• The original port of Hastings lies deep below today’s town centre.
• In 1287 the Great Storm ruined its harbour and the town moved east.
• Today, Hastings Old Town is a charming mix of half- timbered houses, narrow streets and passageways, known locally as ‘twittens’.
• Based on the Stade (an old Saxon word for ‘landing place’) Hastings is home to the largest beach-launched fishing fleet in Europe.
• Two maritime museums located in the Stade area vividly recall old seafaring days and famous local sunken ships.

Did you know?

• Rare basking sharks have been spotted off the Hastings coast.
• The remains of the Dutch East Indiaman ‘Amsterdam’, wrecked in 1749 can be seen at low tides (lowest spring tides are best).
• 18th century smugglers stored contraband goods in hidey holes throughout Hastings Old Town.

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