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About Eastbourne
Music, many of England's seaside town's have long been associated with music and concerts are regularly performed on seafronts up and down the country but there can be no finer setting for summer military music, than Eastbourne's Grand Parade. Here, the sea-front echoes to the sound of military music from the elegant, torquoise topped, Edwardian bandstand. Lively concerts are performed through out the season and by the time the clock strikes 3 in the afternoon, which signals the start, most of the 3,500 seats in the vast areana have been taken up. The music is often stirring, it is music for pure pleasure.
Eastbourne, is a genteel town, that owes it's distictiveness to the 7th Duke of Devonshire who expanded and developed the town in the mid 10th-century. The town has attractive Victorian houses, gracious public buildings and plenty of hotels and inns and it can proudly boast 9 beautiful public gardens that are a glorious riot of colour and a joy to visit at any time of year.
This resort is a favoured sailing centre and in summer time the sea is awash with cheerful yachts and brightly painted vessels of every description. The beach is mainly shingle with some sand being revealed at low tide. The town has a good art gallery and much of the town's history is recorded in the local museum. Eastbourne offers a relaxing and pleasurable time to young and old alike. It is well worth a visit.
Planning a visit? Please see below for other recommended towns, attractions and recommended hotels nearby.
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Recommended attractions near Eastbourne
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| Beachy Head | (2.8 miles, 4.5 km, direction SW) | Pictures |
| Pevensey Castle | (4.3 miles, 6.9 km, direction NE) | Pictures |
| The Long Man | (5.4 miles, 8.7 km, direction NW) | Pictures |
| Seven Sisters Country Park | (5.4 miles, 8.8 km, direction W) | Pictures |
| The Pevensey Levels | (5.5 miles, 8.8 km, direction N) | Pictures |
| Alfriston Clergy House | (6.5 miles, 10.4 km, direction NW) | Pictures |
| Drusillas Park | (6.5 miles, 10.4 km, direction NW) | Pictures |
| Michelham Priory & Gardens | (7.5 miles, 12.1 km, direction NW) | Pictures |
| Herstmonceux Castle | (7.7 miles, 12.3 km, direction N) | Pictures |
| Seaford Museum | (8.3 miles, 13.3 km, direction W) | Pictures |
| Charleston Farmhouse | (9.0 miles, 14.5 km, direction NW) | Pictures |
| Newhaven Lighthouse | (10.3 miles, 16.6 km, direction W) | Pictures |
| Newhaven Fort | (10.6 miles, 17.0 km, direction W) | Pictures |
| Paradise Family Leisure Park, Newhaven | (10.7 miles, 17.2 km, direction W) | Pictures |
All attractions in EastbourneAll attractions in East SussexComplete A to Z of attractions in EnglandRecommended towns near Eastbourne
Friston in the county of East Sussex (3.9 miles, 6.3 km, direction W)
Friston is well known for its beautiful forest. Found a few miles inland from the bare ridge of the incredible rock formation of the Seven Sisters, this superb beechwood is not yet 80 years old.
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Birling Gap in the county of East Sussex (4.1 miles, 6.6 km, direction SW)
The Birling Gap is a coastal hamlet on the South...
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Pevensey in the county of East Sussex (4.4 miles, 7.0 km, direction NE)
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Wilmington in the county of East Sussex (5.6 miles, 9.1 km, direction NW)
These days Wilmington is best known for the "Long Man" a giant carving on the north side of Windover Hill. The figure is generally thought to have first appeared in medieval times, but theories abound that it may have been there since the Iron-Age.
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Alfriston in the county of East Sussex (6.6 miles, 10.6 km, direction NW)
Alfriston occupies a favoured position in the beautiful Cuckmere Gap and serves as a tourist village to which hoards of visitors flock to enjoy the many well preserved fine old buildings to be seen, one of the most important being the local church.
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Cuckmere Haven in the county of East Sussex (6.7 miles, 10.8 km, direction W)
Cuckmere Haven lies beneath the 282 ft cliffs that are home to Seaford Nature Reserve.
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Seaford in the county of East Sussex (8.2 miles, 13.2 km, direction W)
The town is famous for its Martello Tower built as part of the English defences against invading European neighbours, this is the westernmost of the towers and is now an interesting local history museum.
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Herstmonceux in the county of East Sussex (8.7 miles, 13.9 km, direction N)
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Bexhill in the county of East Sussex (9.7 miles, 15.6 km, direction NE)
The old town of Bexhill-on-Sea is of immense charm, it has wide streets, gracious building including black and white timber frame...
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Newhaven in the county of East Sussex (10.9 miles, 17.5 km, direction W)
Best known for its cross channel ferries and for its fort built in the 1860's as part of Britain's coastal defences, but which is now a fascinating museum offering visitors the opportunity to experience a massive fortress at first hand.
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St Leonards in the county of East Sussex (13.2 miles, 21.3 km, direction NE)
Attractive Sussex seaside resort now joined to Hastings, but initially began as an independent resort laid out by the architect James Burton in 1828.
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Battle in the county of East Sussex (13.4 miles, 21.6 km, direction NE)
Battle is a unique town in the county of Sussex built on the very site where William the Conqueror defeated king Harold of England and his Saxon army in 'The Battle of Hastings' in 1066.
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Telscombe in the county of East Sussex (13.5 miles, 21.7 km, direction W)
The tranquillity of this attractive little village is owed to its seclusion. Telscombe rests in a fold of beautiful Sussex countryside, and the fact that it is difficult to reach from the coast, adds to its charms.
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Hastings in the county of East Sussex (13.9 miles, 22.3 km, direction NE)
Hastings is an old fishing town along the southern coast of England. It offers all the traditional amusements of the seaside but retains much of the character of its colourful past.
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Lewes in the county of East Sussex (14.4 miles, 23.2 km, direction NW)
Lewes is the boyhood home of the famous diarist, John Evelyn (1620 - 1706) He lived at Southover Grange, an Elizabethan house, which is close to the castle.
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| Eastbourne Station | (0.5 miles, 0.7 km) |
| Hampden Park Station | (2.0 miles, 3.3 km, direction N) |
| M23 Junction 10A | (30.0 miles, 48.3 km, direction NW) |
| M23 Junction 11 | (30.7 miles, 49.5 km, direction NW) |
| Lydd Airport | (31.4 miles, 50.5 km, direction NE) |
| London Gatwick Airport | (33.6 miles, 54.1 km, direction NW) |
| Eastbourne to London | (54.5 miles, 87.6 km, direction N) |
Hotels & Accommodation in Eastbourne
| Hotel Name | Approximate distance from Eastbourne center |
| Chatsworth Hotel | (0.1 miles, 0.1 km) |
| The Cumberland Hotel | (0.1 miles, 0.2 km) |
| The Palm Court Hotel | (0.2 miles, 0.3 km) |
| Albany Lions Hotel | (0.2 miles, 0.3 km) |
| The Pier Hotel | (0.2 miles, 0.3 km) |
| The Sheldon Hotel | (0.2 miles, 0.3 km) |
| Afton Hotel | (0.2 miles, 0.3 km) |
| The Berkeley | (0.2 miles, 0.4 km) |
| Marine Parade Hotel | (0.3 miles, 0.4 km) |
| The Sherwood | (0.3 miles, 0.4 km) |
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