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Hastings Attractions
Listed below are attractions in Hastings:
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A Smuggler's Adventure is a hands-on opportunity to learn more about the secrets, lives and experiences of the smugglers. Explore deep into sandstone caves and tunnels and see if you can find any hidden secrets. Take a walk down the...
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One of the jewels in Hastings crown jewels is Alexandra Park. This large area of open space, parkland and recreation land lies within a steep sided valley within the East Sussex coastal town. Many of the lakes within the park...
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Latest Hastings Review
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For me there are two distinct parts of Hastings, one has all the colour and gaiety of amusement arcades fun rides and seaside jollies, whilst the other side of the resort has the peace and quiet and history of a fishing community. The two aspects knit well together making Hastings one of the best seaside resorts in the South East and a vibrant, jostling and sometimes noisy place to be especially during the summer when it can get extremely busy. 
- Patrick Boniface
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All Saints Church in the Old Town part of Hastings is a magnificent and ancient parish church. The church was originally built just after the Norman invasion of 1066. Three centuries later in 1339 after a French raid on the...
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This large amusement park is the premier outdoor entertainment facility in Hastings. Featuring a wealth of white knuckle rides including roller coasters and waltzers, the facility attracts a great many tourists during the summer months. Conveniently located at...
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Arthur Haygarth lived much of his life in this charming town house at the centre of Hastings. He is one of the areas most famous sporting residents of all time. He enjoyed a great career at the very...
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The Beach Trampoline complex is an extremely popular facility on the main promenade in Hastings on a summers day. The facility has several large scale trampolines that can be hired by children to play on and practice their skills....
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Located at the very heart of Hastings just a few metres from the beach, this boating lake has for generations been a fun facility for locals and tourists alike. The lake offers great sea views and today is populated...
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Hastings Children's Library is exactly as you'd expect, a facility dedicated to the literature of children. The facility is staffed by specialist librarians who have an in depth knowledge of children's literature, film and music. The library is...
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Christ Church is a beautiful old church on the main road out of Hastings towards Battle and the north. The church is a great example of its kind and has a good deal of interesting carvings and artefacts within....
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The community of Ore was originally a small village to the North of Hastings, but as the town has grown it has become absorbed into the larger community. At the heart of Ore is Christ Church, which was originally built...
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Church Wood and Robsack Wood in St Leonards in East Sussex is a lovely place to while away a few hours surrounded by the beauty of nature. The main entrance to the woods is located off Church Wood Drive and...
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The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints is probably better known to many as the Mormon Church and in Hastings their church buildings can be found on Ledsham Avenue. The church is a large, airy and modern...
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Clambers Play Area is a purpose built facility for young children located on the edge of White Rock Gardens. The area has a wealth of facilities catering for the entertainment needs of youngsters. There are sand pits and...
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The town of Hastings is situated on sea level primarily, at the foot of several towering cliffs behind it There are several well mapped and signposted cliff top walks that take visitors around the edge of the cliffs safely...
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Cornwallis Gardens in Hastings offers a quiet refuge just a stone’s throw away from the centre of this seaside resort town. The gardens were laid out during the development the surrounding Victorian houses between 1875 and 1978 and was originally...
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The south coast towns are famous for their exceptional cycle networks and Hastings is no different. It has a well mapped out series of cycle tracks and lanes, some shared with roads and some with footpaths that allow cyclists to...
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Dante Rossetti stayed for a significant time in this house which stands on the seafront in Hastings. It has since he left been converted into a popular public house. Rossetti is without a doubt one of the best...
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With pride of place on Hastings’ historic seafront Deluxe Bingo is one of the largest and most successful bingo and amusement arcades in the East Sussex town. The building is completely air conditioned and boasts a wide range of slot...
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The East Hill Lift is one of two funicular railway public lifting systems in Hastings. The second of the two to be built, East Hill Lift was constructed in 1903. It is the steepest funicular railway in the...
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Edward Cape was a prominent literary figure and social commentator in the late 16th Century. A contemporary of Shakespeare, Capes opinions of matters of literature and entertainment were considered with the highest regard by the society of the day....
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Visitors to Hastings in East Sussex can easily miss the Electric Palace on the High Street due to its low key exterior. The Electric Palace is a tiny independent digital cinema that selects the best films to show from the...
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F8 Karting is a small scale karting track situated on the beach front in Hastings. The facility is eared towards complete novices and is mainly used by younger children. The track allows you to turn up and hire...
