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74 Royal Parade, Eastbourne · BN22 7AQ
SmartsWay Hotel & Wellness
Direct sea view from our front-facing rooms — Royal Parade and the Eastbourne Wheel beyond
Eastbourne · East Sussex

A Victorian seafront retreat, reimagined.

Hotel & wellness rooms on Eastbourne's Royal Parade — sea air, sunlit interiors, and the quiet luxury of being looked after.

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Direct sea views

Free secure parking

Full-strength Wi-Fi

Wellness amenities

Our signature Atlantis Lounge — bay window seating with Royal Parade views
A new chapter

The same beloved guesthouse, refined for a new chapter.

Seven individually designed rooms set within a classic Victorian seafront house on Eastbourne's Royal Parade. Walk to the pier in ten minutes, the South Downs in twenty.

Previously trading as Devonia Express, the property has been thoughtfully rebranded as SmartsWay Hotel & Wellness — same warm welcome, same sea views, refreshed for a new chapter.

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The collection

Seven rooms, seven gemstones.

From a sun-warmed Citrine single, to an Emerald with a full sea view, to the royal-blue Sapphire suite — each room carries a small wellness intention of its own.

Citrine room — single bed with citrine bedside lamp

Room 7Citrine

£90 / night Single

Sunshine captured in stone — a compact, light-filled room for the solo traveller.

Single bedWalk-in showerWi-Fi
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Emerald room — double bed with green wallpaper and emerald lamps

Room 4Emerald

£125 / night Double Sea View

Cleopatra's stone of renewal — a front-facing double with a full sweep of the seafront.

Sea viewWalk-in showerWi-Fi
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Sapphire suite — king bed with sea view and sapphire lamp

Room 5Sapphire

£145 / night Superior King Sea View

The royal blue gem of wisdom — our largest room, with a king bed and private balcony.

Private balconySea viewKing bed
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Where to find us

Right on the seafront.

74 Royal Parade · 10 minutes' walk to Eastbourne Pier · 90 minutes by train from London Victoria.

Discover Eastbourne

The sea, the Downs & everything between.

One of England's sunniest coastal towns is right outside the door — from the boating lake at Princes Park to the white cliffs of Beachy Head.

The Eastbourne seafront and the Eastbourne Wheel seen across Royal Parade
Across the road

The Seafront & Eastbourne Wheel

Step straight onto the promenade — Blue Flag beaches, the Wheel, and a four-mile traffic-free walk along the coast.

Princes Park boating lake at the quiet end of the Eastbourne seafront
5-minute walk

Princes Park

A peaceful boating lake and gardens at the quiet end of the seafront — perfect for a morning stroll.

Eastbourne Pier at dusk, its lights reflected on the wet sand

Eastbourne Pier

10-minute walk
The Eastbourne Bandstand with its blue-tiled dome on the seafront

The Bandstand

8-minute walk
The historic Devonshire Park Theatre in Eastbourne

Devonshire Park

12-minute walk
Yachts moored at Sovereign Harbour marina in Eastbourne

Sovereign Harbour

10 minutes by car
Beachy Head white chalk cliff and the red-and-white lighthouse below

Beachy Head Lighthouse

15 minutes by car
The Seven Sisters chalk cliffs stretching along the East Sussex coast

Seven Sisters Cliffs

25 minutes by car

Area photography (resized) via Wikimedia Commons — Pier © T appletart, Bandstand © Arild Vågen, Beachy Head © Diliff, Seven Sisters © kallerna, Sovereign Harbour © Andrew Diack (CC BY-SA); Devonshire Park Theatre © The Voice of Hassocks (CC0).

A spotless, friendly, sea-facing stay. The beds were a dream, the welcome warm, and the location couldn't be better — pier one way, South Downs the other. — Previous guest, as Devonia Express
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