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Is Grand Hotel (Grand Hastings) Still Open? The Hotel Inspector Update

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As of October 2026, Grand Hotel is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed August 2026.

Primary source
grandhastings.co.uk ·
Secondary source
uk.hotels.com ·

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What the source shows: Grand Hastings' own website says the property was featured in Channel Five's The Hotel Inspector with Ruth Watson, gives 1 Grand Parade, shows a 2026 copyright line and an August 2026 stay review, and Hotels.com lists reviews dated from 24 May to 31 August 2026.

  • Season / episode Season 3, Episode 1
  • Original air date
  • Address 1 Grand Parade, St Leonards-on-Sea TN37 6AQ
  • Current name Grand Hastings

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What happened after The Hotel Inspector?

The Grand Hotel in Hastings, East Sussex, was the subject of a series 3 episode of The Hotel Inspector aired 2007-09-06. Wikipedia's list of The Hotel Inspector episodes (read 2026-10-19) says only that Ruth Watson set out to transform the hotel, and shows a follow-up episode, "Grand Hotel (Revisited)", dated 4 June 2008, in a short 2008 run revisiting earlier hotels.

No source read gives the hotel's street address as broadcast. A Google Maps lookup returned a business called Grand Hastings at 1-2 Grand Parade, St Leonards-on-Sea (TN37 6AQ). Its website, grandhastings.co.uk, read 2026-10-19, shows a 2026 copyright line, describes licensed boutique accommodation with a bar, restaurant and lounge, carries a guest review marked as a stay in August 2026, and gives a building history that begins with two houses in 1831 and does not mention a Grand Hotel past, although that name appears in some of its file paths.

TheTVDB's episode description said the Grand Hotel was a 17-room seafront hotel owned by Peter Mann, who had run it for 18 years and was losing business to newer budget hotels in Hastings. The website of Grand Hastings, at 1 Grand Parade, St Leonards-on-Sea (TN37 6AQ), read on 2026-10-19, says the property was featured in Channel Five's The Hotel Inspector with Ruth Watson, shows a 2026 copyright line and carries a guest review of a stay in August 2026. A Hotels.com listing for Grand Hastings, read the same day, shows guest reviews dated between 24 May and 31 August 2026.

Featured on The Hotel Inspector

Season / episode
Season 3, Episode 1
Original air date
Episode title
Grand Hotel, Hastings
What was featured
Hastings hotel that Ruth Watson set out to transform
Role
Featured restaurant
Name on the broadcast
Grand Hotel

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Visit info

Address
1 Grand Parade, St Leonards-on-Sea TN37 6AQ
Venue type
hotel
Official website
None found

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Sources

  • Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Hotel_Inspector_episodes
  • grandhastings.co.uk — https://www.grandhastings.co.uk/
  • uk.hotels.com — https://uk.hotels.com/ho274316/grand-hastings-st-leonards-on-sea-united-kingdom

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