TQ8109 : Hastings Station Plaza Site
taken 14 years ago, near to Hastings, East Sussex, England
The Hastings Station Plaza is a new development built on the former site of the station goods yard, situated next to Hastings station.
The site includes a 22,000 sq ft University building (opened January 2010), NHS health centre (May 2010) and new apartments (awaiting construction).
NHS Hastings and Rother invested over £16 million in the construction of the Station Plaza Health Centre.
The railway first came to Hastings in 1851. A V-shape station building was originally built allow two competing railway companies to operate with 2 platforms each. This building was replaced with a neo-Georgian style building in 1931, which was subsequently replaced in 2004 with a glass station building.
Hastings is about 1h 45min journey to central London via the Hastings Line.