Places to visit in Hastings

A short list of notable parks, markets, museums and landmarks in Hastings.

• Alexandra Park · Parks

  Alexandra Park is a public park located in Hastings, East Sussex in England. Originally named St Andrews Gardens at its opening in 1864, it was then redesigned by Robert Marnock during 1877. The park grew in a series of increments and now occupies approximately 109 acres (0.44 km2) of the town. Its linear area stretches from the town centre out to residential areas. It was formally opened by the Prince and Princess of Wales on 26 June 1882, and named after the latter.

• Conquest Hospital · Culture

  Conquest Hospital is a National Health Service hospital in St Leonards-on-Sea in Hastings in East Sussex, England. It is managed by the East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust.

• Flower Makers Museum · Culture

  museum in Hastings, England, UK

• Hastings Castle · Historic

  Hastings Castle is a keep and bailey castle ruin situated on the cliffs adjoining the town of Hastings, East Sussex. It overlooks the English Channel, into which large parts of the castle have fallen over the years.

• Hastings Castle, the Collegiate Church of St Mary and the Ladies' Parlour · Historic

  archaeological site in East Sussex, England, UK

• Hastings Contemporary · Culture

  The Hastings Contemporary is a museum of contemporary British art located on The Stade in Hastings, East Sussex and is a not-for-profit organisation. The gallery opened in March 2012 as the Jerwood Gallery and cost £4m to build. The gallery contains temporary exhibitions that included work from artists including L. S. Lowry, Augustus John, Stanley Spencer, Walter Sickert, Ben Nicholson, Patrick Caulfield, Maggi Hambling, Craigie Aitchison and Prunella Clough.

• Hastings Old Town Hall Museum · Culture

  former museum in Hastings, England, UK

• James Burton Monument · Historic

  monument in Hastings, East Sussex, England, UK

• Linton Gardens · Parks

  park in Hastings, East Sussex, England

• Old Roar Gill and Coronation Wood · Parks

  Old Roar Gill and Coronation Wood is a 7.6-hectare (19-acre) Local Nature Reserve in Hastings in East Sussex. It is owned and managed by Hastings Borough Council.

• Speckled Wood, Hastings · Parks

  Speckled Wood is a 12.7-acre (5.1 ha) woodland and park in Ore Village in the Ore Valley, Hastings, East Sussex, United Kingdom. The woodland park consists of woodland trails and clearings. The woodland has steep sixty-degree sides and is a wet woodland.

• Summerfields Wood · Parks

  Summerfields Wood is a 6.3-hectare (16-acre) Local Nature Reserve in Hastings in East Sussex. It is owned and managed by Hastings Borough Council.

• The True Crime Museum · Culture

  museum in Hastings, England, UK