Things to do

Battle abbey Battle Abbey & Battlefield
For a memorable family day out in Sussex visit Battle Abbey, set on the site of the 1066 Battle of Hastings. It’s an exciting way to discover more about the most famous date in English history.
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High Street, Battle, East Sussex – TN33 0AD
Blue Reef aquarium Blue Reef Aquarium
Situated at the end of Rock-A-Nore Road in Hastings historic old town, the Blue Reef Aquarium is great visit whatever the weather.
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Rock-a-Nore Road
Bodium Castle Bodiam Castle
One of the most famous and evocative castles in Britain, Bodiam was built in 1385 as both a defence and a comfortable home.
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Bodiam, near Robertsbridge, East Sussex TN32 5UA
clambers for kids Clambers
Great fun for all kids, inside and out, in all weathers.
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Clambers, White Rock Gardens, Hastings TN34 1LD
st clements restaurant

St Clements Restaurant
Award winning restaurant specializing in local fish
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3 Mercatoria, St Leonards on Sea

de la warr pavilion De la Warr Pavilion
The De La Warr Pavilion is a Grade One Listed Modernist icon for contemporary arts on the sea-front in Bexhill on sea
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Bexhill, East Sussex
fishermans museum Fishermans Museum
The Hastings Fishermen’s Museum is one of the town’s most popular tourist attractions. It is open every day, except Christmas Day, and over 140,000 people go through the doors every year
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By the Fishing huts, Hastings. FREE
Marina st leonards Marine Court & St Leonards
Marine Court is a 1930s building shaped as a ship and a landmark in St Leonards. Interesting art and antique shops are at street level and in nearby Norman Road.

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Seafront, St Leonards on Sea
hastings museum Hastings Museum & Art Gallery
A great local museum with standing exhibitions on locals: Tressel a Labour icon, Baird, who invented TV and Dinosaurs. Current exhibitions of a good standard.
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Johns Place, Bohemia Road, Hastings, TN34 1ET
hastings old town museum Old Town Museum
The Old Town Hall Museum provides an introduction to the history of the Old Town of Hastings.

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High Street, Old Town, Hastings, TN34 1EW
Hastings country park Country Park/East Hill
The Hastings Country Park Nature Reserve has over 267 hectares of ancient woodland, heathland and grassland together with 3 miles (5km) of dramatic cliffs and coastline.  Lying within the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, most of the park has been designated a Special Area of Conservation, a Site of Special Scientific Interest and is a designated Local Nature Reserve.

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The Shipwreck Museum
Come and explore the wrecks of the Dutch East Indiaman Amsterdam and the Warship Anne……Enter the world of the dinosaurs and travel back nearly 140 million years

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Rock-a-Nore Road  Hastings  TN34 3DW

 

Smugglers adventures

Smugglers Adventure
An adventure in real Smugglers caves!
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For the Smugglers Adventure and the 1066 Story follow the signs to the pay and display car park by the crazy golf on the beach at Pelham Place and then take the West Hill Railway in George Street. Or you can walk up via the pathways by the Pump House pub in George Street or opposite St. Clements Church in the High Street.

Testimonials

Many thanks for such a lovely weekend. The cottage was a perfect base from which to wander around and explore Hastings, and lovely and cosy to come back to after a long day. Cooked breakfast, open fire, a bottle of wine.....what more could we ask for.
Carolyn & Jim, London