Why the Coastal Culture Trail should be your next UK weekend break
The IndependentSign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. I’m at the Towner Eastbourne art gallery, the start of the Coastal Culture Trail, an 18-mile bike-or-hike route tracking the East Sussex shore. open image in gallery Towner Eastbourne is at the start of the Coastal Culture Trail And though I meet no one else walking the trail the whole weekend, its popularity is probably about to peak. open image in gallery Hastings Contemporary is hosting an exhibition featuring the works of painters Chaïm Soutine and Leon Kossoff Passing Eastbourne Pier and the 1930s bandstand, “the busiest on the planet” with more than 140 live events each year, we reach the city limits, heading to Sovereign Harbour, a marina complex with swaying yachts and a retail-restaurant development. open image in gallery Eastbourne is a quintessential British seaside town Despite the wind and grey overhead, my second day is all music, culture and good food.
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