Eastbourne
Eastbourne is a town and seaside resort in the East Sussex county of South East England. It lies 19 miles (31 km) east of Brighton and 54 miles (87 km) south of London; it is immediately east of Beachy Head, the highest chalk sea cliff in Great Britain and part of the larger Eastbourne Downland Estate. Wikipedia
Population 101,547 (Wikidata)
Before you go
- January: 8 h 26 of daylight
- February: 10 h 03 of daylight
- March: 11 h 49 of daylight
- April: 13 h 48 of daylight
- May: 15 h 30 of daylight
- June: 16 h 28 of daylight
- July: 16 h 04 of daylight
- August: 14 h 35 of daylight
- September: 12 h 41 of daylight
- October: 10 h 47 of daylight
- November: 8 h 59 of daylight
- December: 7 h 59 of daylight
Getting there
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Where you can go from Eastbourne
- Under 1 h
- 1–2 h
- 2–3 h
- 3–5 h
- 5 h +
From Eastbourne's stations on a Tuesday at 08:00, by train, coach or ferry, to the other city's station: the wait for the first train included, not the way to the station.
Under an hour· 2
1 to 2 hours· 4
2 to 3 hours· 17
3 to 5 hours· 46
- Ely3h 05
- Winchester3h 06
- Coventry3h 06
- Leicester3h 07
- Ipswich3h 07
- Stamford3h 08
- Oxford3h 12
- Eastleigh3h 15
- Bath3h 20
- Salisbury3h 21
36 moreFewer
- Birmingham3h 29
- Derby3h 29
- Bristol3h 37
- Doncaster3h 43
- Norwich3h 49
- Nottingham3h 52
- Warminster3h 53
- Stockport3h 58
- York4h 05
- Runcorn4h 05
- Exeter4h 05
- Wakefield4h 06
- Bournemouth4h 07
- Manchester4h 07
- Sheffield4h 07
- Chester4h 08
- Stratford-upon-Avon4h 11
- Cardiff4h 12
- Cheltenham4h 13
- Warrington4h 16
- Gloucester4h 18
- Liverpool4h 25
- Wigan4h 26
- Leeds4h 26
- Lille4h 28
- Salford4h 31
- Worcester4h 35
- Altrincham4h 35
- Lincoln4h 37
- Preston4h 40
- Wrexham4h 43
- Shrewsbury4h 47
- Huddersfield4h 49
- Torquay4h 49
- Bolton4h 51
- Tewkesbury4h 54
5 hours or more· 91
- Paris5h 01
- Newcastle upon Tyne5h 02
- Scarborough5h 02
- Plymouth5h 05
- Blackpool5h 06
- Brussels5h 07
- Durham5h 08
- Accrington5h 13
- Kingston upon Hull5h 13
- Ludlow5h 18
81 moreFewer
- Burnley5h 24
- Sunderland5h 26
- Cromer5h 27
- Saint-Cloud5h 29
- Middlesbrough5h 30
- Swansea5h 32
- Llandudno5h 35
- Kraainem5h 36
- Llanfairpwllgwyngyll5h 39
- Versailles5h 41
- Leuven5h 44
- Kortrijk5h 47
- Berwick-upon-Tweed5h 47
- Aalst5h 52
- Mechelen5h 52
- Cleethorpes5h 53
- Disneyland Paris5h 56
- Fontainebleau5h 58
- Ghent6h 02
- Charleroi6h 04
- Antwerp6h 11
- Amiens6h 12
- Calais6h 19
- Lier6h 25
- Nelson6h 27
- Edinburgh6h 29
- Ath6h 30
- Annan6h 30
- Bruges6h 31
- Namur6h 32
- Rotterdam6h 34
- Liège6h 36
- Hasselt6h 37
- Sint-Niklaas6h 37
- Rouen6h 42
- Schiedam6h 43
- Ypres6h 49
- Delft6h 49
- Ostend6h 56
- Dieppe7h 02
- The Hague7h 02
- Glasgow7h 03
- Penzance7h 05
- Dinant7h 08
- Breda7h 09
- Chartres7h 10
- North Berwick7h 13
- Reims7h 16
- Dordrecht7h 16
- Leiden7h 17
- Kirkcaldy7h 21
- Amsterdam7h 22
- Aberystwyth7h 23
- Lyon7h 24
- Tilburg7h 25
- Spa7h 25
- Rennes7h 27
- Tywyn7h 27
- Gouda7h 28
- Stirling7h 28
- Dijon7h 33
- Whitby7h 34
- Le Mans7h 35
- Greenock7h 36
- Zaandam7h 36
- Haarlem7h 37
- Weesp7h 37
- Lanark7h 38
- Hilversum7h 38
- Maastricht7h 39
- Tenby7h 39
- Utrecht7h 48
- Almere7h 49
- Eindhoven7h 49
- Bussum7h 49
- Le Havre7h 50
- Metz7h 50
- Amersfoort7h 50
- 's-Hertogenbosch7h 52
- Nantes7h 55
- Caen7h 58
From Eastbourne's stations on a Friday at 17:30, by train, coach or ferry, to the other city's station: the wait for the first train included, not the way to the station.
