Sovereign Harbour Marina
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Great place for a walk on the flat and to see a lot of boats of all shapes and sizes in the marina. Good choice of eating places at the end of your walk.
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Many dozens of yachts and cruisers are berthed here. You can walk round the main part of the harbour, including crossing the lock gates between marina and sea. The lock gates open on the hour and half hour for boats to come and go. Plenty on restaurants and cafes on the Waterfront. Harbour tours by boat.
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Frequently brought our boat here. Very easy to get into - staff very helpful - and probably the most luxurious marina showers I've ever experienced!
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What a lovely surprise going there was, certainly worth a visit, would like to retire in one of the beautiful apartments. Plenty of places to eat inside and out. If you go there look out for the Seal which lives in the lock and goes out to sea during the day
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the last time we were here was 18 years ago. Lots of changes but for the good. Nice to walk around, taking pics or let the world past by.
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For someone who appreciates Boats and Ships like I do, as well as having a passion for photography, then this is like a grown-ups fun park.
Lines with restaurants and shops, you have to plan for at least half a day when wandering around this wonderful location.
Lines with restaurants and shops, you have to plan for at least half a day when wandering around this wonderful location.
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beautiful place to visit, they have great restaurants bars shops etc and great views and a nice place for a walk or boat trip i took my son on the boat tour around the harbour and we loved it and it was very informative we also love watching the gates to the sea/harbour entrance for the boats.
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If you are planning to eat at one of the many restaurants on offer here then be sure to book your table in advance, or when you arrive. We found it to be very busy everywhere, a hive of activity, the retailers must have been extremely pleased that day, as every shop and food outlet was buzzing. There is outside eating where you can people watch or become absorbed with the sights of the crafts bobbing about in the marina.There is a cinema and several retail outlets to please all tastes. Although the car park is large it soon fills up as it feeds so many businesses.
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Having found a brochure for the marina at our holiday accommodation, we decided to visit one wet and windy Friday at the end of our stay. We had driven past the outskirts of the housing development in this area but did not know quite what to expect with regards the marina itself. It is fair to say we were left disappointed by the restaurants and shops, having been led to believe it was an international tourist destination. Maybe it would be better appreciated on a nice sunny day in the height of the season as there were not many yachts or anything of major interest to view.
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It is a Marina, not much to say really, water and a bunch of yachts moored up. Very few shops , one large one selling tourist tat and a couple of resturants. Will be very nice on a very sunny day which we did not have, rain as usual this year.
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Goood selection of place s to eat and drink from a chippy to an upmarket Thai restaurant, probably the best on the south coast. Simply Italian is very family friendly, the Harvester pub warm, cosy and very well staffed with young waiters and waitresses who are attentive and efficient. £4,99 all day for a meal is pretty unbelievable these days! Recpmmend De Leitos coffee shop and sandwich bar, who do an excellent all day full English breakfast, there is also a wine bar that does food and Pablos for latino food lovers, and thats just on the ground floor of the Waterfront complex. Don't miss a stroll through Bright Ideas to browse art and craft nick nacks of good quality for your interior decor gifts. They do great cards too and costume jewellery, chocolates and have a posh frocks annex called magenta if you are in to nice bags and shoes and bridesmaids or ball gowns...its an Ali Baba's cave. Nearby Yacht Club welcomes visitors. Walk around the harbour perimeter and watch the boats come and go through the sea locks on the half hour. Look down on the catch as fishing boats return. The whole area is wheelchair friendly with ramps and bridges that lift to let ships through. Check out the RNLI boat station, on the window facing the outer harbour you will see posted details of the most recent call outs. Drop a few coins in the money box, they need our support. Sunday mornings they usually have a training exercise from 10 till midday. There are 4 harbours in all: South harbour, West Harbour, North harbour and the central main basin in fron t of the pub. As well as the tidal outer harbour. Easiest access from the free carpark near Asda off Pevensey Road. Drive in past the carwash to a mini roundabout and take first exit straight across into the carpark in front of the yacht club. Free clean toilets next to the small security cabin at the boatyard maintenance area by the chandlers shop.
