This weekend I visited a few of Eastbourne’s hotels and guesthouses with great Conference and meeting facilities. Each venue offers different capacities, styles and budget to suit. All are easy to find, either on, or just off the seafront in this sunny south coast location.

Chatsworth Hotel, part of The Lions Hotel group with 4 hotels offering 12 function and banqueting rooms accommodating 10 - 180 guests.

The Afton Hotel, Opposite Eastbourne Pier, a great central location. The Afton Hotel prides itself on being able to cater for any function of any type for numbers of between 16 - 160 people theatre style.

The Hydro Hotel has 4 venues available for your meeting ranging from 10 - 120 delegates.

The Langham Hotel with Two meeting / conference rooms. The West Dean Suite can accommodate 70 delegates theatre style, and 20 boardroom style.The Devonshire Suite seats 8 delegates boardroom style, or can be used as a small dining room or breakout room from the West Dean Suite.

Ivydene a privately run 4 star guest house, able to cater for up to 26 persons, with use of their lounge bar & restaurant, and 14 en-suite bedrooms.

Waterside, Boutique Hotel and Restaurant. Depending on the size of your conference, they offer exclusive venue hire, including use of the hotel's 20 luxury guest suites as well as their lounge bar & restaurant.

All venues come highly recommended, and well worth a visit, either for business or pleasure when using this seaside town.