Hastings (gbr)

Hastings

Hastings ranks 1,438th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Culiacán, Corfu, and Savona. Memorable people born in Hastings include Winifred Wagner, Marianne North, and Grey Owl. Memorable people who died in Hastings include Aleister Crowley, Elizabeth Blackwell, and Edmund Cartwright. Hastings has been the birth place of many soccer players, and musicians and the death place of many occultists, and physicians. Hastings is located in United Kingdom.

Hastings is a seaside town and borough in East Sussex on the south coast of England, 24 mi (39 km) east of Lewes and 53 mi (85 km) south east of London. The town gives its name to the Battle of Hastings, which took place 8 mi (13 km) to the north-west at Senlac Hill in 1066. It later became one of the medieval Cinque Ports. In the 19th century, it was a popular seaside resort, as the railway allowed tourists and visitors to reach the town. Today, Hastings is a popular seaside resort and is still a fishing port with the UK's largest beach-based fishing fleet. Its estimated population was 91,100 in 2021. Read more on Wikipedia