Bexhill

Bexhill: De la Warr Pavilion

Bexhill, also called Bexhill-on-Sea, town, Rother district, administrative county of East Sussex, historic county of Sussex, southeastern England. It lies on the English Channel, just west of Hastings.

The coastal resort dates from the 1880s, but the old village inland on the cliff top is built around its ancient parish church. A central feature of the resort area is the De la Warr Pavilion, built in the mid-1930s by Bauhaus architects Erich Mendelsohn and Serge Chermayeff. There is an annual music festival. Pop. (2001) 39,451; (2011) 42,369.