Shear Barn Holidays and Touring

It's about half an hour's walk from the site to the East Hill Cliff Railway or East Hill Lift, for views from the funicular as it descends to Hastings Old Town. Wander around the Old Town's shops, cafés and pubs from here, then have a stroll along the prom a couple of minutes' walk away to the shingle beach and renovated Hastings Pier. Shear Barn is on the edge of Hastings Country Park for miles' worth of walks and bike rides along its 853 acres of woodland, cliffs, grassland and meadow. Wildlife watching is plentiful around here as the park is a Site of Special Scientific Interest, and the views from the clifftops are spectacular, of the coastline from Beachy Head to Dungeness and on clear days as far as Folkestone and the northern coast of France. Other outdoor options nearby include cycling around the 13-mile network of tracks of Bedgebury Forest, or windsurfing, rowing, canoeing, sailing and fishing for pike and trout at Bewl Water; both are within 45 minutes' drive. A mile-high sandstone crag to clamber is at Harrison's Rocks, around an hour's drive from the park.