Fairlight Glen lies about 2 miles (3.2 km) east of the fishing port of Hastings[1] and 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west of the small village of Fairlight Cove on the East Sussex coast.

It is a wooded area forming part of the Hastings country park and leading down to Covehurst Bay. This is a naturist beach shared by non-naturist visitors.

The beach is mainly shingle with large boulders and some patches of sand, particularly at low tide. The main cove lies between lower cliff areas formed in major cliff collapses some time in the past.