WELCOME TO HASTINGS!
Flat 2, 27 White Rock, Hastings TN34 1JY
On Googlemaps here or what3words ///thick.first.places
FOR URGENT QUERIES during your stay call PAUL 07914 307688 or DANNY 07910 394352
Facilities:
sea view front bedroom: small double bed (access to bed from one side only) - some noise from road and passing holidaymakers!
cliff view back bedroom: double bed - quiet room with view of the eponymous (not-so-white) White Rock
Standard phone-charger cables, hairdryer, steam-iron, DAB radio, vinyl record player/radio, books and COAST magazines! and did we mention the sea view? Old-skool deckchairs (in landing cupboard)
kitchen/diner/living area: gas hob, electric oven, pots & pans, plates, cutlery, kitchen knives/utensils, toaster, scales, washing machine, 2 Bond-villain swivel chairs + 2 armchairs, small dining table with 4 chairs
bathroom: walk-in shower (no bath), suncream, shampoos, shower gel etc
PLEASE NOTE: there's NO TV, NO LANDLINE or WIFI (many coffee shops offer free wifi)
There are 35 stairs to climb. No smoking is allowed in the building.
What to bring:
hat/sunglasses/suncream/reading materials (though a selection of our books is provided)
beach shoes (getting across the pebbles to the sand and sea can be painful on bare feet)
maybe slippers (our seagrass carpet gives good foot massages but doesn't suit everyone in bare feet)
Southeastern train network showing all the ways to get to Hastings/St Leonards by train
How to get here… by train
FROM WALTHAMSTOW CENTRAL
Via St Pancras/Ashford Int approx 2h10m via High Speed (£50 rtn, £33 with Network Railcard)
Via Victoria approx 3h from Walthamstow! (£45 rtn, £30 with Network Railcard)
We usually take the London St Pancras/Ashford route (via High Speed to Ashford) Be sure to choose the ANY PERMITTED ROUTE option on the ticket machine to avoid being fined on the High Speed train. It usually leaves from St Pancras platforms 11-13. Alight at Ashford International. Change here for the Hastings train (usually Platform 1 destined for Brighton) via Rye.
For all the other routes (via London Bridge and Charing Cross) click here for the National Rail journey planner
Walking from Hastings railway station (10mins)
Here’s a link - Googlemaps walking route from the station to 27 White Rock
How to get here… by car
FROM WALTHAMSTOW approx 75 miles - click here for Google maps suggested routes. Danny prefers A12, A102 (via Blackwalll Tunnel), A2 (at Darenth Interchange exit for M25, signs to Gatwick), at M25 junction 5 keep in right hand lanes - taking the A21 all the way to Hastings.
Coming into Hastings you'll pass a Sainsburys, Lidl, a fire station, Travelodge, leisure centre, museum. Turn right here (onto Falaise Rd) at the signs for seafront and White Rock theatre. Over the brow and down, turning left at the junction and then right at the bottom (you can't miss the pier!). Turn left onto the seafront road called White Rock. We're just a few hundred yards on the left by the red pillar post box, before the next traffic lights, directly opposite a white Art Deco building, called The Source (underground BMX/skateboard park). No 27 is in a run of shops. There’s a buzzer, choose Flat 2.
Parking
Here’s HASTINGS COUNCIL's interactive map of local car parks
You could invest in a 7-day parking ‘season ticket’ (£35?) valid in all Hastings car parks (except resident-only bays) - application form here - available immediately in person (from the old town hall opposite the Odeon cinema, Queens Square, Hastings) or allow 7 days by post/email
Underground Pier car park - narrow slip road opposite the White Rock Theatre. It’s approx £9 for 24 hours (using RingGo app) and it's ok to leave cars overnight too - although it’s locked 11pm-7am FREE 9pm-7am
Carlisle Parade underground car park (the world’s 2nd, after Pittsburgh!) a few hundreds yards away past the traffic lights. It’s approx £9 for 24 hours (using RingGo app) and it's ok to leave cars overnight too - although it’s locked 11pm-7am (TBC) FREE 9pm-7am
On-street parking upto 4 hours - along the main seafront road along Carlisle Parade nearby (using RingGo app). Charges apply only between 9am-6pm. FREE after 6pm!
Rock-a-Nore carpark (beyond the Hastings Contemporary gallery) is payable by the day.
