Cliff Railways

The West Hill Lift is the UK's steepest funicular railway and not only a structure of national importance but also a source of immense local pride. The lift's charming lower station is in traffic free George Street which is full of continental style cafes, art-shops and bookshops.

The West Hill itself offers some of the town's most remarkable views, stretching round to Beachy Head in the west and out across the Channel, the busiest sea lane on the world. It was on this hilltop that Hastings resident John Logie Baird, the inventor of television, made his first radar experiments.