The curving staircase of the De La Warr Pavilion, with the sea beyond its glass wall

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Bexhill-on-Sea: Our Favourites

Bexhill-on-Sea, about an hour east of Brighton by direct train: the De La Warr Pavilion of 1935, the seafront and the Georgian Old Town, Egerton Park and Bexhill Museum, and Bexhill’s first micropub.

The back story

  1. Opened 1935

    The De La Warr Pavilion: the back story

    Bexhill-on-Sea·In depth

    A modernist pavilion of glass, concrete and steel on the seafront at Bexhill: the story of the De La Warr Pavilion.

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Where to stay

  1. Waterside escape

    The Relais Cooden Beach

    Cooden, Bexhill·Beachside hotel

    A hotel on the beach at Cooden, at the western end of Bexhill.

    Cooden Sea Road, Bexhill-on-Sea TN39 4TTExplore View on map

Where to eat

  1. In the town centre

    Bentleys Steakhouse

    Western Road, Bexhill·Steakhouse

    A steakhouse on Western Road in Bexhill’s town centre.

    12 Western Road, Bexhill-on-Sea TN40 1DXExplore View on map

Pubs

  1. Bexhill’s first

    The Brickmaker’s Alehouse

    Sea Road, Bexhill·Micropub

    Bexhill’s first micropub, with real ales served straight from the cask.

    27 Sea Road, Bexhill-on-Sea TN40 1EEExplore View on map

What to see and do

  1. Modernist landmarks

    Bexhill seafront

    Bexhill-on-Sea·Seafront

    A traditional seafront punctuated by modernist architecture, with the De La Warr Pavilion at its heart.

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  2. Georgian buildings

    Bexhill Old Town

    Bexhill-on-Sea·Historic quarter

    The old village inland from the sea, with fine Georgian buildings.

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Arts & Culture

  1. Est. 1935

    De La Warr Pavilion

    Bexhill seafront·Arts centre

    The Modernist seafront pavilion of 1935, now an arts centre with free exhibitions, a café bar and concerts.

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  2. In Egerton Park

    Bexhill Museum

    Egerton Park, Bexhill·Museum

    The town museum in Egerton Park, Bexhill.

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Parks and gardens

  1. Lake and museum

    Egerton Park

    Bexhill-on-Sea·Park

    A park near the seafront with a boating lake, tennis, bowls and Bexhill Museum.

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Property

  1. Seafront and Old Town

    Living in Bexhill

    Bexhill-on-Sea·Neighbourhood

    Seafront flats and Edwardian streets near the Pavilion, the Georgian Old Town inland, and Cooden to the west.

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