 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Hastings iguta riri pedyo negungwa riri pamhenderekedzo yegungwa yokumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweEngland, yakatarisana neEnglish Channel. Iyo borough inovhara uye yaive nevanhu 90,254 panguva ye2011 United Kingdom census. Hastings inonyanya kuzivikanwa nokuda kwehondoyakarwiwa pedyo muna 1066, umo mauto aWilliam Mukundi weNorman akakunda mauto eEngland aMambo Harold II, asi nhoroondo yayo yakanyorwa ndeyakareba zvikuru: mavambo ezana ramakore rechishanu akabatanidzwa, kugarwa kweRoma panzvimbo yacho hakuna kumbobvira kwaratidzwa asi kunofungidzirwa kuti kunogona kuitika, uye guta rakanga rakakura na928, apo rakanga rakakosha zvakakwana kuti rive nemari yaro. Pakazosvika zana remakore rechi12, rakanga rava nhengo huru yeCinque Ports, uye nhare yaro yaitonga pamawere pasi pawo pakatanga kugarwa. Pakanga pane machechi manomwe muna 1291, apo Papa Nicholas IV akarayira kuongororwa kwenzvimbo dzose dzokunamatira muEngland, asi kuderera kwakatanga muzana remakore rechi14 uye kudenha kuviri kweFrance kwakaparadza taundi racho. Pakazosvika 1801, makereke maviri chete ekare - All Saints neSt Clements - ndiwo akanga achiripo. 