Shortly due to become the worst kept secret on the South Coast, this unique town is home to Europe's largest beach-launched fishing fleet, an exquisite cliff-top country park, a lavishly restored pier and the newly resurgent White Rock Theatre. Beyond the historic castle ruins, the museums, art galleries and cliff railways, lies a thriving cosmopolitan culture of cafes, bars and clubs. Visitors are virtually indistinguishable from residents in this welcoming community where every evening is rich with excitement and promise.
The town benefits from an exhaustive year-long programme of events. The Jack-in-the-Green festival of Morris Dancing (May 3-6) is notorious for its wild, vivid colours and bizarre pagan rituals in which the 'jack' is slain and the spirit of Summer released for another year. The world famous Hastings Beer Festival has won acclaim for its irresistible blend of live music and local liquor. The Coastal Currents festival is an extraordinary showcase for some of the most innovative artists in Britain. The Old Town Carnival rivals the New Orleans Mardi Gras for extravagance and spectacle. Hastings Week, perhaps the biggest event of the year, sees the town remember its roots with a series of activities and shows related to the famous battle culminating in Hastings Day on October 14 (the anniversary).
The town has won favour with all kinds of invaders, from the vengeful Normans of 1066 to many celebrated artists and writers including JMW Turner and Charles Dickens. More recently, it was adopted as the prime location for the new ITV1 wartime detective series 'Foyle's War' which stars Michael Kitchen, James Fox and Charles Dance and will be aired this winter.
Attraction
Blue Reef Aquarium
Carr Taylor Vineyards
Clambers Play Centre
Fishermen's Museum
Hastings Castle and 1066 Story
Hastings Museum and Art Gallery
Old Town Hall Museum
Pelham Beach
Planet Hastings Crazy Golf
Shipwreck Heritage Centre
Smugglers Adventure at St Clements Caves
St Mary in the Castle
The Flamingo Family Fun Park
Budget
Apollo Guest House *book online*
Millifont Guest House *book online*
Premier Inn Hastings *book online*
Travelodge Hastings *book online*
Care Home
Kilncroft Care Home
The Croft Units
Classes
Dance - Hastings School of Contemporary Dance
Club
Cottage
Glen Studio at Glen Cottages
Three Oaks Cottage
Council
Dentist
Cambridge Road Dental Surgery
Dental Surgery
Lyndhurst Dental Surgery
Doctor
Beaconsfield Road Surgery
Cornwallis Gardens Surgery
Harold Road Surgery
Priory Road Surgery
Shankill Surgery
Estate Agent
Fox & Sons
Grindle & Co
Hastings Homes
King & Chasemore
Ludlows
Rush Witt & Wilson
Golf Club
Holiday Park
Coghurst Hall Holiday Park
Combe Haven Holiday Park
Shearbarn Holiday Park
Spindlewood Country Holiday Park
Woodlands Park
Inn
Market
Hastings 1066 Market
Hastings Country Market
Pub and Bar
Anchor Inn
Ashburnham Arms
Beaconsfield
Carlisle
Chatsworth Hotel
Cinque Port Arms
Crown Inn
Dripping Well
Hastings Arms
Kings Head
Lord Nelson
Oddfellows Arms
Royal Standard
Shah
Stag
Three Oaks Inn (The)
Restaurant
Chatsworth Hotel
Double Dragon Chinese Restaurant
Fulmars Restaurant
Gap Restaurant
Heaven & Earth
Jali Fine Indian Dining
Pelham Bistro
Pepes
Pike Family Restaurant
Rainbow Restaurant
Samz
Seagull Restaurant
Simply Italian
Three Oaks Inn (The)
Self-Catering
Combe Haven Holiday Park
Featherdown Farm
Glen Studio at Glen Cottages
Number Forty Six
Shearbarn Holiday Park
Woodlands Park
Solicitor
Taxi
5 Star Taxis
A* Taxis
Apollo Taxis
GPS Taxi
Hastings Cars
Newcarmiles Taxis
Phoenix Taxis
Taybar Taxis
Theatre
Vet
Sports Clubs
Amhurst LTC (Tennis)
Hastings & Bexhill RFC (Rugby Union)
Hastings Arrows Basketball Club (Basketball)
Hastings YMCA Judo Club (Martial Arts)
South Saxons (Men's Hockey)
South Saxons (Women's Hockey)
Westerleigh Judokwai Limited (Martial Arts)
Zodiac (Hastings) Judo Kwai (Martial Arts)
Shops
Debenhams
High Street Book Shop
Howes Ltd
The Paperback Reader
Pathway Books Ltd
Salmons
Olio Books
Flower Garden
Boots
Rymans
Wyevale Garden Centre
Finbarr's Wholefoods
Judges Bakery
Whittard of Chelsea
Dorothy Perkins
Day Lewis Porter
Wilson Wilson & Hancock
Shoe Shuffle
The Shoe Rack
Evans
Waterstones
J D Sports
Hastings Art
Wandering Feet
Robert Dyas
Steve Mason Massage Therapy
H Samuel
Ernest Jones
Peacocks
Mothercare
Gamestation
B&Q
Specsavers
J J B Sports
Bebe Jour
Carr Taylor Wines
River Island
Topman
Topshop
BHS
Antiques
Old Town Antiques
High Street Antiques Centre
Coach House Antiques
Antiques
Ankers Antiques & Collectables
BodyShop
Activities
Higham Farm Stables(Riding)
Curious About Hastings?(Walking)
Places to Stay near Hastings
The White Rock Hotel (0.11 miles)
On Hastings seafront, this hotel has free Wi-Fi, near the beach and next to the White Rock Theatre. The rail station is close by. Each modern en suite room at The White Rock Hotel has an ... More | visit website
Number Forty Six (0.16 miles)
Millifont Guest House (0.17 miles)
Astral Lodge (0.18 miles)
Chatsworth Hotel (0.18 miles)
Sea Spray Guest House (0.22 miles)
Travelodge Hastings (0.25 miles)
There are loads of reasons our customers choose to stay at Travelodge. Our great value clean and comfortable rooms with en-suite provide everything needed for a good night's sleep and are close to where people ... More | visit website
Le Chateau Japonais (0.26 miles)
Outside heated spa made of natural river rocks (Rotenburo). Very deep Japanese style Jacuzzi bathtub in each room. JSTV (Japanese Satellite Television) and Sky movie channels in each room. A Few minutes walk from the ... More | visit website
Lansdowne Hotel (0.30 miles)
Black Rock House (0.36 miles)
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