Sports

Hastings has opportunities for sports spectators and participants.

Personal fitness and participation sports

Many people choose to keep fit by running along the promenade, where you'll usually be refreshed by the wind in at least one direction. If you have more time, the walks or bike rides along the dramatic coast or further inland into picturesque Sussex can be enjoyable as well.

You can also keep fit in a range of other ways, including:

• Freedom Leisure sports centre
• Kinetika gym, which offers a discount to students
• Sea sport clubs offering a range of leisure opportunities including sailboarding, rowing, dinghy racing, surfing and windsurfing.

Spectator sports in Hastings

You can also support a range of spectator sports right on your doorstep in Hastings:

• The Hastings half marathon is one of the most highly rated half marathons in the country, often attracting stars of the running world who use it as an early season test due to its timing in the running calendar and its hilly, challenging course. Many local people take part in this event for charity. Read more about the Hastings half marathon.
• Hastings has its own local football club, Hastings United FC. Local football matches can be lively, engaging affairs and the players, coaches and officials may well hear you when you shout your advice from the touchline... read more about Hastings United FC.
• Horntye Park is home to Hastings and St Leonards Priory Cricket Club, The South Saxons Hockey Club and Hastings Town 2000 FC.