Hastings, East Sussex【4K】| Town Centre Walk 2021

[@LetsWalkUK]

Good evening! Thank you so much for helping the channel to over 8,600 subscribers - today we're coming to the end of our trio of walks around towns associated with the epic Battle of Hastings! On the week of the battle's 955th anniversary, we visit the actual town of Hastings, which is about 8 miles away from the actual battlefield. Located by the sea, we mentioned how Hastings' enormous shingle beach led to the downfall of its once-great port, but because of the size of its beach, the town is now home to the largest beach-based fishing fleet in Europe!

[@chrisclarke7828]

Are you still alive after that, maybe you had the AK47 under your arm.

[@MegaVictorias]

I like it, its like you have time travelled or are living in a movie set😊

[@michellebruce5092]

Nice walk in the town of Hastings. I enjoyed it. Can't wait to see more soon. Very beautiful and historical the town of Hastings is. Your history lessons are always great. And your walks are always enjoyable. The medieval houses and buildings are beautiful. How is your weekend? Mine is great. Have a great day 😀😊 greetings from Canada

[@LetsWalkUK]

Thank you so much! I'm so glad you enjoyed the video - Hastings is a wonderful town indeed :)

[@yvonnefarrell1029]

Thank you so much for this especially for us Foyle's War fans! The horrible incident at the Swan Inn must have inspired one of the episodes of that show. Brilliant tour, and Hastings looks authentic and not kitschy.

[@ExploringGreatBritain]

Nice location 👍👍 thank you for sharing take care

[@LetsWalkUK]

Thank you so much! I'm so glad you enjoyed the video - Hastings is a wonderful place :)

[@beckygair2272]

Excellent once again

[@LetsWalkUK]

Thank you so much - I'm really glad you enjoyed the video - Hastings is an excellent town :)

[@BinnyWood]

Really enjoyed this very well considered and produced walk - thank you! Excellent.

[@cherry-vz5kx]

Great video once again.The Lilac Room at 09:15 has a great tea room on the 1st floor and a lovely woman by the name of Libby works in the shop.

[@LetsWalkUK]

Thank you so much! I'm so glad you enjoyed the video - and I didn't know about the tea room you mentioned, thank you very much for pointing it out! I'll make sure to stop by the next time I'm in Hastings :)

[@lauraalleguen6685]

Beautiful walk- beautiful Town- beautiful weather..... Thanks 👍😊 for taking us on your lovely walk...

[@LetsWalkUK]

Thank you so much! I'm so glad you enjoyed the video - Hastings is a wonderful town and full of so much amazing history :)

[@roberttopolic7665]

I could relax several hours on the beach in Hastings that is not far away from Brighton where i was eight years ago , i have visit Brighton Pier where is a Arcade , and it is not far to Eastbourne and the impressed "Seven Sisters " Cliffs which can we see from the far ! Thank you for the nice video , and i hope i can visit Hastings in the near future !

[@LetsWalkUK]

Absolutely! The Sussex coast is full of wonderful towns as you mention, and some of the scenery is just beautiful too - I'm sure you had an amazing time when you were there eight years ago, and I too hope you can visit Hastings in the future again :) Thank you so much for watching - I'm really glad you enjoyed the video!

[@wendyboothman294]

Another day another beautiful film of magnificent Britain. Thanks very much 🕊🕊💕

[@LetsWalkUK]

Thank you so much! I'm so glad you enjoyed the video - Hastings is right up there as one of the most magnificent seaside towns on the south coast!

[@julieling1212]

Should go to all saints st its 5 star pubs tge old house whst use to be the count and the old police station not like Eastbourne all tge money to get a shopping centre done up what a waste of money u would tging they had a John Lewis and Fenwick as its a posh town

[@julieling1212]

My be u can see me walk around as I live there

[@julieling1212]

Miss tge High Street se the police are busy doing nothing again

[@julieling1212]

I think Hastings as the best old town ever if u now were there's like Hastings let me now all saints st is the poshs st it as 5 stars pub tge the last one in the last one out. Is very nice food and drink are very good there a old house what use to be the crown count and the old police station nice for shopping and lots of thing for children

[@iainb1577]

What a lovely town. Thank you for showing it.

[@LetsWalkUK]

You're welcome! And thank you very much for watching - I'm really glad you enjoyed the video - Hastings is a lovely town indeed, especially on a day as wonderfully sunny as this :)

[@INSPIRINGTRIPS]

Great video

[@LetsWalkUK]

Thank you so much - I'm really glad you enjoyed the video!

[@sarribel]

I think this is the most beautiful town I have visited courtesy of your superb urban journeys. Thank you. Let's walk!

