Fairlight Glen is the only place between Hastings and Pett Level where you can get down to the seashore, though the crumbling cliffs make it slightly perilous. Your reward is a long curving pebble beach backed by high wooded cliffs that has a wild and secluded air unlike any in the south east. For this reason, it is also popular with naturists.
- The path down to the beach takes some finding. The turning off the coast path is in a wooded gully in the second major dip in the cliffs when coming from Hastings, at a point where the path crosses a stream. The path is no longer fenced off, but a sign warns you that you use it at your own risk. Use your own judgement here, as this is an unstable coast where landslips often happen, but the naturists that use this beach usually keep a route open, often with ropes or steps to help you down the steeper bits.
- Except at very low tide you have to navigate your way across underwater boulders to get into the sea. This is easier at high tide than at mid-states of the tide. At low tide you can usually just walk beyond the rocks to a sandy beach beyond, but you then have to go further out to find a good depth of water for swimming.
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