Empress Coaches

01/01/2025

A very Happy New Year to you all 🥳 Here’s a 2025 message from Empress Coaches Director Stephen Dine 🎉

23/12/2024

We would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas! 🎄 ❄️

As snow is lacking these days, here’s an image taken in the winter of 1970 at our depot, the base at the time of Hirst Travel-Pandora Holidays. Look out for Empress Director Steve’s new book on their company history coming out in early 2025! 🎁

27/11/2024

Christmas Gift ideas! 🎁

Looking for that special present? Stephen Dine Books have a wonderful selection of transport titles, written by the Director of Empress Coaches.

To find out more and to order please visit www.stephendinebooks.com 🎄

Stephen, known by everyone as Steve, has, from an early age, always been fascinated by both road transport and shipping. Buy his books online today

01/11/2024

Are you thinking about Christmas shopping, visiting a winter event or meeting up in December with friends and family at a restaurant?

Why not travel in style and let us drive you, so you can relax and enjoy those Christmas vibes. 🎁🎄❄️

Head to www.empresscoaches.com

27/10/2024

A great weekend was had on the Isle of Wight with a small group for a special big birthday! The autumn weather didn’t let us down and many new memories were made! If you have any special occasions coming up requiring transport, please do contact us!

📞 01424 430621
📧 [email protected]
💻 www.empresscoaches.com

25/09/2024

We recently visited the delightful Tillingham Vineyard at Peasmarsh, near Rye in our 1967 Bedford coach. Did you know they have their own pizza oven at the vineyard?
Pizza and wine for a special birthday celebration certainly went down well! 🍇🍷

21/09/2024

Thank you Debbie Goodsell Funeral Celebrant for your kind words. It is always a pleasure to work alongside someone who is so passionate and caring towards families at a difficult time.

Mini Bus and Coach hire including vintage coaches from Empress Coaches Hastings. Call us today 01424 430621

31/08/2024

Happy Birthday to us! 🥳

Today we celebrate 95 years since Empress registered its first coach, a brand new 20 seat Dennis GL, collected directly from the Dennis factory in Guildford. Allocated the local registration DY 5849 it gave 10 years excellent service, being replaced by a Bedford in 1939.

25/08/2024

It’s not all work and no play at Empress! Today we enjoyed going to the Festival of Transport at Hellingly and were delighted to be alongside a wonderful 1951 Bedford SB Duple coach. We actually owned the same model between 1960 and 1972, ours bearing the memorable registration BEN 301, alas now long gone! What a great comparison of the two coaches together.

15/08/2024

Our website has been updated, follow the link below to have a look and see what various transport options we can offer you 👀

Mini Bus and Coach hire including vintage coaches from Empress Coaches Hastings. Call us today 01424 430621

12/07/2024

We had a surprise visitor to our depot recently, Matthew’s Travel, visiting Hastings on a day trip from Essex in their German Setra S250 Special. New in 1998, it’s probably got the largest capacity engine you will find on a coach still in use on UK roads, with a 14.6 litre V8 twin turbo Mercedes Benz engine!
Matthew’s claim to fame is that his father, who ran Kirby’s Coaches imported the very first Setra coach into the UK in 1971!

29/05/2024

Perfect Fathers Day gifts 🎁

Order at www.stephendinebooks.com

Travel Company

07/05/2024

Empress Coaches Director Steve is currently starting work on writing his next book! Have you seen his other titles including:

* Rambler Coaches - The Rowland Years

* Cooks Coaches - The Story of a Sussex Village Operator

* Empress of Hastings - The First 80 Years of a Family Run Coach Business

* MiniCab! - The True story of Michael Gotla & The Welbeck Motors

Order now from his very own website www.stephendinebooks.com or message us! 📚

Travel Company

16/04/2024

08/04/2024

A great spring day in Brighton for us yesterday taking a lovely group over to take part in the half marathon, enhanced by celebrations going on for the 50th anniversary of ABBA winning the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest in Brighton too!

31/03/2024

A very Happy Easter everyone! Lovely to find spring is truly with us as we look forward to another busy season. Our 1967 Bedford Plaxton has already been out and about for spring bookings. If you’re thinking about planning a day out why not give us a call! 🐣

www.empresscoaches.com

21/03/2024

Exciting news! We have just taken delivery of a new addition to our fleet, an Iveco 22 seat mini-coach! Ready for the 2024 season, this fully air-conditioned coach, on air suspension, is our 118th purchase in our 95 continuous years of trading and featuring a new livery! Give us a call to discuss your requirements today!