The back story
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Opened 1935
The De La Warr Pavilion: the back story
A modernist pavilion of glass, concrete and steel on the seafront at Bexhill: the story of the De La Warr Pavilion.

Beyond Brighton · about an hour east by direct train
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.
Opened 1935
A modernist pavilion of glass, concrete and steel on the seafront at Bexhill: the story of the De La Warr Pavilion.
Waterside escape
A hotel on the beach at Cooden, at the western end of Bexhill.
Cooden Sea Road, Bexhill-on-Sea TN39 4TTExplore View on map
In the town centre
A steakhouse on Western Road in Bexhill’s town centre.
12 Western Road, Bexhill-on-Sea TN40 1DXExplore View on map
Bexhill’s first
Bexhill’s first micropub, with real ales served straight from the cask.
27 Sea Road, Bexhill-on-Sea TN40 1EEExplore View on map
Modernist landmarks
A traditional seafront punctuated by modernist architecture, with the De La Warr Pavilion at its heart.
Georgian buildings
The old village inland from the sea, with fine Georgian buildings.
Est. 1935
The Modernist seafront pavilion of 1935, now an arts centre with free exhibitions, a café bar and concerts.
Lake and museum
A park near the seafront with a boating lake, tennis, bowls and Bexhill Museum.
Seafront and Old Town
Seafront flats and Edwardian streets near the Pavilion, the Georgian Old Town inland, and Cooden to the west.
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