Smugglers Adventure
Tourist attraction Smugglers Adventure, St Clement’s Caves, Hastings TN34 3JJ, United Kingdom:
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Address: St Clement’s Caves, Hastings TN34 3JJ, United Kingdom
Website: smugglersadventure.co.uk
Phone number: +44 1424 422964
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Latitude: 50.8582940Longitude: 0.5899710
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Jonathan Horton
Visited on a wet and windy day. Got there at 10:50 and no queues walked straight in. Different story when we came out with long queue.
A very warm welcome at the entrance, and time made to chat.
Good signage around the cavern, lighting and visual displays added to experience. Maybe a bit dated, but liked the feel and experience. Well organised for Covid with hand sanitiser regularly available. Toilets on site were closed, but we'll aware of this beforehand. A torch might be useful as it is dark in some areas.
Our walk around took just over an hour.
10 months ago
Debo Darkage
Loved this. Underground caves, very dark and a bit cold, a bit scary sometimes, informative. I do recommend to buy a small torch at the entrance, easier to navigate and walk because sometimes, actually really often, you dont see the floor, too dark. So with torch you will know on what terrain you're walking and you'll be aware of every step and uneven surface.
10 months ago
Donald Reynolds
Amazing explore and can be very spooky in the afternoon before closing brilliant place and great staff, a must visit place
2 months ago
Pete Reay
An interesting place to visit; effectively, its a museum built into the old caves and you learn about smugglers. The caves are quite dark, but are lit with coloured lights in places. Our girls (11 and 5) were a bit scared to begin with, but after a while they were excited to move onto the next section to press the button and listen to the voice over tell a story and watch the manikins move. For £36, our family of 4 were entertained for an hour, learnt a bit of history and come away with a souvenir from the shop.
9 months ago
Nic I
Great experience. I grew up in Sussex and went here a couple of times on primary school trips. Took the opportunity to visit over 20 years later whilst on a random trip to Hastings and found it sustained all the nostalgia and atmosphere I recalled from my childhood days. Mixture of educational, spooky, brooding and romantic. Yes, the wax models and exhibitions are old as flagged on here by several reviews by what I suspect are largely young parents with Gen Z/Alpha kids expecting Pirates of the Carribean Disneyland, though this conveys all the gritty romanticism of the era. Love the voice overs. Great charm and storytelling throughout. Keep it up guys!
10 months ago
shaneile keays
not enough kills, if i were there i could of get 20 bomb in 10 sec
1 month ago
Tonia Covington
Great value for money, had a good laugh with partner and 7 year old daughter. Lasted over an hour.
Very cold, take warm top or coat. Bring a torch or you will end up buying one.
Don't park right next to the park as you have to pay. It's free up the road.
2 months ago
Harriet Smith
I lost all of my kids going through here way too BLIMMIN dark to see where the little runts went so I gave up looking and I dont know how to change my Google picture from this CHAV I am disgusted that children aren't marched down on gun point!!
Sincerely, Margritt Bartllit
3 months ago
Bruno Pelliccetti
Shame its not yet open, but had a great time over a year ago when we came down to visit. Children loved it!
1 month ago
Timothy Fowler
Caves are amazing, and interesting to learn about the history. Round quite quickly, about 40 minutes, mainly due to the kids hurtling through as quick as possible. Good rainy day activity. We arrived just before opening time and there was no queue, although reasonable one had formed by time we left.
11 months ago
Sarah Lewis
It look us a while to find smugglers, Google didn't know where to enter. We went right to the top of the hill, overlooking the sea, then phoned them, facing the sea it was on the left side. It was good inside for the children with the figures in different settings. Unfortunately there was no toilets, because of covid-19 they said.
7 months ago
Dallas Furniture
Great place to have a wonder for a good hour. The price I thought was fair considering what's there. Very good on the social distancing measures also. Highly recommended!!
9 months ago
Isaias Santiago
Fun and educational way to spend a few hours, and an even better way to escape from the heat on a hot day. Staff are always super friendly and hairy Jack is quoted daily by me and my partner.