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Bowling enthusiasts in Hastings and neighbouring St Leonards on Sea in East Sussex have a number of facilities in the towns on which to practice their sport including the Falaise Indoor Bowls Centre. The centre boasts a number of greens...
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The Fisherman's Museum is housed in an old church that was built down in the fishing quarter for the specific use of seamen in the mid 19th Century. The museum was opened much later as a way of preserving...
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Fred Judge was an eminent photographer and one of Hastings most famous residents in the 20th Century. His work is celebrated around the world and he is regarded as one of the great innovators in the photographic movement....
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The historic Victorian church of St Mary Madgalene in St Leonards on Sea is today home to the Greek Orthodox Church in the East Sussex seaside town. The church is a magnificent building with a single large square tower. Inside...
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Halton Baptist Church in Hastings is located on a busy intersection on top of one of the town’s many hills. The church was built in the 1950’s to serve the local community and has since that time seen the congregation...
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Since 1904 sea anglers and fishermen that use the pebble beach at Hastings in East Sussex have enjoyed the benefits of the Hastings and St Leonards Angling Association. The angling club can trace its history even further back to 1895...
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Hastings Beach is a several miles long and is an unspoilt section of beautiful sand that stretches the entire length of the town of Hastings. Steeped in history, the area at which William the Conqueror landed when he invaded...
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So confident was William the Conqueror of victory when he invaded England in 1066, that it is believed he carried pre-fabricated wooden forts in his ships. One of these structures probably became the first Hastings Castle, Britain’s first Norman castle....
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Located on the eastern side of the town, Hastings Country Park is an area of outstanding natural beauty. Surrounded by amazing sea views and sheer cliffs the park is a wild and windy area that has been designated as...
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The seaside town of Hastings and neighbouring St Leonards are justifiably proud of the success of the Hastings and St Leonards Priory County Cricket Club. Over the years the club has successfully challenged for league and cup glory. The cricket...
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Beauport Park Golf Club was first established in 1973 as The Hastings Golf and Country Club and has continued to attract both amateur and professional golfers alike to its wide freeways and complicated holes. The golf course is laid out...
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Hastings in Bloom is a scheme organised by the local authority to promote horticulture and to make the area look as beautiful as they can during the summer months. This large flower bed on the promenade is one of...
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Hastings library, in the centre of the East Sussex resort town, is an unusual building. The library is housed in a Victorian era structure that looks in many ways like a church or school building and is spread out over...
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Hastings Miniature Railway has operated along the seafront in one form or another for well over thirty years. Originally consisting of a small section of track with a steam train running, the facility has grown throughout the ages and...
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Water sports enthusiasts and owners of motor boats and yachts in the Hastings area can be assured of a warm welcome at the Hastings Motor Boat and Yacht Club. The clubhouse and boat storing area is located right on the...
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Hastings Pier is one of the centrepieces of the seafront in this charming east Sussex coastal town. Built in 1872, the pier shares designer with Brighton's West Pier, Eugunius Birch. Although the pier has had many problems in...
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Hastings Rowing Club has no building to call home as such, but do use a stretch of the pebble beach in the East Sussex resort town. The club has a long and illustrious history that can be traced back to...
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The Hastings Trust is a charitable organisation supported by government grants to help look after the history and regeneration of Hastings. A place with such a vast array of historic buildings and internationally recognised historical places needs to be...
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Hollington Methodist Church in Hastings appears from the outside to be rather unassuming building located on the main Battle Road through the community. Inside, however, the church has a strong and growing regular congregation for the religious services on offer....
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The Holy Redeemer Church in Hastings is a most impressive building built during the Victorian era to serve a growing population towards the north of the East Sussex town. Comprising of a single square tower the church is located roughly...
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The Jerwood Gallery, which opened in 2012, is a modern, contemporary arts venue located between the old and new parts of Hastings in East Sussex. The building has been designed to reflect the history and passion of the area and...
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Lewis Carol's house stands at the heart of of historic Hastings in Wellington Square, a grand old series of town houses. Carol is one of the best known British writers and enjoyed the relative seclusion of this seaside town,...
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The historic seaside town of Hastings in East Sussex is full of history, but less well known is Marline Valley Nature Reserve located close to the town. The reserve is located at the bottom of a deep natural valley at...
