Editing Hastings (section)

===Shopping and retail===
[[File:Entrance to Kings Walk, Priory Meadow Shopping Centre, Hastings - geograph.org.uk - 1197474.jpg|thumb|left|Entrance to Kings Walk, Priory Meadow Shopping Centre]]
Hastings main shopping centre is [[Priory Meadow Shopping Centre]], which was built on the site of the old [[Central Recreation Ground]] which played host to some [[Sussex County Cricket Club|Sussex CCC]] [[first-class cricket|first-class]] fixtures, and cricketing royalty such as Dr. [[W. G. Grace]] and Sir [[Don Bradman]]. The centre houses 56 stores and covers around 420,000&nbsp;ft<sup>2</sup>. Further retail areas in the town centre include Queens Road, Wellington Place and Robertson Street.

[[File:Lacuna Place on Havelock Rd, Hastings, East Sussex.jpg|thumb|right|Lacuna Place by Proctor and Matthews Architects,<ref>{{cite web |title=Opening of Lacuna Place set to create jobs for Hastings |url=http://www.hastingsobserver.co.uk/news/local/opening-of-lacuna-place-set-to-create-jobs-for-hastings-1-1450744 |publisher=[[Hastings & St. Leonards Observer]] |date=24 September 2008 |access-date=28 January 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202225721/http://www.hastingsobserver.co.uk/news/local/opening-of-lacuna-place-set-to-create-jobs-for-hastings-1-1450744 |archive-date=2 February 2014 }}</ref> where the SAGA offices are based]]
There are plans to expand the retail area in Hastings, which includes expanding Priory Meadow and creating more retail space as part of the Priory Quarter development. Priory was intended to have a second floor added to part of the retail area, which has not happened yet and so far only office space has been created as part of the Priory Quarter.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hastingsobserver.co.uk/news/local-news/priory_meadow_shops_to_grow_1_1442559|title=Priory Meadow shops to grow|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003043924/http://www.hastingsobserver.co.uk/news/local-news/priory_meadow_shops_to_grow_1_1442559|archive-date=3 October 2011}}</ref>