​A narrow back street and service road, West Street is set in the Old Town conservation area of Hastings.

Unlike its immediate surroundings and despite a prominent location (one road back from the seafront, parallel to the main Old Town shopping street) West Street and its history has been largely ignored. 

A group of local residents, artists and businesses formed the West Street Community Group to dig into West Street's past. In November 2017 we were awarded £10,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund for a year-long project to research and celebrate the street and £5,000 from Arts Council England to run a weekend of performances and events on and around the street.