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The Hastings Mini and Crazy Golf courses are both set out in the centre of the town close to the sea. The facilities offers a great many people, young and old alike a great deal of playing pleasure...
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At the highest point of St Leonards Gardens near Hastings can be found a most unusual building called North Lodge. The building was designed as a gateway and was designed by James Burton, the man who also created London’s Regent’s...
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The Odeon Cinema in Hastings is located centrally in the East Sussex resort town and conveniently near to the main shopping centre. The cinema is housed in a building that has always been used as a cinema and has seen...
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The Old Count House is thought to be the oldest surviving building in the town. Although it is not completely clear when the building was constructed, detailed investigations by historians and architects have narrowed the date down to a...
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The Old Music Hall is not particularly famous because it was a music hall, but most notably for one single event that took place there in 1861. None other than Charles Dickens arrived at the theatre and proceeded to...
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Located just off the main seafront at Hastings is the colourful and inviting Old Town Amusements Arcade, with a wide range of traditional games such as push a penny, hover hockey, grab a toy and a number of slot machines....
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The Old Town Hall Museum is located at the heart of Hastings' old town on the ancient High Street. The museum is one of the areas most popular cultural attractions and houses a vast collection of artefacts and documents...
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Ore Library is a small community based library that is owned and operated by East Sussex County Council. The library at Ore has a wide selection of books from many genres as well as a large amount of information for...
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North of the Old Town of Hastings in East Sussex is the small community of Ore. At its heart is the church and within the grounds is the striking War Memorial erected in the 1920’s to honour the men who...
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The Pier Market is open at weekends on the concourse that leads onto the main body of Hastings Pier. The market has a wide selection of stalls selling different items from books, magazines and music to clothes and jewellery....
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Priory Meadow Shopping Centre was opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1997. It is the centrepiece of Hastings's shopping facilities with a great selection of high street shops and some more specialist boutique and independent stores. The...
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Hastings Lifeboat Station is one of several 'explore' centres that have been opened by the Royal National Lifeboat Institute. The idea is to allow tourists and locals to look around the centre and see how the lifeboat service works....
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The Shipwreck Heritage Centre is located in the old fishing quarter of Hastings and is surrounded by working fishing boats. The Museum is a wing of the Nautical Heritage Association and was opened in 1986 as a way of...
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Hastings is an ancient town full of history that extends far beyond the famous battle at which William the Conqueror entered the town and marched to London to proclaim himself king. Seagate, which once stood on this site was...
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This monument is one of the few military commemorations of the main sea front in Hastings. The impressive obelisk was erected in the early 20th Century as a commemoration to the many brave men who lost their lives in...
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This fine statue was commissioned to be put at the heart of the new shopping square when it was redeveloped at the end of the 20th Century. The statue of a cricket player was designed and built by Allan...
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The Church of St Eltheburga is a sister establishment to nearby St Leonards Parish Church in St Leonards on Sea. The church is of fairly traditional design and layout with a large square tower buttressed onto a long hall and...
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St Helens Church is an impressive Victorian church that clings precariously close to the extremely busy Ridge that runs across the top of the hill overlooking the town of Hastings in East Sussex. The church has a single large tower...
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St Helens Methodist Church is located near to the community of Ore just north of Hastings in East Sussex. Within the whitewashed Victorian building the Methodist movement established a base in the mid 1800’s overlooking the seaside town of Hastings....
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One of St Leonards best public open spaces can be explored at St Leonards Gardens. The area was created in the 1820’s and encompassed an area of wooded valley called Old Woman’s Tapshaw. The gardens were the idea of James...
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Located a short distance from the seafront in Hastings and alongside the Stable Theatre is St Mary Star of the Sea Church. This strikingly unusual church was designed by the esteemed Victorian architect Basil Champneys. In designing the church he...
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St Peter and St Paul Church is a Church of England complex located in the centre of a large housing estate off the approach road to Hastings in East Sussex. The large hall area within the church is regularly used...
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St Peter’s Church is located on the border between neighbouring communities Hastings and St Leonards in East Sussex is a striking religious building. The church was designed by esteemed Victorian architect James Brooks who chose to construct the building out...
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Like many of the churches in Hastings and neighbouring St Leonards on Sea in East Sussex, St Thomas of Canterbury Church was built during the Victorian era. The Victorians invested heavily in building Hastings up as a seaside resort with...