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plenty of yatchs to look at. The shops were very expensive. The harvester was full of locals, not room for visitors to sit.
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Loved it, plenty to see, very interesting watching the boats coming in and out of the Harbour, and loved the sea views.
Peaceful and quiet.Ideal place to retire to.
Peaceful and quiet.Ideal place to retire to.
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If you have someone in your family who likes to see boats this is the place for you. Lots of them. But not many of them moving! There's a Harvester, several other restaurants such as Thai and Italian, gift shops and chandlers. But nowhere really nice. And nothing much to see. If you want a quick meal after a trip to the Asda round the corner then it is OK - this is what the customers in the Harvester look like. There is the odd well-heeled boat owner around having a meal and a drink, but they look a bit out of place in the rather downmarket cafe area.
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You can stroll around and look at all the boats, eat, drink and shop here -there's a branch of Asda, Next, Boots etc in the 'Crunbles' shopping centre right next door as well as some cutesy shops in the Harbour itself.
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Good variety of quality restaurants available from traditional English and cheap at the Harvester through to Thai, Indian and Italian. As a resident of Eastbourne I often go wih my wife and take my pick! Pablo's is my current favourite.
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I decided to stop off on my way from Eastbourne to Hastings - and I'm glad I did. Whilst the area is a new development which includes shops, restaurants a marina/basins and housing it is tastefully done and well worth a hour or two. Check out 'Bright Ideas' a jewelry/gift/clothes shop.
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Lovely network of harbours with interesting boats moored and loads of properties around the complex. Pleasant walk along the bank of Langley Point.
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Location, locaton, location! During the day a pretty place to relaxing and take a to stroll. We enjoyed an meal in a small restaurant in the evening.
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Sovereign Harbour is a huge rather attractive marina, which unfortunately seems to be somewhat lacking in bars and restaurants. The rather small Waterfront complex is where the restaurants and bars are located, the restaurant that looked the most interesting to us was called Thai Marina (only found out its name when we got the bill as the awning hides it and there was nothing on the menu but a logo as far as I could see). I would actually go out of my way to visit the Thai Marina Restaurant, as it is one of the best Thai's I know (booking essential). The Marina itself is interesting to walk around, it's a pleasant walk from Eastbourne along the sea front (30 minutes approx).
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We last visited the harvester for my Mothers birthday in August we always visit here as my mum likes the food alot, reasonably priced, quick service and is wheelchair accessible. My mum has a walker and cant walk that far to the salad bar so each time the staff ensure we have a table right opposite the salad bar and have a space to fit my mums walker in. The salad is always fresh, and the rolls, the food is always hot and tastes really nice. My brother is a picky eater so they always do the best they can with his meals, everytime we go to the harvester it is constantly busy and sometimes have to wait on busiest evenings but worth the wait. The only downside is that the toilets do need a refurb
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We visited the Marina whilst staying in Eastbourne. When we arrived we took a short walk around then decided to take the boat trip round the Marina. We learnt a lot about what was there before the Marina, the Marina itself, some of the boats there & the gorgeous houses and apartments (I need to win the lottery!) We also saw some Cormorants on one of the jettys. If you look into the water in front of the restaurants you should see Grey Mullet swimming close to the surface. We ate at the Harvester there, great service and the good food and it was lovely to sit outside on a sunny day. Thoroughly recommend!
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Walked down the front from Eastbourne Pier all the way down to the Harbour, which we found fascinating; especially the boats entering and leaving through the newly built lock system.
We walked all the way round the outside of the harbour and popped into one of the two pubs for a well-earned drink, as we seemed to have walked a very long way on a very hot day.
We walked all the way round the outside of the harbour and popped into one of the two pubs for a well-earned drink, as we seemed to have walked a very long way on a very hot day.
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You can walk around the marina which is interesting. Lots of large shops with large car park nearby. Good range of restaurants. Cinema complex.
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Lovely place to walk and browse. Did not know this area before and enjoyed walking around and looking at all the sites.
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