ELC Eastbourne organises a programme of afternoon and evening social activities and weekend excursions to help you practise your English and make international friends. Our full-time social organiser offers activities every day during the week and full-day guided excursions at weekends.
Social Activities
Afternoon and evening activities include sports, local visits, film evenings and quizzes. They are organised on a 'pay-as-you-go' basis. Some activities are free like sports and weekly Conversation/Debate Club. For other activities we make a small charge of about £3 to £10.
Local tours that ELC Eastbourne organises may include:
- Hastings to see the Castle and the Smugglers’ Caves
- Bodiam Castle and Battle, site of the Battle of Hastings
- Brighton for shopping and a tour of the picturesque Lanes area
- Beachy Head and Pevensey Castle, built in Roman times
We charge about £6 to £15 for these local tours plus entry fees.
Weekend Day Trips
We offer a range of full day trips at weekends every weekend of the year. The trips cost about £25 - £45. You can book and pay for them when you are in Eastbourne. Day trips include:
- London
- Canterbury & Leeds Castle
- Stratford Upon Avon
- Windsor & Hampton Court
- Bath & Stonehenge
- Cambridge
- Oxford
For more information about what to do in Eastbourne, see Visit Eastbourne.
For more information about these destinations, see: www.visitbritain.com
We organise many of these day trips ourselves but to provide more choices, we also offer you tours by 2 local companies - UK Study Tours and Discovery Tours. Both companies organise tours especially for overseas students.
Full Weekend Excursions
Discovery Tours and UK Study Tours also offer longer weekends excursions of 2, 3 or 4 days for around £145 to £245. You can book your tickets at ELC Eastbourne with our Social Organiser. Trips include:
- Liverpool and Manchester (2 days, 1 night)
- Paris and Versailles (3 days, 2 nights)
- Amsterdam & Bruges (3 days, 2 nights)
- Edinburgh, York and the Scottish Highlands (4 days, 3 nights)
Sample Social Programme
Afternoon |
Evening |
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Monday |
Trip to Beachy Head free |
Welcome evening
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Tuesday |
Conversation Club free |
Bowling £8 |
Wednesday |
Table Tennis free |
London Musical £55 |
Thursday |
Towner Art Gallery free |
Historic pub tour
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Friday |
Trip to Hastings £10 |
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Saturday |
Full day excursion to London £30 |
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Sunday |
Full day excursion to Oxford £35 |
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This is a sample programme. Prices may vary. We reserve the right to change prices and activities.