Hastings Pier

[walshy]

Just a quick question, iv heard that hastings pier has been closed is this true and if so where is good for a beginner to go in hastings (im completley new to sea fishing and need some help lol). if someone is in the hastings area and fancies going out from the 6th to 18th then please gimme a messgae as i want to learn, thanks for all your help.

[asp383]

they keep talking about closing the pier (have been for over 10 years that i know of!) if this is true, it may be just for winter as hastings is more of a summer town. but i've seen loads fishing down old town, by rock n ore car park & behind underwater world.or failing that, try pevansey, that's a good spot, my brothers favorite spot, but he does fish along the coast.
hope this is of help to you mate.

[ABUMAD]

Hi Mate i went to hastings last year and the pier had been closed because it was unsafe, there was only the front bit open but ive read since that even that bit is now closed other than that im sorry i cant help.But tight lines anyway.

[asp383]

i was down hastings with my mrs & lil'un the presvious week & noticed it still closed.
when chatting with my mum after we got back, she said the owners claim they don't have enough funds, the council should pay & they should get grants & that the stall holders must pay towards it as well.
the council says it's privately owned, so it's not their responsibility & it's down to the owners & stall holders to pay for it & ask for grants (guess lottery, english herataige etc).
stall holders claim their rent includes maintenance allowance.
& so it goes round in a never ending circle untill the pier ends up like brightons west pier ... a wreck & eyesore, which is a shame as i think hastings is much nicer than any of the other sussex seaside towns.
as we've seen from newhaven, the harbour breakwater & beach are closed off because it's cheaper for newhaven port authorities (i believe it is that own both) to close it off than repair the steps to the beach & breakwater , which has seen the small shop & go-kart area behind the carpark close up & move.

[nightriderm]

Hi,I am from Hastings and yes the pier is closed and will be for the foreseeable future it seems,only beach fishing now and I am told that it's not very good here anymore(but this is only what I am told).Most anglers now congregate along the far end of the old town at Rockanore.