WORLD WOMEN’S DAY AT SMUGGLERS ADVENTURE Smugglers Adventure is hosting a week long event in honour of World Women’s Day on Wednesday March 8th. The event will run from Saturday the 4th of March until Sunday the 12th. Activities include an informative trail and quiz for visitors to take part in. Women played a very … Continued
Hastings Castle will be choc-ful of eggs as part of a fun Easter hunt on Saturday April 15th from 10am. Hundreds of chocolate eggs are set to be hidden around the grounds and castle and children will have the tasty task of tracking them all down. The event debuted in 2016 and after an … Continued
Organisers of a special ‘Torchlight Tour’ through the caves and caverns of Smugglers Adventure in Hastings say it proved so popular in 2016 they are staging more tours throughout 2017. The tours, which run from 5pm-6pm and must be booked in advance, offer a spooky and highly atmospheric insight into the history of the underground … Continued
Tomorrow (Saturday 18th Feb) we have local writer Fiona Cullen-Skowronski doing a book reading of her paperback ‘The Smuggler’s Caves’ here at Smugglers Adventure between 1pm-3pm. Copies of the book are available for purchase during this time. Please note that copies can only be purchased in cash. “Jack spends a lot of time in the … Continued
Hastings Castle has announced plans for a busy programme of events and activities for 2017. The historic attraction will be staging a series of exciting initiatives throughout the year as part of a major events calendar. Among the new activities will be an open air cinema, Medieval Weekends, themed historical events, Dragon Day, Teddy Bears’ … Continued
Notorious smuggler ‘Hairy Jack’ will be leading the celebrations as Smugglers Adventure re-opens for a new season during the February Half Term Holidays (February 11th-19th). Younger visitors are invited to follow ‘Hairy Jack’s trail through the underground caverns, passages and tunnels on a voyage back through time to the heyday of smuggling. There will also … Continued
Smugglers Adventure was transformed into a horrifying scene from the ‘Walking Dead’ as part of its Halloween celebrations. The West Hill attraction hosted a terrifying ‘Zombie Apocalypse Halloween Fright Night’ event at the weekend. Staff and volunteers took on the role of a marauding horde of the undead which had been let loose in the … Continued
Two of Hastings’ most popular visitor attractions are getting in a mischievous mood for a horribly entertaining Halloween half term. Running from Monday, October 24th to Monday, October 31st visitors to both Smugglers Adventure and Hastings Blue Reef Aquarium will be able to join in ghostly goings-on and spooky trails. Blue Reef are running a … Continued
Hastings Castle will once again resound to the clash of knights in armour as part of a commemoration of the 950th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings next weekend (October 15th-16th). Members of the Medieval Siege Society will be taking visitors back in time to the Middle Ages with a series of re-enactments, skirmishes and … Continued
The subterranean caverns and passages of Smugglers Adventure are set to be over-run by the living dead as part of a terrifying ‘Zombie Apocalypse Halloween Fright Night’ event on Saturday, October 29th at 6pm. Described by organisers as ‘extremely scary’ and featuring live, or at least undead, actors, the event is designed specifically for adults … Continued
