GET OUTTA TOWN

If you’re lucky enough to be visiting Eastbourne for more than a day, then be sure to get out of town and explore some of the local area. Did we mention this is Sussex Winelands? Leave the car behind: you never know when you might stumble upon a vineyard, and it would be very rude not to stop and sample the produce.

BY FOOT

Walk from Holywell to see the famous lighthouse, or catch a bus to Seven Sisters Country Park — recently named one of the most beautiful places in the whole world by Conde Nast Traveller — and explore to your heart’s content. From here you can also pick up a bike from the excellent Cuckmere Cycle Company at the visitor centre, and cycle around the valley to Rathfinny Wine Estate. We recommend an e-bike, unless you have thighs of steel.

Perfect pubs walkable from Eastbourne include the Tiger Inn in the beautiful little village of East Dean (a circular coastal walk over the cliffs via Birling Gap will get you there), or the cosy Eight Bells in Jevington, from where you can continue on to discover the mysterious Long Man of Wilmington.

BY WATER

Hire a kayak from Wish Tower to explore Eastbourne from the sea, or meander along the Cuckmere River on a SUP or canoe (from April –October).

BY BIKE

Pick up a bike from the seafront stands at Fisherman's Green, or from Cuckmere Cycle Company at Seven Sisters Country Park. For routes and advice, pop into Cadence Cycle Club at Helen Garden.