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Kids Days Out - things to do in Hastings
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We always suggest you ring beforehand if visiting with disabled children as activities and attractions within the place you are visiting may not be accessible, depending on disablement, and whether or not if you have a helper.
Our guide is popular with families and as a school resource for educational trips.
For opening times click through to website or telephone attraction. Some attractions close during the winter.

Place

Doing What

Wheelchair friendly

Underwater World, Rock-a-Nore Road, Hastings, TN34 3DW, 
Tel  01424 444412
Website

Walk 'beneath the waves' through a stunning 15 metre long glass tunnel below a huge reef pool. . Talks, feeding displays. Shop  Cafe.

yes

Explore the fascinating ruins and enjoy panoramic views over the English Channel. On a promontory above Hastings are the ruins of the castle, one of the first built by William of Normandy in 1067 after the Battle of Hastings. School visits.

yes: paths are gravel & can be bumpy

Smugglers Adventure, St Clements Caves, Hastings, TN34 3RG
Tel  01424 444412
Website

A labyrinth of Tunnels, Caverns and dark passages. Great fun for all the family as you explore the caverns that conceal Hastings' history of smuggling, bootlegging & warring gangs! Plenty of surprises in many a darkened corner...!!

No 

Alexandra Park
Website 

This 109 acre park - The Lower Park has a Boating Lake, War Memorial, Bowls Green, Information Point, toilets, café, events areas, Bandstand and Adventure Playground.  

Shipwreck & Coastal Heritage Centre,
Rock-a-Nore Road, Hastings, East Sussex TN34 3DW 
Tel: 01 424 437452
www.shipwreck-heritage.org.uk

Walk through a prehistoric forest 4000 years old; how to collect rocks and fossils from the age of the dinosaurs 135 million years ago; and how to experience the rising sea level and changing coastline.

Yes 

White Rocks gardens 

Clambers Play area, White Rock Gardens, Hastings, East Sussex, TN3 41LD  Tel: 01424 423778
www.clambers.co.uk 

Great indoor play area for under 12s including tarzan ropes, climbing frames, scramble nets, ball pools. separate area for under 6s. Themed parties. Cafe.

Yes 

Hastings Fishermen's Museum,
Rockanore Road, Hastings, East Sussex TN34 3DW.
Tel: 01424 427884
www.hastingsfish.co.uk

Museum with many models, photos, paintings, nets, ropes and a wide variety of other fishing artefacts. Free entry.

Old Town Museum, High Street, Hastings
Tel: 0845 274 1053
Website

At this museum take a  walk back in time, covering all the key moments in the Old Town's history including the clearances of the 1930s, the rise of the Victorian resort, the town as a Napoleonic garrison, the notorious fraudster Titus Oates and more.

One steep entrance step.

Coastal Country Park for the family. 267 hectares of ancient woodland, heathland and grassland together with 3 miles (5km) of dramatic cliffs and coastline. Educational visits. Small Visitors centre.

Yes 

Summerfields Leisure Centre, Bohemia Road, Hastings, East Sussex
TN34 1ET
Tel: 01424 781777
Website

Swimming pools (main and learner), sports hall, sauna, three squash courts, six badminton courts, bar and cafeteria, multi-purpose activity room, crêche facility. 

Odeon Hastings, Queens Road, Hastings,
East Sussex. TN34 1QP.
Filmline: 0871 22 44 007
Website

See all the new films here at this popular cinema. Visit website for details.

Yes