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Where to stay in Hastings
Hastings is a city in England, United Kingdom, home to about 91,000 people. This guide covers 1 hotel in Hastings, with about 62 rooms between them. Every one carries a published guest score, and the list below is ordered by it.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 1
- Best months
- June to September
- Nearest airport
- LGW63 km · London Gatwick Airport
- Currency
- GBPpound sterling
- Time zone
- Europe/London
- Language
- Cornish, English, Irish
About
About Hastings
Hastings ( HAY-stingz) is a seaside town and borough in East Sussex on the south coast of England, 24 mi (39 km) east of Lewes and 53 mi (85 km) south east of London. The town gives its name to the Battle of Hastings, which took place 8 mi (13 km) to the north-west at Senlac Hill in 1066.
The town lent its name to the 1066 battle, although the battle took place nearby Battle (these were imaginative times…). The Normans made Hastings one of the Cinque Ports responsible for England's maritime defence, but in the late Middle Ages, its harbour was swept away by the sea. The town grew from its medieval origins into a Victorian seaside resort, and the majority of the town's architecture dates from this period. Today, along with St Leonards on Sea, Hastings forms a fairly large urban area on the south coast of around 100,000 inhabitants.
Wikipedia and Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Things to do
What to see and do in Hastings
See
- Hastings Castle
- Pier
- Hastings Country Park
- The Stade
- Smugglers Adventure
- Blue Reef Aquarium
- St Mary in the Castle
- Hasting Contemporary Gallery
- Fishermen's Museum
- Shipwreck Museum
Do
- Alexandra Park
- Hastings Adventure Golf
Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Where to stay
The best-rated places to stay in Hastings
Ordered by guest score as each operator publishes it, weighted by the number of reviews so a handful of perfect scores does not outrank thousands of very good ones. Scores are shown on their own scale.
| # | Place to stay | Rooms | Guest score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Travelodge Hastings hotel | 62 | 3.8/5 1,581 reviews |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
More hotels in Hastings
60 hotels within 25 km of the centre, as recorded in Wikidata; the 40 best known are shown, by the number of Wikipedia editions that cover them. Each name links to its encyclopedia article where there is one.
| Hotel | Opened | From centre |
|---|---|---|
| The Mermaid Inn | 14.8 km | |
| Beauport Park | 5.2 km | |
| The Stag Inn | 0.9 km | |
| Brickwall Hotel | 9.5 km | |
| Flackley Ash | 15.2 km | |
| Flushing Inn Monks Way | 15.0 km | |
| Greencliff The Old Hope Anchor Private Hotel The Outlook | 14.8 km | |
| Hare & Hounds Bed & Breakfast | 15.5 km | |
| Hayes Arms Hotel | 15.2 km | |
| Kings Head Inn | 15.7 km | |
| Royal Victoria Hotel | 1828 | 2.1 km |
| The Anchor Inn | 0.5 km | |
| The Bell Inn | 17.5 km | |
| The Bull Inn | 5.2 km | |
| The Bull Inn | 9.8 km | |
| The Cock Inn | 15.1 km | |
| The Cross Inn | 13.6 km | |
| The Crown And Thistle Inn | 15.5 km | |
| The Crown Inn | 14.8 km | |
| The George Hotel | 15.0 km | |
| The Horse And Cart Inn | 14.9 km | |
| The King's Head | 9.8 km | |
| The New Inn | 11.7 km | |
| The New Inn | 7.8 km | |
| The Old Borough Arms | 14.8 km | |
| The Playden Oasts Inn | 16.1 km | |
| The Queen's Head Inn | 9.4 km | |
| The Queen's Head Inn | 9.4 km | |
| The Relais Cooden Beach | 1931 | 11.3 km |
| The Rose And Crown Inn | 14.4 km | |
| The Royal Oak Inn | 7.4 km | |
| The Royal Oak Inn | 11.3 km | |
| The Ship Inn | 14.7 km | |
| The Six Bells Inn | 15.0 km | |
| The Standard Inn | 14.8 km | |
| The Ten Sixty Six Inn | 9.6 km | |
| The Union Inn | 15.0 km | |
| Ye Olde Chequers Inn | 9.3 km | |
| Black Rock House | 0.8 km | |
| Buenos Aires Guest House | 8.0 km |
When to go
The best time to visit Hastings
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Hastings are June to September. August is the warmest month, with average highs of 22 °C; November is the wettest, with about 98 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Hastings: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is London Gatwick Airport (LGW), about 63 km from the city centre in a straight line; London Southend Airport (SEN, 80 km) and London City Airport (LCY, 81 km) are also within reach.
Getting in
From London Gatwick (LGW) take the hourly direct train. From other airports travel into the London city centre for the train from Charing Cross.
Getting around
Buses 20, 22, 22a and 26 run along the seafront every 5-10 min between Hastings castle and St Leonards. Bus 304 / 305 runs hourly via St Leonards and takes 30 min to Battle station and abbey. It continues to Robertsbridge and Hawkhurst.
Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
LGW · London Gatwick Airport
SEN · London Southend Airport
LCY · London City Airport
Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Hastings
How many places to stay in this guide offer each, in their operators' own words.
of 1 place
of 1 place
of 1 place
Questions
Hastings: questions travellers ask
What are the best-rated hotels in Hastings?
By published guest score: Travelodge Hastings (3.8 / 5 · 1,581 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)).
When is the best time to visit Hastings?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Hastings are June to September. August is the warmest month, with average highs of 22 °C; November is the wettest, with about 98 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Hastings?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is London Gatwick Airport (LGW), about 63 km from the city centre in a straight line; London Southend Airport (SEN, 80 km) and London City Airport (LCY, 81 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Hastings?
pound sterling (GBP).
Nearby
Destinations near Hastings
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.