๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Hastings is a seaside town and borough in East Sussex on the south coast of England, It is a popular seaside resort, and a fishing port with the UK's largest beach-based fishing fleet. It forms the hub of a much larger conurbation with surrounding towns of Battle, Bexhill, Rye, and St. Leonards-on-Sea, Besides fishing and tourism, the local economy also includes engineering, catering, motoring and construction, health, public services, retail and education. 15% of the firms (in 2005) employed more than 10 people.
There are several business growth opportunities for the region. With the greater numbers of people expected to be able to work from home, and to commute on a part-time basis, it is expected that this will mean it will be more attractive to commuters. This will lead to a rise in the available workforce. It is also there will be greater demand for flexible office, meeting and co-working spaces.
1Economy Until the development of tourism, fishing was Hastings' major industry. The fishing fleet, based at the Stade, remains Europe's largest beach-launched fishing fleet and has recently won accreditation for its sustainable methods. The fleet has been based on the same beach, below the cliffs at Hastings, for at least 400, possibly 600, years. Its longevity is attributed to the prolific fishing ground of Rye Bay nearby. Hastings fishing vessels are registered at Rye, and thus bear the letters "RX" (Rye, SusseX).
There are now various industrial estates that lie around the town, mostly on the outskirts, which include engineering, catering, motoring and construction; however, most of the jobs within the Borough are concentrated on health, public services, retail and education. 85% of the firms (in 2005) employed fewer than 10 people; as a consequence the unemployment rate was 3.3% (cf. East Sussex 1.7%). However, qualification levels are similar to the national average: 8.2% of the working-age population have no qualifications while 28% hold degree-level qualifications or higher, compared with 11% and 31% respectively across England.
1Shopping and retail Hastings main shopping centre is Priory Meadow Shopping Centre, which was built on the site of the old Central Recreation Ground which played host to some Sussex CCC first-class fixtures, and cricketing royalty such as Dr. W. G. Grace and Sir Don Bradman. The centre houses 56 stores and covers around 420,000ย ftยฒ. Further retail areas in the town centre include Queens Road, Wellington Place and Robertson Street.
There are plans to expand the retail area in Hastings, which includes expanding Priory Meadow and creating more retail space as part of the Priory Quarter development. Priory was intended to have a second floor added to part of the retail area, which has not happened yet and so far only office space has been created as part of the Priory Quarter.
1Regeneration In 2002 the Hastings and Bexhill task force, set up by the South East England Development Agency, was founded to regenerate the local economy, a 10-year programme being set up to tackle the local reliance on public sector employment. The regeneration scheme saw the construction of the University Centre Hastings, (now known as the University of Brighton in Hastings) the new Sussex Coast College campus and construction of the Priory Quarter, which still remains unfinished but now houses Saga offices, bringing 800 new jobs to the area.
1Hastings has a population of over 92,855 people. Hastings also forms the centre of the wider Hastings urban which has a population of over 164,000 people. It is estimated there are around 3,425 businesses in Hastings.
To set up a UBI Lab for Hastings see: https://www.ubilabnetwork.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/UBILabNetwork
Twin Towns, Sister Cities Hastings has links with:
๐ซ๐ท Bรฉthune, France ๐ณ๐ฑ Dordrecht, Netherlands ๐ธ๐ฑ Hastings, Sierra Leone ๐ง๐ช Oudenaarde, Belgium ๐ฉ๐ช Schwerte, Germany๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Architect George Devey is associated with Hastings. Many of Devey's commissions came from bankers including Smiths, Glyns, Barings and the Rothschilds.ย
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Architect/Painter George Hastings Burgess is associated with Hastings.
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Architect Algernon Winter Rose is associated with Hastings. he was awarded a Military Cross for action at the Battle of Arras in 1917.
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Architect Arthur William Blomfield is associated with Hastings. In 1861 he was President of the Architectural Association and was knighted in 1889.
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Architect Alfred William Stephens Cross is associated with Hastings. Cross was an authority on the design of public baths. He also designed numerous public libraries, schools and laboratories.
Architect Basil Champneys is associated with Hastings. He was a founder member of the Art Workers Guild in 1884.
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Architect John Daniel Clarke is associated with Hastings. He was elected an Associate of the RIBA in 1904.
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Architect Philip Henry Tree is associated with Hastings. He assisted Decimus Burton (1800-1881) in his work in St. Leonards.
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Architect Travers Pickmere is associated with Hastings. He was elected an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (ARIBA) in 1912.
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Painter/Illustrator/Architect/Interior Decorator/Poster Designer William Henry Romaine-Walker is associated with Hastings. He was elected an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (ARIBA) in 1881.
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Architect Horace Field is associated with Hastings. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) in 1903.
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Architect George Hall Gray is associated with Hastings.
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Architect Richard Cromwell Carpenter is associated with Hastings. The influence of Pugin and the Gothic Revival architects is evident in much of his work.
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Architect/Etcher/Wallpaper Designer Sydney Vacher is associated with Hastings. He was also an etcher and designed wallpaper and was the author of Fifteenth Century Italian Ornament (1886). ย
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Architect Samuel Sanders Teulon is associated with Hastings. He was elected an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (LRIBA) in 1835.
๐ง๐ช Schaerbeek 50.859
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Locks Heath 50.862
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Hailsham 50.865
๐ง๐ช Schaarbeek 50.867
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Blandford Forum 50.856
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Brighton 50.855
๐ง๐ช Molenbeek-Saint-Jean 50.85
๐ง๐ช Sint-Jans-Molenbeek 50.85
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ St Leonards-on-Sea 50.85
๐ง๐ช Woluwe-Saint-Lambert 50.85
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Thundersley 0.59
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Sudbury 0.599
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Medway 0.561
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ St Leonards-on-Sea 0.55
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Gillingham 0.55
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Braintree 0.55
๐ซ๐ท Mortagne-au-Perche 0.547
๐ซ๐ท Chรขtellerault 0.544
Locations Near: Hastings 0.57825,50.8566
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ St Leonards-on-Sea 0.55,50.85 d: 2.1
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Bexhill-on-Sea 0.46,50.845 d: 8.4
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Eastbourne 0.278,50.766 d: 23.3
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Hailsham 0.257,50.865 d: 22.6
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Ashford 0.868,51.147 d: 38.1
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Royal Tunbridge Wells 0.263,51.132 d: 37.7
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Tunbridge Wells 0.264,51.133 d: 37.8
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Maidstone 0.525,51.274 d: 46.5
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Tonbridge 0.276,51.199 d: 43.5
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Sittingbourne 0.74,51.34 d: 54.9
Antipodal to: Hastings -179.422,-50.857
๐น๐ด Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 16690
๐ฆ๐ธ Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 15872.9
๐ผ๐ธ Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 15840.7
๐ต๐ซ Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 15466.1
๐บ๐ธ Hilo -155.089,19.725 d: 11813.4
๐บ๐ธ Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 11744
๐บ๐ธ Maui County -156.617,20.868 d: 11732.7
๐บ๐ธ Honolulu -157.85,21.3 d: 11717.7