[@LetsWalkUK]

Wow! That's quite the statement - we've been to some really beautiful places in these videos, but I'm so glad you found Hastings an impressive town, the seaside scenery really is spectacular there :) Thank you so much for watching as always - I'm really glad you enjoyed the video!

[@jetthias972]

Nice to seeing Hastings in 2022 , thanks à lot, since 1997 .....i Nevers forget this town....

[@RelaxedRoamer]

Surprised with the quality of the video 😍 thanks for sharing your experience

[@LetsWalkUK]

You're welcome! And thank you very much for watching - I'm really glad you enjoyed the video :)

[@doublaast1578]

First, and glad you posted again! Greatly enjoy these videos. :)

[@LetsWalkUK]

Thank you so much! I'm really glad you're enjoying the videos - Hastings is a spectacular place, I hope you find it an interesting walk :)

[@mikeswift6713]

You have got me thinking, I posted about visiting Battle Abbey on your previous walk and am wondering if we visited Hastings on the same day which would have been logical. We were staying in Eastbourne in 1988 and visited Hastings for the 400th. Anniversary of the Spanish Armada, we watched a far from inspiring set of boats enacting this from the pier as well as fireworks which were a little better. When we arrived we parked before the pier and walked along the prom to the net huts and got the West Hill Lift to the large green field. We then walked back to the pier for the celebrations when it was dark, we didn’t actually stray from the prom to visit the town so your walk vas very informative.

[@LetsWalkUK]

Wow! That sounds like quite the event - I've never heard of them doing a re-enactment of the Armada off Hastings, though as you say it would be difficult to get the same scale in the modern day! But as you mention, there are lots of amazing places around Hastings to see and you can still miss out on some of the town's best sights - I'm sure you had a wonderful time when you were up on the West Hill and down by the promenade, and indeed it would have made sense to have popped up to Battle on the same day you were in Hastings :) Thank you so much for watching and your wonderful comments as always - I'm really glad you enjoyed the video!

[@justwalk-travelasmrchannel1714]

just awesome!!

[@LetsWalkUK]

Thank you so much! I'm so glad you enjoyed the video - Hastings is a great town with some awesome history indeed :)

[@junosugi7466]

Nice video. It looks like a really nice town. I am thinking of living there, to be near the sea, but still not quite sure.

[@suzannewilliamson3304]

Thank you for another enjoyable video. Hastings does look a lovely town. It certainly has had it's fair share of history. Wouldn't it be good if you got 10, 066 subscribers :) I look forward to your next video. Maybe one day you might go across the channel.

[@LetsWalkUK]

Ha ha thank you very much! Hastings is indeed a lovely town - and the history of 1066 too is a fascinating one! I'd love to reach 10,066 subscribers as you say - perhaps this would have been a good video to mark that milestone if we ever get there :) Thank you so much for watching and for your lovely comments - I'm so glad you enjoyed the video, and indeed one day I might pop over the Channel too!

[@patricebennett1100]

Gorgeous thank you. ❤

[@Eoin6661]

Great video, I moved to Hastings a couple of years ago and you've taught me some local history, I moved down from Dudley, where you've also done a walking vid, and that one really took back.

[@martakapas5299]

thank you so much

[@darkangelw8472]

I cant wait to move back home to East Sussex. Will be moving to Bexhill which is the town next door :)

[@LetsWalkUK]

I wish you best of luck with the move! That part of the coast really is lovely (especially when it's baking hot in the summer like it was on this day), though I've not been to Bexhill before, that's a video for the future :) Thank you so much for watching - I do hope you enjoyed this walk in Hastings :)

[@imranzazai7404]

Beautiful place.

[@LetsWalkUK]

It certainly is! Thank you so much for watching - I'm really glad you enjoyed the video!

[@carolinegreenwell9086]

It's been many years since I last visited Hastings so thanks for the reminder. Do you intend to do Folkestone one day ?

[@LetsWalkUK]

You're welcome! And thank you very much for watching - I'm glad you enjoyed the walk around Hastings :) I do intend to film in Folkestone one day, as well as Dover and all along the southeast coast! So do stay tuned for that in the future!

[@samnpoppythedog4416]

You could of included a little history about the location of George Chapman ( suspected was Jack the Ripper) Barbershop, its now Albion Books.

[@smoath]

❤️

[@LetsWalkUK]

And to you! I really hope you enjoyed the video!

[@joemom1012]

wife going back to there with her friend in oct in sept im going to your other vid for second time with friend Scarborough

[@TommyCat-rz6wp]

700 fatalities? ❤

[@martineleven8179]

To see where the actual battle of Hastings was fought and to see where Harold fell you'll have to go to crowhurst Abbey, it didn't happen in battle, in fact battle Abbey was built just after crowhurst Abbey was nearly finished because the monks wanted a much larger grander Abbey on the London trade Rd completely tax free. It also protects the actual site, which isn't a bad thing tbh.

