About

Alexandra Park has had a Green Flag Award since 2005. It lies within a valley and as such is long and linear. It starts flat and progressively goes up hill towards the north of the town of Hastings.

The park is famed for its arboretum (tree collection) as it has one of the best collections of trees in Britain. Many of the large and beautiful trees in the park are regarded as 'champions'. Find out more in the Tree Walk leaflet.

It is Hastings' largest formal park at 44 hectares (109 acres) stretching for 2.5 miles through the heart of the town. It consists of the lower formal gardens and the more wild northern wooded areas.

Within the park, there are some large bodies of water. In the Victorian times, these were used to supply fresh water to the growing population of Hastings and St Leonards.

Now course fishing is permitted just in Harmers Pond and Buckshole Reservoir, which is managed by the Hastings, Bexhill and District Freshwater Angling Association.
The other ponds are wildlife areas.