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Places To Visit
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Why not stay with us for a few days. Bexhill is an excellent base for visiting attractions throughout Kent and Sussex.
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Bexhill-on-sea
View from De La Warr Pavillion |
Bexhill has an excellent seafront with easy free parking and an award winning beach. The promenade stretches for miles and offers spectacular views. Bexhill has a host of seafront restaurants and international cuisine is readily available and all within walking distance of The Old Manse Bed and Breakfast.
There are facilities for many sports including tennis, bowls, squash and swimming together with two outstanding golf clubs, The Cooden Beach and The Highwoods.
Bexhill is renowned as the "birthplace" of british motor racing and hosted the first British motor race meeting in 1902.
Of interest to see is the
De La Warr pavilionand the
Bexhill museum |
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Hastings Town
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Just a 15 minute train journey east of Bexhill takes you to Hastings.
Hastings has lots of attractions to amuse the whole family. The Old Town provides quaint shops, fishing huts and cafe's and something a little out of the ordinary.
For the family :
Hastings Smugglers Adventure
Hastings Underwater world
Hastings Tourism website |
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Eastbourne and Pier
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A 20 minute train journey to the west takes you to Eastbourne to enjoy the popular seafront and pier, its theatres, tennis week and brilliant air show in August. |
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Battle
visit the Abbey and learn about the Battle of Hastings |
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Rye (20 mins train ride east of Hastings)
Rye is full of charm and steeped in history
and ancient tradition. Stranded on a hill top, trapped centuries
ago by the sea, Rye was once bustling with merchants, sailors, pirates
and smugglers. There are breathtaking views across the Romney Marsh and wonderful
houses and shops from every period jostle together along the narrow
cobbled streets.
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Bodiam Castle
One of the most famous castles in Britain. You
can drive here, catch a real old
stream train from Northiam or Tenterden Station or you
can take a boat trip to the castle from Newenden.
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Herstmonceux Castle and The Observatory Science Centre
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Batemans
The home of Rudyard Kipling from 1902–36
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Great Dixter The gardens Christopher Lloyd has created around his 15th century manor house are amongst the finest in Britain
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Pashley Manor 'This is a quintessentially English garden' |
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Michelham Priory
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Finchcocks Musical Museum |
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Kent
and Sussex Steam Trains
huff and puff your way to Bodiam
Castle
Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Miniature Railway will take you back
in time as you journey through the countryside.
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Sedlescombe organic vineyard |
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Drusillas Zoo Park |
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Newhaven Fort |
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