Grand Hotel

The Grand is situated in the quieter part of this historic coastal south-east seaside fishing cinque port just 1 km from the pier(A259) and 5 minutes walk south of Warrior Square station with fast links to Gatwick airport,Dover ferries,Ashford Eurostar and Chunnel,M25 and M20. Brighton's Royal Pavilion and Arundel Castle,Portsmouth's HMS Victory lie to the west and Rye Harbour and Canterbury Cathedral to the east.Hastings itself has old churches and quaint streets,a RNLI lifeboat station,inshore fishing boats,3 museums,aquarium,Smugglers Caves,castle,shops and cafes,cinemas and theatres,Clambers Childrens Play Centre,World Crazy Golf Championship Course,Hastings College.

Being in the heart of 1066 Country,we are ideally located to visit Battle Abbey,Buckleys World,Rudyard Kipling's Batemans,Great Dixter, and Pashley Manor Gardens,Bodiam,Hever,Pevensey,Lewes and Herstmonceaux Castles,Rye weekly market,Spike Milligan's grave in ancient Winchelsea church,Camber Sands,Wakehurst's Millennium Seed Bank,Port Lympne Zoo,the iconic de la Warr Pavilion,Bexhill College and private schools such as Buckswood and Cranbrook. For ramblers we have the South Downs Way,the Saxon Shore Walk,1066 Walk,Wealden footpaths and Bewl Water for keen fishermen.Close by you will find the Bluebell Railway,Romney Railway with its cute little engines,Kent and East Sussex railway.Throughout the year,from Christmas and the New Year when Grand becomes the Chess Hotel for a while with top international grand masters staying with us for the annual Hastings Chess Congress,there are many events:the Hastings Half Marathon in March is a time when you can rub shoulders with the world's best runners that stay with us, Jack in the Green,mass Motor bike rally,scooter rally,sailing club weekends,Veterans Day, the October Battle re-enactment weekend and Bonfire Society weekend,plus carnivals and concerts.