Cost varies by cash, card and/or by phone (using RingGo app)
FREE all-day on-street parking on some back streets of St Leonards eg Magdalen & Church Roads
When you first arrive at the flat
CHECK THE BOILER’S ON - it’s in the landing cupboard outside flat 2, there’s a door with our deckchairs and BOILER - check the BOILER is switched ON at the white wall switch marked BOILER in pencil below the boiler
For CENTRAL HEATING (SCROLL TO BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE) although on sunny days (even in winter) the flat can get very toasty so you may not need it
we keep the FRIDGE on
When you leave. Please…
close all windows, blinds and doors (in case of fire). The biggest windows are very heavy and ideally need two people to close - so stick to using the side windows where possible. DON’T push on the stuck-on glazing bars, they’ll fall off :( If in doubt, let us know and we’ll pop in to close them tightly when you’ve left
strip beds for us to wash after you leave - but if you do wash your own please hang out to dry on the clothes horse (no need to worry about ironing it!)
empty the kitchen bin unless it's just a few dry, non-smelly things - like teabags and paper. There’s a litter bin in the street for small amounts or use the bin store (beside the main entrance door) for larger bags
take home or throw away any spare food/drink from the fridge
if you remember you can switch off the boiler unless we’ve suggested otherwise
FAQs / Need to know:
LIVING/KITCHEN:
WHAT'S ON leaflets and INSTRUCTION BOOKS are in the sideboard drawers
when hob cooking use the vintage, wall-mounted KITCHEN EXTRACTOR FAN above the tall radiator or open a window
The windows were new in 2018. PLEASE DON’T open the big front window, it’s very heavy and ill-fitting - stick to using the side windows where possible. DON’T push on the stuck-on glazing bars, they’ll fall off :(
the waste bin is below left of the sink. Please take landfill rubbish bags down to the bin store - (NB loose key marked BIN) store is behind the adjacent door on the ground floor, immediately to the right of our front door as you go out. Alternatively for small amounts use street bins.
RECYCLING: Leave dry recycling for us to add to our own.
BATHROOM:
shower: on/off left hand side - THINK ‘WE HAVE LEFT OFF’ - hot/cold on the right
bathroom extractor fan - the switch is high up above the door - feel free to turn it off when not showering
first aid kit in bathroom bottom drawer
Food shopping
SUPERMARKETS (in order of distance):
Marks & Spencer's - 0.5 miles - food hall in Priory Court shopping centre, with a larger store in Ravenside Retail Park, Bexhill
Sainsbury's Local - 0.5 miles - near Railway Station (open Sunday evenings) PLUS massive out-of-town one
Tesco Express - 0.5 miles - close to the station on Havelock Road (open Sunday evenings)
Morrisons - 0.7miles - Queens Road, Hastings
Co-op - 30-32 London Road, St Leonards (open Sunday evenings)
Aldi (out of town) - 2.5 miles, Bexhill Rd, Bulverhythe TN38 8FA
Lidl (out of town) - on A21 coming into Hastings
Asda (out of town) - Silverhill, St Leonards, just off A21 coming into Hastings
INDEPENDENTS:
Fresh fish & seafood (zero air miles) - eg RX Fisheries, Rock-a-Nore net huts, Hastings Old Town TN34 3DW
Beak & Tail Butchers - 200m - 34 Robertson Street
Cheese On Sea ie cheese - 200m - 10 Claremont
Trinity Wholefoods organic bread/veg shop - 200m - Trinity Street
Penbuckles Deli - 50 High Street, Old town
Judges Bakery (set up by Green & Blacks/ local organic power couple Jo Fairley/Craig Sams) 51 High St, Old Town
Bakers, butchers, fruit & veg, floristry - London/Norman Roads, St Leonards
OTHER SHOPPING:
Independent BOOK & RECORD SHOP Trinity Street- 200m
Independent BOOKS, GIFTS, HOMEWARES George Street, Old Town - 0.7 miles
PRIORY MEADOW SHOPPING CENTRE - 0.5 miles - WH SMiths, Waterstones, Boots, Robert Dyas, HMV, Poundland, H&M, Primark etc
West St Leonards - 1.7 miles - offers TK MAXX, Poundstretcher TN38 0YX
Ravenside Retail Park, Bexhill - 3.5 miles - on A259 just before Bexhill has Tesco Superstore, large Marks & Spencer (with sea view restaurant) plus Wickes, Halfords, B&Q, Boots, McDonalds etc
HEATING
PRESS (A) TO WAKE THE DISPLAY
PRESS (B) 'TICK & COG' SIMULTANEOUSLY TO ENTER EDIT MODE
PRESS (C) ARROW TO SCROLL BETWEEN ON, AUTO & OFF
PRESS (D) 'TICK' TO CONFIRM