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Eastbourne boasts award-winning clean beaches and excellent seafront facilities.  With an average of 34.6 hours of sunshine a week, the resort has also been named the sunniest place in Britain in the Halifax Quality of Life Survey.

 

And Eastbourne has far more to offer than sea and sunshine.  There are first class shopping facilities, museums, theatres, cinemas, restaurants, pubs and a buzzing nightlife.

 

Eastbourne also marks the start of the South Downs and the 100 mile-long South Downs Way, a popular and relaxing route for walking, cycling and bird-watching holidays. If the fresh sea air inspires you, you may like to take a gentle cliff-top walk along the impressive white cliffs, of which Beachy Head is the most famous.  The highest chalk sea cliff in Britain, Beachy Head rises 530 feet above the sea below and is well worth a visit. Beyond Beachy Head is the Seven Sisters country park, an ideal destination for nature lovers.

 

Or how about a gentle round of golf?  Eastbourne itself boasts three golf courses, with no less than six more within easy travelling distance.

 

Eastbourne's Official Tourism website has listings of local attractions, activities, beaches and shopping as well as details of all major events such as International Tennis week, Airbourne Airshow, Feastbourne, Beachy Head Marathon, our Beer festival, Bandstand Concerts and much more:

 

Theatres, event diary for the Congress, Devonshire, Winter garden and Hippodrome.

 

Eastbourne Heritage Centre

 

Towner Art Gallery

 

Redoubt Fortress and Military Museum

 

How We Lived Then, Museum of shops

 

Arndale Shopping Centre

 

Beachy Head

 

Seven Sisters Country Park

 

 

Royal Eastbourne Golf Club, founded in 1887

 

Eastbourne Downs Golf Club, founded in 1908

 

17 & 18 July, 2010  Eastbourne Extreme 

http://www.eastbourneextreme.co.uk/

One of the biggest free extreme sports festivals in the UK.  
Featuring a huge line up of air, land and water-based outdoor pursuits, 
Eastbourne Extreme takes place on the Eastern seafront from 10am to 5pm daily.

 

12-15 August, 2010 Airbourne - Eastbourne's Famous Free Air Show 

Four days of action packed flying displays on the seafront.  
Book one of our seafront rooms for a spectacular view.

http://www.eastbourneairshow.co.uk/

 

7-9 October, 2010  Beer Festival

http://www.eastbournebeerfestival.co.uk/

 

23 October 2010  Beachy Head Marathon

http://www.visiteastbourne.com/marathon.asp

Entries are now open for the 2010 Beachy Head Marathon on 23 October. 
Race starts 9am from Dukes Drive. Enter online at Runners World, or download an entry form from the link above. The Royal is pleased to provide special low GI breakfasts for guests who are running in the marathon.

 

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