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St. Clement is one of the oldest churches in the area and has a history that date backs around a thousand years. It is thought that the church was originally closer to the sea and was moved in...
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Located just a stone’s throw from the busy Ridge Road and downtown Hastings in East Sussex is the quiet and beautiful St. Helens Wood. The area has been designated as a Local Nature Reserve and is categorised as Carr woodland...
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The current St. John’s Church in St. Leonards in East Sussex is the fourth church to have been built on the site having been built upon the ruins of a church destroyed by a 1000 pound bomb dropped by the...
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St. Mary in the Castle has for hundreds of years been one of Hastings's proudest and most recognisable monuments. Located at the centre of Pelham Crescent over looking the sea, originally the structure was built as a place of...
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Located within Hastings picturesque Old Town, The Stable Theatre and Art Centre are one of Hastings lesser known attractions. The theatre can trace its history back to Georgian times when a local man converted four cottages into stables. The same...
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This statue of Queen Victoria towers over the seafront and is one of the central divisions between the town of Hastings and St. Leonards on Sea. Queen Victoria was a big fan of the south coast of England and...
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Hastings, in East Sussex, is a highly developed town, so semi natural woodland is at a premium and one of the finest examples in the resort town is Summerfield Woods. The woodland is centrally located being close to both the...
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Located near to Hastings Museum is the town’s Summerfields Leisure Centre. Operated by Freedom Leisure the centre has a great many facilities that are centred around a large central swimming pool plus a separate teaching pool. Other facilities include a...
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The Swan Inn Memorial Garden was planted shortly after the Second World War as a lasting memorial to one of the oldest and most famous public houses in the town. The pub, which was a popular haunt with locals was...
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The Tabernacle Evangelical Church in Hastings can easily be found just a short walk from the central concourse and main shopping area in the seaside resort. The church is built from a mixture of yellow brick’s with sharp stone dressing...
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Hastings Fish Market has been an institutional part of the town for many centuries. Because of its coastal location, Hastings has been inseparable from maritime affairs from the very beginning. Many of the townspeople have worked in the...
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The White Rock Theatre is a grand old building that stands opposite the pier at the heart of Hastings promenade. The theatre is one of the best loved in the town and has a reputation for hosting some of...
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Trinity Church is one of the oldest and most beautiful places of worship in the historic town of Hastings. The church has been wonderfully crafted and is regularly admired by tourists as they weave their way through the streets...
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Underwater World is an aquarium complex located down on the beach front close to the old fishing quarter in Hastings. The centre exhibits a huge variety of local sea creatures and is a place of education and leisure....
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The United Reform Church stands at the very heart of the Hastings community, a impressive building on one of the towns most busy shopping streets. For generations this place has been home to a large and busy Christian congregation...
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Warrior Square is one of the finest preserved of the old Victorian complexes of houses in Hastings. The square is a popular place for both locals and visitors to relax and rest because of its beautifully well maintained gardens...
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The Water Gardens are situated on the main promenade of Hastings sea front between the old town and the pier. They were constructed by the local council as a place of rest and relaxation for locals and as an...
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Wellington Square is one of the oldest and most prestigious residential squares in Hastings. Throughout the years it has been home to some of the towns most famous and celebrated residents. The square today has a large public...
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Wellington Square Baptist Church is a beautiful place of worship located at the heart of one of Hastings's most exclusive residential squares. The church has been fully modernised and plays host to a large community of committed baptists whose...
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West Hill Lift was the first of the two funicular railway lifts to be constructed in Hastings. It's construction at the end of the 19th Century was an exhibition of the Victorian's great steps forward in technology. The...
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West Marina Bowls Club was established in the 1920s by enthusiasts from St Leonards and Hastings in East Sussex. The single lawn is shared by West Marina Bowls Club and the Observer Bowls Club, which is funded by the local...
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Visitors to St Leonards in East Sussex who like to spend time by the seaside have the Victorians to thank for West Marina Gardens. The land was secured for the enjoyment of all in 1886 and five years later was...
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Westhill Arcade is a beautiful shopping arcade at the foot of West Hill in the old town quarter of Hastings. The arcade is home to a great selection of independent retailers selling an eclectic mix of items across a...
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White Rock Gardens are some of the most beautiful public gardens in Hastings. Elevated from sea level opposite the main pier, the gardens offer wonderful views of the coastline and the promenades attractions. The gardens are well maintained...
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