North's Seat, on the edge of Hastings Country Park, is the highest point in Hastings and on a clear day you can see the coast of France with the naked eye! But bring your glasses, JIC.
Meet on The Stables steps at 10.30. (Top end of The Bourne - buses include 20, 20A, 344, 100 to Lydd)
North's Seat was erected by Marianne North in honour and memory of her father, Frederick North who was MP for Hastings in the mid nineteenth century. Marianne was born in October 1830 and she lived in Hastings with her father (her mother died when Marianne was a child) until 1869. She cultivated the garden and greenhouses at their house in Old London Road: she loved plants. She was also an accomplished painter and musician and with her father lived a cultured, comfortable life full of artistic activity and associations. (There is a Marianne North Gallery at Kew.)
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