• Shopping

    "No banks, no hedge funds or shorting. Just some cool shopping, a decent lunch and a walk by the sea; a most civilised day away from the madness"
    ANTIQUES & ART
    The Heart of Norman Road.
    Portobello of The South Coast
    RETRO
    The Heart Bypass of Norman Road
    Recherchez les taps perdu
    PRETTY COOL
    The Pretty Face of Norman Road
    Sweet as honey
    NICHE
    The Soul of Norman Road
    "That'll do nichely"
    BUTCHER, BAKER, CANDLESTICKMAKER
    The Backbone of Norman Road.

  • Featured in:

    Norman Road has recently featured in:
    The Observer
    The Times
    The Telegraph
    Coast Magazine
    English Tourist Board website
    Essential
    Hastings Handbook
     and many other websites, blogs and aspirations...

  • Contact & Map


    Please contact via:Norman email
    Map for Norman Road HERE.
    If you have any ideas for us, or are a Norman Road shop, or a Nearly Norman and would like to be included, please email us.

  • Name calling

    In fits of enthusiasm, (hopefully) strained through humour, Norman Road has been called
    "The Portobello"
    "The Bloomsbury"
    and now
    "The Hoxton"
    of the South Coast.

    More suggestions are, (cough, ahem, grin), most welcome...
    The new face in the banner is
    Ms. Mellow Fruitfulness.
    A niece of Norman's..

About

Norman Road. The Portobello of the South Coast.

Great, unusual antiques. French furniture. Artyfacts and production houses. Ordinary life; hairdressers, builders, candle-stickmakers. A proper pub. A seaside seafood restaurant without chips. A Dog bakery. Norman Road. Far, far better than normal.

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The route to nirvanic shopping.

Well, better than that actually. Calmer, more refined; ambience, cool, style, in touch with our inner whatevers, Antiques to Zeitgeist, it’s all here.

Come along.

A record.

7 Responses

  1. Justin, on July 11th, 2008 at 1:58 pm Said:

    Hi Matthew,

    Hoping to finally mail you some photos.
    To what address shall I send them?

    Best,
    Justin.

    Reply
  2. Aimee, on November 17th, 2008 at 12:41 pm Said:

    Lovely website!! Norman Road Rocks x

    Reply
  3. Jen Pringle, on December 9th, 2008 at 5:11 pm Said:

    Just found this website – what a great idea! Will mail to friends and family.

    All the best,

    Jen Pringle (local graphic designer) :-)

    Reply
  4. Louise Tester, on December 15th, 2008 at 11:17 pm Said:

    Great website I would love to be listed
    Tower house 1066 4 star silver guest accomadation in St Leonards

    Reply
  5. thekingsroad, on January 22nd, 2009 at 3:51 pm Said:

    Matthew

    I’ve added your link to thekingsroad.net

    Cheers

    Alex

    Reply
  6. thekingsroad, on January 22nd, 2009 at 3:53 pm Said:

    PS Like the pirate.

    Reply

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  • Plenty. Our new Provisioner

    tom New on the Seafront Plenty is our new Nearly Norman, a provisioner of fab breads, great groceries and delightful deli stuff. PLENTY
    Norman Road is changing and refining eclectically, and we are going to welcome some Norman Neighbours: people who are nearby but don't fit in any category known to Norman. Artists, Book publishers and karmic creatives will all be here.
    The Bloomsbury of the south coast, thats what we are now. Allegedly.

  • Nearly Normans

    There are a few "Nearly Normans" here: places so cool, and so close that they just had to be included.

  • Creative Normans

    Creative Norms abound, altho', being creative, are a little backward in coming forward. We have logged a couple, painter and publisher, and know of more... Please watch this space: CREATIVES

  • Friends of Norman

    Friends of Norman, (FONs), are too numerous to be left alone any more. Artists, musicians, shop owners, ...anyone with a connection and a Norman friend can be found here, enriching the Norman Experience far, far beyond the bounds of 1066. And all that.
    Fun FONs here

  • Shops’ area

    Private: Shop's area
  • History