Hastings Pier

Hastings last lit up the national news in 2010 when its Victorian pier became a raging inferno. The ballroom at the end, where the likes of The Clash, Sex Pistols, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Jimi Hendrix and Pink Floyd once performed, was gutted. Partially funded by the people of Hastings, the pier reopened in recent years as a multipurpose entertainment space with a fish-and-chip shop, stores and vintage funfair rides, but is periodically under new management.