The Hastings 100^th Anniversary Marathon Race (1908-2008)

Sunday 14^th December 2008. 9.30a.m. Start.

Starting outside Hastings Town Hall, (The Birthplace of Television, opposite where John Logie Baird  sent the first television pictures) close to the original Start in 1908, with our M.P. Michael Foster starting the Event as, his M.P. predecessor Arthur du Cros did in 1908

After nearly two circuits of Town centre(in 1908 they did three circuits of Cricket ground),the route heads out of Hastings on Queens Road. For the first three and a half miles the roads will be closed to traffic, but runners should still keep to the left of the roads. The first Drink station is at the three mile point at St. Peter and St. Paul(Parkstone Road) Church. Upon reaching The Ridge(from Hillside Road),turn left and keep to left hand path. Past The Conquest Hospital and The Harrow and along past Queensway junction to when path finishes on left, where you will be directed over road to the path on the right at the 5 mile point. A Lucozade drink station will be at the Bannatynes(Beauport Park) Roundabout. Continue along path by Beauport Park wall, until past the Black Horse Pub Drink Station, where path finishes for  approx. 100 yards. But keep to right of road until path re-starts before Crowhurst Park Bend. Continue along Path until entering the Historic Town of Battle, where you will be directed before roundabout from the right to the left hand side path next to Battle Abbey Wall(The site of the famous ‘Battle of Hastings in 1066’. Watch out for steps at end of wall down to road level. Abbey Green is the 8 mile point and Drink Station organised by Yesterday’s World . Follow through Battle High Street on pathway, past Almonry and Museum, until large roundabout, where you turn left. Keep to left side path,past the Old Battle Workhouse and Claverham School until path stops just before bend in road. Keep to the left side of road round bend and continue to the10 mile point at The Squirrel Pub, Lucozade drink Station. Keep to left of road and turn into road to Catsfield, and keep to left of road until going through a small pathway to main pathway just before the Powdermill Lane Bend/junction. Just before Powdermill Lane Bend, you will be directed over road to pathway on right. Keep to pathway all the way into Catsfield. 12 Mile point and Drink Station at the White Hart Pub. Continue on path until it finishes in dip leading to Ninfield. You will be directed from righthand side of road to the left of the road at a certain point. Reaching Ninfield junction you turn left(Half way),and keep to left hand path where possible, until pathway finishes.

LucozadeDrink station just past 14 miles in Lay By. Keep to left of road until pathway starts again nearing Sidley, and then keep to path again. Into Sidley to 16 mile point drink station at The New Inn Pub. Keep to left path and via into Holliers Hill and past Bexhill Hospital until Tunnel under A.259. As path stops you will be directed to cross road to the right(one way controlled traffic), keep to right into Belle Hill, and follow round to Amhurst Road on right hand path leading to Town Hall. Round past Front of Town Hall and cross over London Road to lead into Terminus Road. Keeping to the right hand path. 18 mile point and drink Station at Dairy Crest in Terminus Road.

Continue into Collington Avenue on right hand path until directed over to Westcourt Drive. Along left hand path of Westcourt Drive until directed over to the right at junction of Cooden Drive. Continue along Cooden Drive on right path until directed over at Beaulieu Road to other side of Cooden Drive. Lucozade Drink station here. Head back on the route on this side of road until entering South Cliff. Keep to right hand path until reaching Bexhill(The Birthplace of Motor Racing) Promenarde. 20 mile Drink station at Kiosk on Prom, just before the Famous De La Warr Pavilion. Continue along Prom until Galley Hill(Famous for Spike Milligan in his War years),down from Galley Hill until the welcome site of the ‘Café on the Beach’ drink station (nearly 22 miles). Take the route over a short piece of Hardened Beach around Glyne Gap and follow track by Railway line. Past the Wreck of the Historic ‘Amsterdam’ and through the Marina Beach Huts to the Hastings Sea Cadets Lucozade drink station at 23/24 miles. From Beach huts you pass into ‘Hastings Half Marathon Territory’ and go past the Start/Finish of the popular Event keeping to Promenarde. Follow Prom,  along past ‘Burton’s St.Leonards(The first purpose built seaside resort), where a Drink station is at The Marina (Azur Restaurant), carry on past Hastings Pier, and then you will be directed under the underpass back to the Town Centre where you started.

First Copy on 25/7/08.  amended 25/9/08.