Nestling below the Downs at the west end of Eastbourne Seafront. Two and a quarter kilometres south-west of the pier.
This land passed through the hands of several private owners including The Duke of Devonshire, the Grand Hotel and finally Mrs. Helen Reid Stewart Hornby Lewis after whom the garden is named. Shortly after her death in 1930 the land was conveyed to the council, landscaped and opened to the public in 1935.
In 2012 the garden became nominated as a Queen Elizabeth II Field.
Facilities
Kiosk serving minor refreshments (seasonal)
Toilets
Lawns for informal activities
Children’s playground
Bowls Club
Putting green (Bookable at kiosk.)
Petanque/Boule rink (Bookable at kiosk.)
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