Smugglers Caves:
Over 200 hundred years ago thousands were involved in dangerous acts of smuggling. Many died in the hand to hand fighting with the customs men. Even rival gangs would resort to murder to protect their patch, and an illegal and deadly industry flourished.

A labyrinth of tunnels, caverns and dark, dank passages hide the secrets of the blood-thirsty age of the smuggler. There are displays, hands-on features, a video theatre and interactive zone, there are dozens of life-size figures of a bygone age of smuggling

Relive the dangers and excitement that faced smugglers and customs men in over an acre of subterranean tunnels and caves.

Smugglers Adventure Caves, St Clements Caves, Hastings
Tel: (01424) 422964 www.smugglersadventure.co.uk

Shipwreck Heritage Centre:
This award winning museum is devoted to the history of wrecked ships. Hastings has one of the richest displays of shipwrecks at low tide in Europe.

An audio-visual presentation tells the story of the ships featured in the display. These include a medieval sailing barge sunk in the Thames at London; the 70-gun English warship Anne beached near Hastings in 1690 during the Battle of Beachy Head; and the Dutch East Indiaman Amsterdam that ran aground at Hastings.

Additional features include radar, weather satellite, push-button videos and Primrose - the last Rye barge.

Shipwreck Heritage Centre Rock A Nore Road, Hastings
Tel: (01424) 437452.

Hastings Castle and the 1066 story:
Forever linked to that famous date in English history, Britain's first Norman Castle was built in 1067 to commemorate William of Normandy's conquest of the British people. Within the castle walls, the 1066 story tells the story of the castle's intriguing and often bloody past.

You can stroll among the castle ruins, explore the dungeons and then enter a medieval siege tent and enjoy the story of the Battle of Hastings told in an audio visual show which takes you from 1066 to WW2 - one thousand years of history.