Bottle alley

About Bottle Alley

Bottle Alley is a 480 metre lower deck promenade running from the pier to Warrior Square. It was built as part of a revolutionary double deck promenade in the 1930's by the Borough Engineer Sidney Little, who became known as the 'concrete king'.

Bottle Alley is named as such due to the countless pieces of multi-coloured glass bottles embedded in the concrete panels along the entire length of the alley.

It was originally built as an undercover walkway for bad weather and had provision for glazed shutters. Although these shutters are no longer in place, the tracks can still be seen.

Lights

Bottle Alley was transformed in 2017 with the installation of new multi-coloured programmable lighting, replacing the old lighting and framework.
The programmable nature of the lights means that everything from a subtle wave effect to a riot of colour can be set.

You can see the Bottle Alley light show at 7.30pm and 9.30pm every day. The show lasts for around five minutes. There is an extended 30 minute show on Fridays.

Light Show Video

View this video full screen on Youtube.

Artwork commission

Thank you to all the artists, both individuals and groups, who sent us some incredible submissions for our artwork project on the columns in Bottle Alley. A panel including officers from the council and Hastings’ art organisations reviewed the submissions and we’re pleased to announce that the successful applicants were Zeroh. 

Zeroh sent in an exciting and inspiring proposal, which builds on the body of work at Bottle Alley to date, continuing to evolve the story of Wavelength and the community around it. We are looking forward to seeing Zeroh’s vision for the columns in Bottle Alley come to life, along with the community events proposed. We will be sharing more news in the coming weeks.