Watch: Video special - exploring newly re-opened Hastings Pier and what it has to offer

Name: Visiting Hastings Pier, in East Sussex, over the Easter weekend, and trying out the new bar
Uploaded: 2023-04-08T14:09:32.000Z
Duration: 124 s
Description: The pier was closed for around 6 months but now a new leaseholder has taken over and there's lots exciting plans ahead. The full story can be read here:

Observer photographer Justin Lycett went along to Hastings pier over the Easter weekend to discover what is happening there.

By Andy Hemsley

Published 10th Apr 2023, 12:00 BST

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There is a lot going on with two new restaurants set to open this month and a new bar already open. Exciting events are being planned for the summer months too. Watch this video of Justin’s impressions.

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