Bexhill-On-Sea, East Sussex, England
Created | Updated Mar 14, 2002
Bexhill-On-Sea has a population of roughly…well actually it's impossible to measure the population of Bexhill-On-Sea because it is changing far to rapidly for anyone to count it. It can be described briefly in the following sentence:
Eastbourne is where elderly couples move to to be near their parents in Bexhill-On-Sea.
Despite being the wrinkly capital of the south east of England Bexhill is actually quite interesting. Eddie Izzard grew up there (the Boots the Chemist in Sackville Road was the scene of Eddie's famous shoplifting incident)
There is a theatre on the seafront called the De La Warr Pavilion, which is a listed building owing to the fact that it is a fine example of 1920s/30s architecture. Eddie Izzard began his "World Tour" there in October 1998 and is starting his 1999 UK tour there later this year.
Spike Milligan was stationed in Bexhill during the war and Warmington-On-Sea (the fictitious village in the situation comedy "Dad's Army") was supposedly just down the coast from Bexhill. There are numerous mentions of Bexhill in the show.
Bexhill is situated just a mile away from William of Normandy's landing site. He invaded England in 1066 and Bexhill is just ten miles from the site of the first Norman Abbey. This was built by the victorious William after the battle of Hastings (which was actually fought fifteen miles in-land from Hastings at Battle; it wasn't called Battle then of course, it was called " "). It was at the bottom of the famous hill at " " that William pretended to be dead and feigned a retreat that brought Harold's army down the hill to certain death.
So in short Bexhill is full of old people and is just a few miles away from some slightly interesting historical sites.
Visit now to avoid disappointment.
Eastbourne is where elderly couples move to to be near their parents in Bexhill-On-Sea.
Despite being the wrinkly capital of the south east of England Bexhill is actually quite interesting. Eddie Izzard grew up there (the Boots the Chemist in Sackville Road was the scene of Eddie's famous shoplifting incident)
There is a theatre on the seafront called the De La Warr Pavilion, which is a listed building owing to the fact that it is a fine example of 1920s/30s architecture. Eddie Izzard began his "World Tour" there in October 1998 and is starting his 1999 UK tour there later this year.
Spike Milligan was stationed in Bexhill during the war and Warmington-On-Sea (the fictitious village in the situation comedy "Dad's Army") was supposedly just down the coast from Bexhill. There are numerous mentions of Bexhill in the show.
Bexhill is situated just a mile away from William of Normandy's landing site. He invaded England in 1066 and Bexhill is just ten miles from the site of the first Norman Abbey. This was built by the victorious William after the battle of Hastings (which was actually fought fifteen miles in-land from Hastings at Battle; it wasn't called Battle then of course, it was called " "). It was at the bottom of the famous hill at " " that William pretended to be dead and feigned a retreat that brought Harold's army down the hill to certain death.
So in short Bexhill is full of old people and is just a few miles away from some slightly interesting historical sites.
Visit now to avoid disappointment.