Not sure what it's like when it's busy there at the moment, but was alot of fun when it was quiet.
9 months ago
Vitali Tiessen
A lot of local & south coast smuggler history. If you are visiting Hastings this is a great attraction to see. It doesn't take long to get round the cave tunnels and you'll have a tonne of smuggler facts under your belt.
3 weeks ago
Tom Rowell
I was positively surprised by this attraction. We went there during a very hot day so it was perfect as the caves are colder. Everything was very interesting and also beautiful. We really had a lot of fun there! The only thing was that some displays were closed because of COVID :/ Also the place close quite early so be sure to go there as soon as you can.
11 months ago
Carol Newenham
Awful place . Really run down
Too expensive. And lots of things not open due to covid. Totally understand that covid cant be helped but maybe just a note on your booking page online so we could of made a decision before booking. Just a thought. When I mentioned this to 2 girls in the souvenir shop (after our trip lef us there)they seemed surprised we were not happy and actually laughed a bit. Anyway I'm not a grumpy person and always see the best in things but really come on get things sorted.
Jo x
3 weeks ago
Guido Mintjes
It's really good, informative and interesting but:
- May not be ideal for small kids as it's dark and somewhat spooky, some references to death/ghosts
- the website says there is no one that will jump out at you but towards the end there is a jail cell that is dark which will suddenly come to life and have someone rattling the bars with the lights on, scared my 6 year old big time.
- don't visit if mannequins make you uncomfortable. Something I suffer with and there are loads of them later in the cave.
3 months ago
Kierra Johnson
Great fun place, very atmospheric, with mannequins and lights to add to the experience. Due to Coronavirus some of the interactive activities are out of service, which is a shame, but there's still plenty to get on with. Friendly staff and good safety measures for Covid. Well worth a visit.
10 months ago
Anesa
Caves are pretty awesome. The features as you go round are informative and interesting, if feeling a little dated. However everything was working properly during our visit, except for one feature. Reasonable value at £30 for a family of 4.
6 months ago
Jupiter Harris
Caves are interesting and worth seeing. The “attraction” aspect of it is tired and outdated, and much of it either not working or roped off due to covid.
Needs a renovation to make it more classy and show off the caves more. Lighting was rubbish: barely noticed the cave walls!
8 months ago
Kaitlyn Nakamura
Experience was ok. Half of the attractions weren't available which I understand if that is because of the coronavirus epidemic but one of the buttons had been physically removed with just visible wires where it had been previously connected. Surely all the buttons should be removed if that's the issue? There was a lot of mold growing on the wall at the end. Just felt a bit run-down. Wouldn't reccomend
9 months ago
Israel Silva
Quaint pub set off the main seafront. Food looked amazing when we visited pre lockdown.
7 months ago
Emily Reimold
Well worth the climb. An engaging, interactive and educational hour to spend an hour with the family. Friendly staff and good value for money. Just a little tired in places.
4 months ago
Tim Jones
Lots of fun, atmospheric and interesting. Nice and cool if you want to escape the heat for a while!
6 months ago
JaNeiece Andrews
This is fantastic and very educational. You will not only enjoy fantastic adventure but also have opportunity to learn something about local and not so local history. Don't get scared... And if you lucky, you may even see a real ghost. Please "like" my review.
6 months ago
Carree Elsberry
We loved it, once we actually FOUND IT!! Great place to visit but I have to say, it was a real struggle trying to find the place. We went to The Visitor Center, we tried using a map they gave us, we asked some local Merchants for direction, to no avail, we followed signs but in the end, we had to use our Google GPS and even then, it was still hard to locate the entrance but once we did, it was really great and we enjoyed it alot. Very fascinating hearing all about the tales of the Smugglers and actually being there, where it all happened, long long ago. 5 stars ( but seriously, you need to get better signage to locate it more easily, even when we talked to Personnel about our difficulties locating it, they said they hear that exact same thing all the time)
3 weeks ago
Rebecca Hallahan
Great place highly recommend, kids loved the little adventure inside here... will definitely go back..
