South East England
East Sussex
Hastings District

Hastings Castle

Hastings Castle is a keep and bailey castle ruin situated on the cliffs adjoining the town of , . It overlooks the , into which large parts of the castle have fallen over the years.
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Photo: Kreepin Deth, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Priory Meadow Shopping Centre and Hastings railway station.

Shopping center
Photo: Nigel Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a shopping centre in Hastings, East Sussex, England. The centre was opened in 1997 by Queen Elizabeth II. The building was built on the site of the Central Recreation Ground, which had originally opened in 1864 and had since remained the main cricket venue in the town. is situated 1,100 feet northwest of Hastings Castle.

Railway station
Photo: Sandpiper, Public domain.
is the southern terminus of the Hastings line in the south of England and is one of four stations that serve the town of , East Sussex. is situated 2,000 feet northwest of Hastings Castle.

St Clements Caves are show caves located on the West Hill in , . The caves were named after a nearby parish church and since 1989 are home to the "Smugglers Adventure" tourist attraction which tells the story of smuggling on the South Coast of England 200 years ago. is situated 1,500 feet northeast of Hastings Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hastings and Belmont.

Photo: Natataek, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a seaside town in in southeast England. It's run down, but has budget accommodation and several sites of interest. is most famous for the battle that took place there in 1066 between King Harold's English and William the Conqueror's Normans.

Suburb
is a suburb of in , England. The village falls within the Borough of Hastings.

Town
Photo: Jules & Jenny, CC BY 2.0.
St Leonards-on-Sea is a town and seaside resort in the borough of in , England. It has been part of the borough since the late 19th century and lies to the west of central Hastings.

Hastings Castle

Latitude
50.85603° or 50° 51′ 22″ north
Longitude
0.58492° or 0° 35′ 6″ east
Elevation
102 feet (31 metres)
Inception
1070
Open location code
9F22VH4M+CX
Open­Street­Map ID
way 27102675
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
6287208
Wiki­data ID
Q5680295
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Swedish—“Hastings Castle” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Castell de Hastings”
  • Cebuano: “Hastings Castle”
  • Danish: “Hastings Castle”
  • French: “château d’Hastings”
  • French: “Château d’Hastings”
  • German: “Hastings Castle”
  • Hungarian: “Hastingsi vár”
  • Japanese: “ヘイスティングス城”
  • Japanese: “ヘイスティングズ城”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hastings Castle”
  • Norwegian: “Hastings Castle”
  • Swedish: “Hastings Castle”

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Explore places such as The Memorial and Old Town.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Hastings Castle”. Photo: Kreepin Deth, CC BY-SA 3.0.