Editing Hastings (section)

==Landmarks==
[[File:Hastings Castle.jpg|thumb|An aerial view of [[Hastings Castle]]. Also shown St. Mary in the castle, former church completed 1828. The listed building is now a 500-seat auditorium and exhibition venue.]]
[[Hastings Castle]] was built in 1070 by the [[Normans]], four years after the [[Norman conquest of England|Norman invasion]]. It is located on the West Hill, overlooking the town centre and is a Grade I [[listed building]]. Little remains of the castle apart from the arch left from the chapel, part of the walls and dungeons. The nearby [[St. Clements Caves]] are home to the Smugglers Adventure, which features interactive displays relating to the history of smuggling on the south coast of England.

[[Hastings Pier]] can be seen from any part of the seafront in the town. The old pier was opened in 1872, but closed in 2006 following safety concerns from the council. In October 2010, a serious fire burned down most of the buildings on the pier and caused further damage to the structure.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hastings Pier fire extinguished after four days|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-11503280|publisher=BBC News|access-date=5 February 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101129064931/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-11503280|archive-date=29 November 2010|date=8 October 2010}}</ref> However, the pier reopened on 27 April 2016 in modern architectural forms after a £14.2m refurbishment.<ref name="BBC">{{cite news|title=Hastings Pier reopening delayed by a year|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-32330898|publisher=BBC News|access-date=5 February 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150419030217/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-32330898|archive-date=19 April 2015|date=16 April 2015}}</ref> It won the Stirling Prize of the [[Royal Institute of British Architects]] (RIBA)in 2017.<ref>{{cite web |last1=RIBA |title=RIBA Stirling Prize 2017 |url=https://www.architecture.com/awards-and-competitions-landing-page/awards/riba-stirling-prize/riba-stirling-prize-2017 |access-date=24 July 2019 |archive-date=24 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190724225136/https://www.architecture.com/awards-and-competitions-landing-page/awards/riba-stirling-prize/riba-stirling-prize-2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:Marinecourtday.jpg|thumb|left|Marine Court]]
Many church buildings throughout the town are Grade II listed including; [[Church in the Wood, Hollington|Church in the Wood]], Blacklands Parish Church, Ebenezer Particular Baptist Chapel, [[Hastings Fishermen's Museum|Fishermen's Museum]] and [[St Mary Magdalene's Church, St Leonards-on-Sea|St Mary Magdalene's Church]].

On the seafront at St Leonards is [[Marine Court]], a 1938 block of flats in the [[Art Deco]] style that was originally called 'The Ship' due to its style being based on the ocean liner [[RMS Queen Mary|RMS ''Queen Mary'']]. This block of flats can be seen up to {{convert|20|mi|km|abbr=on}} away on a clear day, from Holywell, in the Meads area of [[Eastbourne]].

An important former landmark was "the Memorial", a clock tower commemorating Albert the [[Prince Consort]] which stood for many years at the traffic junction at the town centre, but was demolished following an arson attack in the 1970s.