Hastings
Population 91,053 (Wikidata)
Before you go
- January: 8 h 26 of daylight
- February: 10 h 02 of daylight
- March: 11 h 49 of daylight
- April: 13 h 48 of daylight
- May: 15 h 30 of daylight
- June: 16 h 29 of daylight
- July: 16 h 05 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 58 of daylight
Getting there
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Where you can go from Hastings
- Under 1 h
- 1–2 h
- 2–3 h
- 3–5 h
- 5 h +
From Hastings'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· 1
1 to 2 hours· 4
2 to 3 hours· 14
3 to 5 hours· 47
- Coventry3h 06
- Ipswich3h 07
- Leicester3h 07
- Stamford3h 08
- Cambridge3h 11
- Swindon3h 11
- Oxford3h 12
- Southampton3h 23
- Winchester3h 23
- Northampton3h 27
37 moreFewer
- Birmingham3h 29
- Derby3h 29
- Eastleigh3h 32
- Ely3h 39
- Doncaster3h 43
- Salisbury3h 45
- Bath3h 46
- Norwich3h 49
- Nottingham3h 52
- Bristol3h 58
- York4h 05
- Runcorn4h 05
- Wakefield4h 06
- Sheffield4h 07
- Stockport4h 11
- Stratford-upon-Avon4h 11
- Cardiff4h 12
- Cheltenham4h 13
- Warminster4h 13
- Warrington4h 16
- Bournemouth4h 17
- Gloucester4h 18
- Manchester4h 21
- Liverpool4h 25
- Leeds4h 26
- Wigan4h 26
- Lille4h 28
- Salford4h 31
- Chester4h 34
- Altrincham4h 35
- Worcester4h 35
- Lincoln4h 37
- Preston4h 40
- Huddersfield4h 49
- Bolton4h 51
- Shrewsbury4h 51
- Tewkesbury4h 54
5 hours or more· 93
- Paris5h 01
- Newcastle upon Tyne5h 02
- Wrexham5h 02
- Scarborough5h 02
- Blackpool5h 06
- Brussels5h 07
- Durham5h 08
- Exeter5h 09
- Accrington5h 13
- Kingston upon Hull5h 13
83 moreFewer
- Ludlow5h 21
- Burnley5h 24
- Sunderland5h 26
- Cromer5h 27
- Saint-Cloud5h 29
- Middlesbrough5h 30
- Swansea5h 32
- Llandudno5h 35
- Kraainem5h 36
- 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
- Plymouth6h 15
- Torquay6h 15
- Calais6h 19
- Llanfairpwllgwyngyll6h 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
- 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
- Stirling7h 28
- Gouda7h 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 Hastings'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· 1
1 to 2 hours· 2
2 to 3 hours· 13
3 to 5 hours· 40
- Winchester3h 03
- Peterborough3h 05
- Portsmouth3h 08
- Swindon3h 09
- Colchester3h 10
- Oxford3h 11
- Eastleigh3h 12
- Cambridge3h 15
- Southampton3h 21
- Northampton3h 26
30 moreFewer
- Ely3h 35
- Coventry3h 36
- Stamford3h 38
- Ipswich3h 40
- Leicester3h 41
- Salisbury3h 52
- Bath3h 53
- Bournemouth3h 57
- Birmingham4h
- Bristol4h 02
- Derby4h 03
- Doncaster4h 04
- Lincoln4h 10
- Cardiff4h 10
- Gloucester4h 14
- Warminster4h 14
- Norwich4h 21
- Nottingham4h 28
- Stockport4h 28
- Worcester4h 31
- Wakefield4h 32
- Cheltenham4h 33
- York4h 34
- Sheffield4h 35
- Manchester4h 37
- Tewkesbury4h 40
- Chester4h 42
- Runcorn4h 46
- Leeds4h 53
- Huddersfield4h 56
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- Hastings Pier Attraction · 290 m
- Hastings Museum and Art Gallery Museum · 710 m
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- The True CRIME Museum Museum · 600 m
- Fleet Gallery Gallery · 780 m
- Poly Styrene Memorial · 820 m
- Sclaris Gallery · 840 m
- Project 78 Gallery · 850 m
- Charles Dickens Memorial · 890 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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Old Town Carnival Week
February – March
Old Town Carnival Week is probably next held 28 July - 6 Aug 2023, tbc
1 event here has no dates for this year yet. We can look them up on each event's own site.
Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Hastings); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.
Markets
Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Somewhere to run
Getting around
- St Leonards Warrior Square 920 m
- Hastings Town Centre, Railway Station 990 m
- Hastings 1.0 km
- Marine Parade Station 1.4 km
- Rock-a-Nore Station 1.9 km
- West St Leonards 2.1 km
More train stations: Ore 2.4 km
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 17 October 2026. Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.