Eastbourne

Eastbourne (ēst`bôrn), city (1991 pop. 86,715) and district, East Sussex, SE England. Eastbourne is a popular resort and conference center with a 3-mi (4.8-km) terraced promenade along the sea front. Industries include glass, soap, brewing, and boatbuilding. Educational institutions include the College of Further Education and teacher-training and physical-education colleges for women. Compton Place (1726–27), seat of the Dukes of Devonshire until 1954, was turned into a school.

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Eastbourne

a resort in SE England, in East Sussex on the English Channel. Pop.: 106 592 (2001)

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Eastbourne 

a county borough in Great Britain on the coast of the English Channel, in the county of East Sussex. Population, 70,500 (1971). Of the gainfully employed, approximately three-fifths is engaged in the provision of services.

Eastbourne is a health resort with a moderately humid, warm climate. Winters are short and mild (average January temperature, 5°C), and summers are not hot (average July temperature, 16°C); precipitation amounts to 700 mm a year. Remedial methods include sea bathing and baths, aerotherapy, heliotherapy, hydrotherapy, and therapeutic calisthenics. Treatment is available for patients with functional disorders of the nervous system, nontuberculous respiratory ailments, anemias, and other ailments. Facilities include hydropathic establishments, swimming pools, and athletic fields and installations.