2 months ago
Kseniya Feder
There are some fantastic views from here definitely worth the walk up the steps to get here. If you take the right walk down you end up at a decent pub!! In the old town. Of course old town is a fantastic place to visit with lots of great events and shops
4 months ago
T Miller
Very old underground cave and it was really fascinating experience. They have all the videos and audio which played incide the caverns and its really good to know that how the smugglers formed and their history around the southern coast of England.
2 months ago
Wade
Awesome day out for the family ????????❤️
6 months ago
Ari Katave
Free to roam around and learn. Bit scary for wussies. Informative too. Worth a look.
6 months ago
Cory Ericksen
Nice setting and location. Good quality food , reasonably priced . Efficient and friendly table service. Recommend.
10 months ago
Boston City
A very friendly welcome from all the staff we met there. A fascinating and educational trip below ground learning about the history of the caves.
10 months ago
Helen Sweeney
Great adventure for all the family. We went with our 10 yr old twins and all enjoyed it. Worth doing the 3 attraction ticket though to save money and make a day off it to the aquarium, Castle and caves
3 weeks ago
Yan Kee
Amazing for the little ones. Brought my 2 year old and she loved it. Not too scary and very educational without becoming a snooze fest. Gift shop isn’t as overpriced as you’d think. Managed to get a pirate hat and sword for my little girl for £2.50! Staff are very friendly
4 months ago
David Cullins
Very informative place to see how the old days smugglers used to hide their wares. Dark in some place so you need a torch.
10 months ago
Jeff Fecteau
All I can really say was it was OK.
The kids seemed to find it boring, a few more things for them to get involved with or a guided tour would have probably made it better.
In all I'd say it takes around 45mins to get around the entire place.
In my opinion if it's a nice day in hastings theres better things to do but if its raining not a bad place to kill some time and keep dry.
3 months ago
John Ordovas
So badly out of date & run down. Most of the caves interaction was broken or closed due to covid yet still full price to go in. Even the toilets were closed! Feel robbed and sad to be honest :(
9 months ago
Robert Poudrier
Visited today with my 11 & 17 year old as we were having a day in Hastings.
Really not impressed, the AV was not working correctly in multiple locations. Many of the static displays were broken.
The history is interesting, but for the price we paid, I would expect some basic maintenance at the very least.
10 months ago
Ciso Perez
Amazing view from top
4 days ago
Keila Masek
i love smugglers adventures, so many interesting facts whilst walking threw plus freely no guide so you can walk your on pleasure pass, staff very friendly deffiantly recommend visiting whilst at Hastings
11 months ago
Lotte Powell
Looks better on 'paper' than in real life. Not too much to see and information provided was not enough to learn about the different people involved. Due to covid, alot of the interactions were closed off. Would not go again.
1 month ago
Sue Smith
Interesting walk through caves with interactive displays giving you an insight into local history.
10 months ago
Natasha Brown
Every time I've been I see something new love this place been visiting since I was a child
9 months ago
Victoria Rieth
very friendly staff, good family adventure
7 months ago
Jspell
Really enjoyed learning about the Smugglers and the history of the caves.
I strongly recommend giving The Smugglers Caves a tri.
2 months ago
Ryan Bonnette
Typical cave attraction. Provides a good look into local history. Fairly interactive too which makes it stand out over other cave systems.
6 months ago
Hope Harris
I liked learning about how and where the smugglers hid their loot that they stole. Once you are in the cave,you will be about 40 feet underground. You will watch a projected video and then you can start exploring the caves. There lots of activities you can do in the caves as well. When you exit the caves, you will head to a gift shop.
3 months ago
Susan Barnardgillmer
Much too expensive for a family, even if they offer a family ticket, it's only for 2 adults plus 2 kids, every other kid pays extra and full price. Just caves! Done in less than an hour. Less value for money...
3 months ago
McLean Godley
Good history reminder with some very interesting facts along the way
10 months ago
