [[Trinny and Susannah|Trinny and Suzannah]] was filmed at the Bird in Eye studios when Mayor Louise Eastwood was the star of the show. In 2014, the station was granted a five-year extension to its licence, taking "Uckfield FM's service through until 2020".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.uckfieldfm.co.uk/2014/uckfield-fm-to-apply-for-a-5-year-extension-to-its-licence/|title=Uckfield FM to apply for a 5-year extension to broadcast licence|work=uckfieldfm.co.uk|access-date=29 December 2014|archive-date=29 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141229161435/http://news.uckfieldfm.co.uk/2014/uckfield-fm-to-apply-for-a-5-year-extension-to-its-licence/|url-status=live}}</ref>  As of 1 April 2022, the station expanded its FM coverage area to take in the neighbouring town of Crowborough, and has re-launched as Ashdown Radio.

===Uckfield Festival===

The festival was originally intended "as a one off [[Millennium]] year celebration", from this event it has sought to "advance the public in the arts and in particular, the arts of music, speech, drama and the visual arts".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uckfieldfestival.co.uk/index.php/about-the-festival|title=About the Festival – Uckfield Festival Website|work=uckfieldfestival.co.uk|access-date=29 December 2014|archive-date=29 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141229162211/http://www.uckfieldfestival.co.uk/index.php/about-the-festival|url-status=live}}</ref> A number of local organisations/events have grown from the festival some of these include The Art Trail, The Film Society & [[Uckfield FM]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uckfieldarttrail.co.uk/|title=Uckfield Art Trail -|work=uckfieldarttrail.co.uk|access-date=29 December 2014|archive-date=18 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218173507/http://uckfieldarttrail.co.uk/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uckfieldfm.co.uk/about-us/history/|title=Station History|work=uckfieldfm.co.uk|access-date=29 December 2014|archive-date=29 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141229161404/http://www.uckfieldfm.co.uk/about-us/history/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Uckfield Carnival===
Uckfield hold an annual torchlight carnival on the first Saturday in September. The High Street is closed in the evening and local bonfire societies, sports teams, schools and businesses join a procession through the town.{{citation needed|date=November 2021}}

===Twin towns===
Uckfield is [[sister city|twinned]] with:
* [[Quickborn]], Germany
* [[Arques-la-Bataille]], France<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://uckfieldnews.com/uckfield-twin-town-to-go-on-signs/ |title=Uckfield twin town could go on signs &#124; Uckfield News |access-date=13 October 2018 |archive-date=13 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181013211826/http://uckfieldnews.com/uckfield-twin-town-to-go-on-signs/ |url-status=live }}</ref>