West St Leonards Neighbourhood Area

West St Leonards Neighbourhood Area was finally designated by Hastings Borough Council as a Neighbourhood Area on February 6 2024 – the first in Hastings.

The area

The West St Leonards Neighbourhood Area area is (roughly) a triangle, stretching from Combe Valley Country Park and the Bulverhythe ‘Amsterdam’ beach in the west, along the seafront to St Leonards Church, taking in the Old Bathing Pool site and West Marina Gardens, then upwards through multiple residential areas to the Porters Grove development (just below Crowhurst Road). With several lovely, well-used, and scientifically significant green and seaside spaces, it also includes a long stretch of the heavily trafficked A259 and the increasingly busy Filsham and Harley Shute Roads.

The area has been defined following surveys across the area carried out through 2020 – 2023, delayed through covid as well as meetings and workshops.

This is a sketch of the area:

For a more detailed map with a list of the streets included click here

History of West St Leonards

This area is full of interesting and important history, it is a wonderful story which we built into an exhibition at the Electro Studios on Seaside Road

Our brochure for the exhibition is here, just click

There is also a history of West St Leonards on the 1066online.com site, just click

Nature on our doorstep

The western side of West St Leonards is bounded by the Combe Valley Countryside Park:

Management of the park is under the Combe Valley Countryside Park CIC,  click here for their website

And for the Friends of Combe Valley

Combe Valley Country Park

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The Bull Inn

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West St. Leonards Coast

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West St. Leonards Station

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