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Rock-a-Nore is an urban area of
HastingsHastings is a town and borough in the county of East Sussex on the south coast of England. The town is located east of the county town of Lewes and south east of London, and has an estimated population of 86,900....
, stretching from the
Old TownHastings Old Town is an area in Hastings roughly corresponding to the extent of the town prior to the nineteenth century. It lies mainly within the eastern-most valley of the current town...
area along Rock-a-Nore Road between the cliffs and the beach (
The StadeThe Stade is a shingle beach, situated in Hastings Old Town. It has been used for beaching boats for over a thousand years, a use which continues to this day: it is now home to Europe's largest fleet of beach-launched fishing boats....
). Its name was officially adopted in 1859 and derives from a former building "lyinge to the Mayne Rock against the north".
Rock-a-Nore contains the Blue Reef Aquarium, the Fisherman's Museum, and the
East Hill LiftEast Hill Cliff Railway, or East Hill Lift, is a funicular railway located in the English seaside town of Hastings. It provides access to Hastings Country Park via the East Hill, which overlooks the Old Town and Rock-a-Nore, an area to the east of Hastings...
, and borders
the StadeThe Stade is a shingle beach, situated in Hastings Old Town. It has been used for beaching boats for over a thousand years, a use which continues to this day: it is now home to Europe's largest fleet of beach-launched fishing boats....
, with its net shops.