The Eastbourne Heritage Centre is a small museum with exhibits of local history. It makes a great introduction for anyone visiting Eastbourne for the first time.
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What to see at the Eastbourne Heritage Centre
The Eastbourne Heritage Centre has three floors of exhibits about the local history of Eastbourne and the surrounding area.
It shows how the town developed and the influence of the railway and there is an exhibition showing the development of Eastbourne as a Victorian seaside resort. There is also an exhibit about the current development plans for the Devonshire Quarter.
There is a small cinema on the lower ground floor which shows films about Eastbourne.
Visiting the Eastbourne Heritage Centre
The Eastbourne Heritage Centre is across the road from the Winter Garden in the Devonshire Quarter just a short walk south of the town centre. Several of Eastbourne’s seaside hotels are located nearby as are several other points of interest nearby including the Eastbourne Lifeboat Museum and the Towner Art Gallery, which are both just a two-minute walk away. It is a 13-minute walk to the railway station.
Admission costs £3 and your entry ticket allows for a return visit within 28 days so you can come back to see more of the cinema programme.
It is open three days per week during the summer season but opening hours are limited during the rest of the year.
Wheelchair access is not available at this museum.
Most visitors spend between one and two hours here.
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