Under an hour· 2
1 to 2 hours· 2
2 to 3 hours· 19
3 to 5 hours· 55
- Peterborough3h 05
- Coventry3h 07
- Ipswich3h 08
- Cambridge3h 11
- Oxford3h 11
- Leicester3h 12
- Bath3h 21
- Salisbury3h 22
- Lille3h 28
- Birmingham3h 29
45 moreFewer
- Bournemouth3h 31
- Bristol3h 35
- Ely3h 35
- Stamford3h 38
- Doncaster3h 42
- Derby3h 44
- Nottingham3h 46
- York3h 46
- Warrington3h 46
- Gloucester3h 48
- Norwich3h 50
- Wigan3h 57
- Runcorn3h 58
- Cheltenham4h 05
- Brussels4h 07
- Stockport4h 07
- Wakefield4h 07
- Lincoln4h 10
- Cardiff4h 10
- Preston4h 11
- Tewkesbury4h 13
- Warminster4h 14
- Manchester4h 16
- Chester4h 16
- Kortrijk4h 17
- Sheffield4h 17
- Worcester4h 18
- Leeds4h 22
- Salford4h 23
- Bolton4h 29
- Kraainem4h 32
- Liverpool4h 37
- Durham4h 37
- Wrexham4h 37
- Aalst4h 40
- Accrington4h 42
- Newcastle upon Tyne4h 43
- Kingston upon Hull4h 45
- Blackpool4h 47
- Burnley4h 52
- Mechelen4h 53
- Ghent4h 54
- Huddersfield4h 56
- Shrewsbury4h 56
- Leuven4h 58
From published timetables, as of 19 October 2026. Only cities with a page here, in the countries we have timetables for.
Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide- Towner Art Gallery Gallery · 830 m
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- Eastbourne War Memorial Memorial · 510 m
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- The Seventh Duke of Devonshire Monument · 860 m
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- Eastbourne Lifeboat Museum Museum · 990 m
- Henry Paddon Contemporary Art Gallery · 470 m
- Eastbourne Freemasons Memorial · 400 m
- Mayfair House Attraction · 470 m
- Randolph Richards Memorial · 570 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Through the year
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Beer and Cider by the Sea
May
This is a beer and cider festival that takes place on the Western Lawns over the May Bank Holiday. The drinks are served in marquees in a park which is next to the seaside, with live music from local bands as well.
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Viking International Eastbourne
June
This is an annual pre-Wimbledon women's tennis tournament that takes place in late June. It is a WTA Premier tournament, with prize money of $731,000.
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Beachlife Festival
July – August
This is an annual extreme sport festival that takes place around town, though mainly on the seafront around Princes' Park.
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Beachy Head Marathon
October
An annual marathon in late October that claims to be "one the biggest off-road marathons in the UK". It starts in the Meads area of Eastbourne, and routes round the nearby [[South Downs
4 events here have no dates for this year yet. We can look them up on each event's own site.
Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Eastbourne); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.
Eating nearby
All 45 places to eatSomewhere to run
Getting around
- Eastbourne 110 m
- Call-a-Cab Eastbourne Ltd 600 m
- Sussex Cars 600 m
- Radio Cars 620 m
- E&C 720 Taxi 740 m
- Windy Ridge 2.1 km
More train stations: Hampden Park 2.9 km, Polegate Oaks 5.7 km
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 17 October 2026. Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.