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Hastings Country Park is an 853-acre coastal nature reserve with a unique mosaic of habitats.

08/11/2026

A fantastic Parasol fungi shot taken by Leo, one of the Lookerers (he checks the welfare of the Exmoor ponies) in Hastings Country Park Nature Reserve.

If you have any good photos from your walks in the Reserve, send them to [email protected] and we'll try and put them on our socials so everyone can appreciate them.

08/11/2026

Join us in the cosy surroundings of the Bale House Visitor Centre for a spot of lunch today!

We have a tasty selection to warm your cockles...and why not follow lunch with a walk on the Firehills, a stunning lowland heath with views all the way over to France on a clear day!

07/11/2026

Fancy coming for a walk in Hastings Country Park Nature Reserve? We will be doing an accessible walk on 23rd November & 7th December, meeting at the Bale House Visitor Centre at 10.30am.
There will be plenty of rest stops along the way, so if you would like to get out and about with other people, please come along. The walk will be followed by a hot drink and biscuits at the Bale House.

If you would like to come along, please contact [email protected] or call on 07849 095 129.

Everyone welcome!

These walks are funded by Sport England with thanks to the Friends of Hastings Country Park Nature Reserve.

07/11/2026

Join us at the cosy Bale House Visitor Centre in Hastings Country Park Nature Reserve for lunch today. Jacket potatoes, selection of toasties, soup and sourdough plus pastries, pasties and delicious cake.

06/11/2026

Thanks to this lovely lot for coming along today to help scythe and rake the wildflower meadow at one of the entrances to Hastings Country Park Nature Reserve.

If you'd like to come and join in next week or with Conservation Volunteer sessions in the future, please contact [email protected] or call 07849 095 129 for more information.

No experience is needed, all tools, gloves and refreshments are provided. Adults only.

06/11/2026

Lunch @ the Bale House...come and warm up after your walk @ the Bale House and have a spot of lunch, a hot drink and some cake. We have jacket potatoes, homemade soup, toasties, pastries & pasties, cakes etc.

Yummy!

05/11/2026

Join Hastings Country Park Conservation Volunteers tomorrow at 10:30am-1pm for a morning of wildflower meadow scything and raking. it's going to be cloudy, but no rain so come along if you fancy coming along.

All tools, gloves, hot drinks and biscuits are provided. A parking permit can be provided for the session or bus details can be emailed to you.

We also do a Saturday session once a month, the next one is on Saturday 14th November at the same time.

Please contact Jill on 07849 095 129 or email [email protected] for more information.

05/11/2026

Brrrrr it's getting chilly! Come in from the cold and have a cuppa & cake in the cosy Bale House Visitor Centre cafe on Lower Coastguard Lane.

Whilst you're here have a browse in our shop....we have some great (and cheap) children's gifts/ stocking fillers- memory games, stick on tattoos, colouring books, nature journals, bug pots and nets, twig pencils and more! Plus we have a sandpit, lego and colouring table if you want to get out of the house for a bit.

04/11/2026

An interesting sighting next to Hastings Country Park Nature Reserve.....a hoopoe!
They migrate from mainland Europe to spend winter in Africa, and occasionally get blown off course.

Hoopoes are about the size of a mistle thrush, with a pinkish-brown body, striking black and white barred wings, a curved beak and crest on its head.

Thanks to Lawrence from Fairy Tails for being such a great bird spotter!

Address

Hastings Country Park Visitor Centre, Lower Coastguard Lane, Fairlight
Hastings
TN354AD

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 4pm
Tuesday	9am - 4pm
Wednesday	9am - 4pm
Thursday	9am - 4pm
Friday	9am - 4pm
Saturday	9am - 4pm
Sunday	9am - 4pm

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