St Leonards is about another 5 minutes along the coast after Hastings and has some of East Sussex's most civilized antiques shops and stylish cafes, all on one street called Norman Road. There are two good places we at the Ship can personally recommend to eat / have coffee down there - one is a michelin starred restaurant called st clements, the other is a cafe called The Little Larder. Visit
thenormanroad.co.uk for more information on 'the Portobello of East Sussex' don't you know...