About Hastings : Hastings is a town on the coast of East Sussex in England. It is Old Town is in a sheltered valley between the East Hill and West Hill (on which the remains of the Castle stand). In Victorian times and later the town has spread westwards and northwards, and now forms a single urban centre with the more suburban area of St Leonards-on-Sea to the west. It is can claim fame through its connection with the Norman conquest of England. The attraction of Hastings as a tourist destination continues; although the numbers of hotels has decreased, it caters for wider tastes, being home to internationally-based cultural and sporting events, such as chess and running. It has set out to become what it regards itself as a ‘’modern European town’’ and seeks to attract commercial business in the many industrial sites round the borough.

    Hastings has four rail links, two to London, one to Brighton and one to Ashford. The shorter is the previous South Eastern Railway (SER) direction to Charing Cross via Battle and Tunbridge Wells, opened 1852, and the longer is the former London, Brighton and South Coast Railway route to Victoria via Bexhill, Eastbourne and Lewes. Trains to Brighton also use this line. The Marshlink Line via Rye to Ashford where a link can be made with Eurostar services. The town now has four railway stations: from west to east they are West St Leonards station St Leonards Warrior Square, Hastings, and Ore. West Marina station (on the LBSCR line) was very near West St Leonards (on the SER line) and was closed some years ago. New stations have been proposed.