[@danjames5552]

It did not happen in Crowhurst or battle . It started in ore , that's why the Norman's started doing the old church of ore before they decided they needed something better. The say it happened by the hore apple tree at senlac, remember it was French people writing this . The hore apple tree is the Ore apple tree and senlac means lake of blood whitch is the red lake area of ore . They say they marched 7 miles along the London road from where they was camped to where they heard Harold was camped . If you walk from there camp along the seafront and up the London road fpr 7 miles you end up at Ore church. They built houses all around the church in the 80s and found the remains of thousands of ancient bodies there but still built houes there anyway . I don't think any one made the connection. There are loads more facts that say it started here but I am to tired to write them down as its 4am. I think yhe reason I think Harold headed for yhere was because he knew it was a holy place what with the fresh water spring which is there and still flows to day . Its called the holy well at the to of St Helens Wood. They stopped using that church in 1853 and built a new one next to the Road about 100 yards down the road and you can go see the ruins of the old one . There are even KZbin videos on it . It's called St Helens church or local people call it the old church of ore . Plus that battle would of went on for miles with that many people on each side . And not one field like people say . Once the men under Harold knew they was losing yhey would of run in all directions and for miles . Plus the man who says it happened in Crowhurst has not one body or a single bit of proof that it happened there .he comes out with rubbish that he knows the body's are there etc and all that happens is he can't find nothing at all .

[@martineleven8179]

@@danjames5552 very interesting, I've done quite a bit of research myself, find the subject fascinating, but by what you've said I get the feeling William landed virtually at crowhurst as the bulverhythe was sea inlet back then, crowhurst to ore is literally 7 miles along the old road, the bulverhythe to ore along the seafront and up old London Rd is about 4 & 1/2 miles. I can definitely see a link between ore & crowhurst somewhere. Logistically in battle terms you would find a high point, to fight going uphill would be at a disadvantage but for William to land at crowhurst and go across the ridge would make more sense to approach Harold's camp at the highest point, ore. Its just another theory but makes more sense to me in logistical terms. Also William landing at crowhurst would enable him to cut off the London Rd stopping any supplies etc etc reaching Harold.

[@danjames5552]

@@martineleven8179 but it is written that he marched along seafront and up along the ridge on the London road (now the old London road ) and there was only one road in them days and that was it . Plus them saying it was at the hore apple tree and its ore just with a h . Plus the senlac bit , whitch means lake of blood and that's the red lake area of ore . Even the primary school is called red lake school . The water in the stream there runs a orange colour even to this day . Go up the side of ore community centre and look at the stream that runs along side the path . Bright orange. Plus why woukd the Norman's start to build the old church of ore. That was the building that William built in memory of his fallen men . Then they decided to build a better one and that's where battle Abbey comes in to it . Harold would of known this site as it was holy because of the St Helens water spring that still runs to this day . Plus when the y was building the houses that are around the old church of ore they found the remains of thousands of people . Whitch could not of been from the grave yard because in 300 years from the 1600s onward there was only 90 people buried there. The graves are still there now for that lot . So where did the thousands of people come from then ???? All without coffins .

[@martineleven8179]

@@danjames5552 I'm not disagreeing with what your saying whatsoever, in my opinion William probably approached Harold from different flanks, one coming from crowhurst the other coming from the way you mention, it's all the same Rd, it would have hemmed Harold in. In battle terms it just makes more sense to me, it definitely didn't happen in battle on the field at the Abbey, if you study the place only a raving lunatic would go into war there, its too open flanked, but I can understand the red lake ore scenario, I keep an open mind on the subject tbh as there's so much still to learn .

[@danjames5552]

@@martineleven8179 you can't land at Crowhurst. It's to far inland and yhere was only one road and that was London road . If your in a strange country that you don't know your sticking to the main road and not go across country. Plus the hore apple tree bit and senlac means he can only of marched up the ridge . Plus it is written he marched up along the ridge on ghe London road . He would not of spilt his forces in two and to the best of my knowledge he never did . There was one road in them days and from where he was camped to that ore church is about 7 miles , I just did it on maps again just to make sure . Take it from where they say he was camped and go along yhe seafront whitch is the only way to the old London and march ghe 7 miles and you end up where I think it happened.

[@beverlygannon4141]

This is three years ago bet its changed a lot now

[@joycerigby453]

I enjoyed this video but I'd have enjoyed it more if the commentary was spoken rather than written - had to keep stopping the video in order to read it.

[@bonnie8441]

Hastings is ok for a day visit.Anything more you'll be bored.And your feet will be so sore!

[@beverlygannon4141]

Plenty ghosts in that house 🤢

[@johngreen6191]

Lovely video.