For those who attend the Eastbourne weekends, it has now become something of a ritual and tradition to have a ‘Sussex Cream Tea’ in the Victorian Tea Rooms on the Pier. So much to say, that if you have not indulged, you haven’t been to Eastbourne.
The cost is £4.95 for a pot of leaf tea and a fruit scone with the trimmings - a bit dearer than at TKMaxx in the town at £3.50 - but this is tea-bag tea, and the view is of the high street, rather than the coastline view West towards Beachy Head, and East towards Hastings. (There are other food and drink options available).
At the last weekend in October, there was mass attendance on the Sunday afternoon at 3pm, with about 20 weekend participants savouring the occasion.