Editing Bexhill-on-Sea (section)

== Culture ==
In 2013, the BBC conducted a survey into 'Englishness'. The results of this survey for the [[Rother District|Rother area]], in which Bexhill is found, revealed that 68% of people living in Rother were 'proud to be English' - 11% above the national average of 57%.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-44142843|title=How proud is your area of being English?|date=2018-06-03|access-date=2019-05-27|archive-date=29 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190429090400/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-44142843|url-status=live}}</ref>

Bexhill also holds the [[world record]] for the greatest number of mermaids in one area (325), a feat achieved in September 2017 at the annual 'Festival of the Sea'.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.euronews.com/2017/09/04/british-mermaids-break-world-record|title=British mermaids break world record|date=2017-09-04|website=euronews|access-date=2019-05-27|archive-date=27 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527095934/https://www.euronews.com/2017/09/04/british-mermaids-break-world-record|url-status=live}}</ref> The town also held the record for the largest [[Charleston (dance)|Charleston]] dance, which took place as part of the 'Bexhill Roaring 20s' festival, formerly held every summer, though it was overtaken by [[Shrewsbury]] in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discoverbexhill.com/articles/bexhill-roaring-20s-2017|title=Bexhill Roaring 20s 2017 - A Fitting Finale?|website=www.discoverbexhill.com|access-date=2019-05-27|archive-date=27 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527095933/https://www.discoverbexhill.com/articles/bexhill-roaring-20s-2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/largest-charleston-dance|title=Largest Charleston dance|website=Guinness World Records|access-date=2019-05-27|archive-date=14 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514135658/https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/largest-charleston-dance|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Cultural references===

* In the semi-autobiographical Thai novel ''Lakhon Haeng Chiwit'' or ''The Circus of Life'', written by HSH Prince Arkartdamkeung Rapheephat in 1929, the Victoria House on Middlesex Rd., Bexhill-on-Sea was once the residence of Prince Arkartdamkeung.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thebexhillhistorytrail.wordpress.com/2015/01/15/05-victoria-house-middlesex-road/|title=(05) Victoria House, Middlesex Road|date=15 January 2015|access-date=22 February 2017|archive-date=23 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170223045057/https://thebexhillhistorytrail.wordpress.com/2015/01/15/05-victoria-house-middlesex-road/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* In the [[Agatha Christie]] novel ''[[The A.B.C. Murders]]'', the second murder is committed in Bexhill-on-Sea.
* In the 2006 film ''[[Children of Men]]'', Bexhill-on-Sea is the site of Bexhill Refugee Camp, a notorious and violent [[internment camp]] for [[illegal immigrants]].
* The ''[[Goon Show]]'' episode "[[The Dreaded Batter Pudding Hurler (of Bexhill-on-Sea)]]".
*Bexhill is referenced in the film production of ''[[Another Country (1984 film)|Another Country]]''.
*[[Derek Malcolm]] writes of his time in Bexhill in his autobiography ''Family Secrets''.
* The 2012 song "[[Sovereign Light Café]]" by English alternative rock band [[Keane (band)|Keane]] was written with inspiration drawn from Bexhill-on-Sea, where the café is located in real life.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17310047 |title=BBC News - Keane to start world tour in Bexhill-on-Sea |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |date=2012-03-09 |access-date=2019-07-11 |archive-date=25 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925155118/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17310047 |url-status=live }}</ref> The music video was also filmed in Bexhill-on-Sea.
* The 2020 film ''[[Six Minutes to Midnight]]'' is set in, and inspired by events in, Bexhill-on-Sea.