Where to Stay in Eastbourne, England

What is Eastbourne known for?

Eastbourne claims to be the Sunniest Place in the UK, and its sunshine levels are the reason a traditional sea-side resort grew here under the chalk of Beachy Head. Towner Eastbourne holds the art. The Eastbourne Redoubt and the Rnli Eastbourne Lifeboat Museum work the military and maritime side, and the Eastbourne Downland Estate carries the walking country behind the town.

What are the main landmarks in Eastbourne?

Beachy Head is the headline. The chalk cliff belongs to the Eastbourne Downland Estate, while in the town Towner Eastbourne, the Eastbourne Redoubt, the Rnli Eastbourne Lifeboat Museum and Tower 73 Invasion And Coastal Defence Museum take the visitors. Older ground turns up inland.

The Eastbourne Roman villa, the Field system on Bullock Down and the Anglo-Saxon cemetery and associated prehistoric remains at St Anne's Road, Upperton all predate the resort, and the churches run from Church of St Mary, Eastbourne to Church of St Michael and All Angels. The Saffrons closes it.

What is the history of Eastbourne?

People were here long before the resort. The Eastbourne Roman villa, the Field system on Bullock Down and the Anglo-Saxon cemetery and associated prehistoric remains at St Anne's Road, Upperton together record occupation stretching back well beyond anything the seafront shows. Church of St Mary, Eastbourne came later.

The parish church stands from the settlement that preceded the resort, and The Old Manor House and St Mary's House carry names from the same older Eastbourne. Defence came next. The Eastbourne Redoubt was built for the coast.

Tower 73 Invasion And Coastal Defence Museum occupies another of the coastal works, and both stand as the military answer to a shoreline that faced open water with nothing much in the way. The resort followed the sunshine. Eastbourne grew into a traditional sea-side resort in East Sussex on the strength of its sunshine levels, sitting east of Brighton and south of London.

Towner Eastbourne belongs to the later town. The Rnli Eastbourne Lifeboat Museum records the sea-rescue side, while the churches multiplied with the resort: Church of Holy Trinity, Church of All Souls, Church of All Saints, Christ Church, Church of St Elisabeth and South Street Free Church. The Saffrons and Ashford Road belong to that expansion.

Borough status followed.

Where is Eastbourne?

Chalk ends the town. Eastbourne sits on the coast of East Sussex immediately east of Beachy Head, the highest chalk sea cliff in Great Britain and part of the larger Eastbourne Downland Estate. Brighton lies along the same shore.

The town stands east of Brighton and south of London, with Hampden Park and Upperton among its own districts and the Field system on Bullock Down out on the downs above.

What is the climate of Eastbourne?

Sunshine is the defining fact. Eastbourne records some of the highest sunshine levels in Britain, and the temperate coast keeps the year narrow, without the swings that inland East Sussex collects. Wet days have somewhere to go.

Towner Eastbourne, the Rnli Eastbourne Lifeboat Museum and Tower 73 Invasion And Coastal Defence Museum stay open to the rain, while Beachy Head and The Saffrons want the sunshine the town is known for.

How do you get to Eastbourne?

Brighton is the nearest big neighbour. Eastbourne lies east of Brighton and south of London, which makes it a destination in its own right rather than a stop on the way somewhere else. The town has borough status.

That local government district covers Eastbourne, Hampden Park and Upperton, and everything a visitor comes for falls inside it, from Beachy Head to Towner Eastbourne and the Eastbourne Redoubt.