Hastings: The Net Shops, the Cliff Railways and the Old Town
South East, England
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Hastings: The Net Shops, the Cliff Railways and the Old Town
225 XP
Hastings still lands its fish off the beach at the Stade, where the fleet is winched up the shingle and the tall black net shops stand in rows, built high and narrow because each stands on a tiny plot of a once-cramped beach. Two funiculars climb the cliffs on either side of the old town, and on the West Hill stand the ruins of the castle William ordered built here in 1066 and the smugglers' caves dug out of the soft sandstone below it.
Required Activities
1
of 4
Walk among the tall black net shops on the Stade
2
of 4
Ride the East Hill and West Hill cliff railways
3
of 4
Walk the ruins of Hastings Castle on the West Hill
4
of 4
Go into St Clement's Caves under the West Hill
Walk among the tall black net shops on the Stade
Ride the East Hill and West Hill cliff railways
Walk the ruins of Hastings Castle on the West Hill
Go into St Clement's Caves under the West Hill
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Hastings Castle is open from April to October only.
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