St Leonards-on-Sea

St Leonards-on-Sea
The seafront at St Leonards-on-Sea
St Leonards-on-Sea Location within East Sussex
OS grid reference	TQ7909
District	Hastings
Shire county	East Sussex
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ST. LEONARDS-ON-SEA
Postcode district	TN37, TN38
Dialling code	01424
Police	Sussex
Fire	East Sussex
Ambulance	South East Coast
UK Parliament	Hastings and Rye
List of places UK England East Sussex 50°51′20″N 00°33′09″E / 50.85556°N 0.55250°E / 50.85556; 0.55250

St Leonards-on-Sea (commonly known as St Leonards) is a town and seaside resort in the borough of Hastings in East Sussex, England. It has been part of the borough since the late 19th century and lies to the west of central Hastings. The original part of the settlement was laid out in the early 19th century as a new town: a place of elegant houses designed for the well-off; it also included a central public garden, a hotel, an archery, assembly rooms and a church. Today's St Leonards has extended well beyond that original design, although the original town still exists within it.