Find Nearest See & Do in East Sussex
Heading to East Sussex and looking for something to do or a place to visit nearby. Coast Radar is not just a list of beaches but we bring you the whole East Sussex coast including castles, lighthouses, piers, museums, beautiful gardens, seaside towns, National Trust and other heritage properties.
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This lighthouse was completed in 1971 and replaced a light vessel which had marked the Royal Sovereign Shoal since 1875. It is of concrete construction and was built in two sections on the beach at Newhaven. The base and vertical pillar section were floated into position and sunk on to a leveled area of the sea bed and the upper Read more…
Hastings Castle, before or immediately after landing in England in 1066 William of Normandy ordered three fortifications to be built, Pevensey Castle in September 1066, Hastings (before the Battle of Hastings) and Dover, a few days after the battle. Hastings Castle was originally built as a motte-and-bailey castle near the shore. In 1070 William had issued orders for the Castle Read more…
Blue Reef Aquarium gives you close encounters with seahorses, native sharks, giant octopus and hundreds of amazing aquatic creatures. At the aquarium’s heart is a giant ocean display with walk through underwater tunnel. Read more…
Battle Abbey and 1066 Battle of Hastings Battlefield for a fantastic family day out! The exhibitions and the interactive displays bring the battle to life and gives you a really vivid idea of what happened in England at the time of the conquest. There is an audio tour which is complete with battle sounds and voices to create the atmosphere of Read more…
Camber Castle, Until the late 16th century, most of the low lying ground between Rye and Winchelsea was a shallow harbour, called the Camber, protected from the sea by a long series of shingle banks. Henry VIII built a chain of artillery forts along the south coast to protect vulnerable and strategic areas. The existing tower at Camber was incorporated Read more…
The Kitesurf Centre is a leading BKSA Kite School offering kitesurfing lessons, kiteboarding courses, power kiting, kite buggying, kite landboarding, hydrofoiling and stand up paddleboarding (SUP). Located on Camber Sands beach, East Sussex but also teaching at Greatstone Kent on the South East Coast of England and just 1 hour from South London. Read more…
Eastbourne’s first council was established in 1883 when the town was incorporated as a municipal borough under the Municipal Corporations Act of 1882. The town’s first Mayor was Mr Alderman G A Wallis. The construction of a Town Hall soon followed when the foundation stone was laid by Lord Edward Cavendish on 9th October 1884. The building was opened by Read more…
Monk’s House, Country retreat of the novelist Virginia Woolf until 1969. The house shows life and times of literary circle in which they moved with extracts from Virginia’s diaries and photographs on display. Read more…
Great Dixter was the family home of Christopher Lloyd who experimented in the gardens that surround the medieval house. The house was originally built in the 15th Century and has contents spanning the 17th and 18th Centuries. The house and gardens include a shop and nursery. Read more…
Bentley Wildfowl and Motor Museum includes a motor museum, tea rooms, house, formal garden and wildfowl reserve. Read more…
Herstmonceux Castle is one of the oldest significant brick buildings still standing in England. Work started on this brick castle in 1441, brick was an unusual material for a castle due it’s weakness over stone, hence it was more of a fortified house than a true castle. Thus, the builders of Herstmonceux Castle concentrated more on grandeur and comfort than Read more…
Eastbourne’s Redoubt Fortress was built between 1804 and 1810 to support the associated Martello Towers in defending against the threat of an invasion by Napoleon. Now a military museum contains military collections of The Royal Sussex Regiment, The Queen’s Royal Irish Hussars, the Sussex Combined Services. In addition, the museum also features displays on the History of the British Army, Read more…
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