Quirky, unusual and downright weird – yes, we have a lot of that here. Start at Hastings seafront and you'll find an underground skate park housed in a Victorian complex of hot baths, along with a courtyard of independent food and drink retailers. They've brought this once derelict building back to life.
Head to Battle's Museum of Local History to meet what's believed to be the world's oldest effigy of Guy Fawkes, as well as a Saxon battle-axe from the 1066 conflict, as featured on Time Team! Or visit Bexhill Museum to see comedian Eddie Izzard's family train set.
Take a trip to Brede on the first Saturday of the month and meet the Brede Steam Giants, a collection of massive water pumping machinery meticulously restored by volunteers. Or get your walking boots on for a tour of Fuller's Follies, a series of bizarre structures near the village of Brightling commissioned by John 'Mad Jack' Fuller, a Victorian squire prone to outlandish wagers.
Hastings' two funicular railways are fun to ride as well as useful. The East Hill Lift, which takes you from the fishing quarter up to the Country Park, is the steepest funicular in the UK. The West Hill Lift, which takes you from George Street to Hastings Castle and Smugglers Adventure, still boasts its original carriages.
