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Eastbourne is a popular charming seaside resort on the South Coast. The Romans built a villa here, located just under the entrance to the pier. The Normans who arrived in Britain in 1066 at nearby Pevensey, established a church with stone from Caen in Normandy. That church still stands and is now known as St Mary’s Church. But it was only in 1780 when the children of King George III came for a holiday that Eastbourne became a popular tourist resort. Over the years Eastbourne has had many distinguished visitors and residents: George Orwell went to preparatory school and based the farm in Animal Farm on a real farm in Willingdon; Lewis Carroll spent many summers writing, and Alfred Lord Tennyson, Harold Pinter and Claude Debussy all found the inspiration they needed in Eastbourne. Claude Debussy composed La Mer here whilst staying in the five-star Grand Hotel. The only five star hotel on the South Coast.

But Eastbourne is not just a quaint, old-time seaside resort. Eastbourne offers a wide-variety of attractions and events for its visitors and residents. We host the biggest free air show in the South – ‘Airbourne’, as well the Hastings Direct Women’s Tennis Championships – the’ must see’ precursor to Wimbledon. Every year skaters take part in Eastbourne Extreme and every October we hold our own Beer Festival – once again this is the biggest in the South! Add our beaches, parks and glorious sunshine together with a wide variety of restaurants and theatres and Eastbourne offers everything you would expect from a seaside holiday and more.

Dawn Copeman