Eastbourne on the English Channel

20 January 2015 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  8 minutes

Eastbourne Beach © geograph.org.uk - Oast House Archive/cc-by-2.0

Eastbourne Beach © geograph.org.uk – Oast House Archive/cc-by-2.0

Eastbourne is a large town, seaside resort, and borough in East Sussex, on the south coast of England, 17 miles (27 km) east of Brighton. Eastbourne is located immediately east of Beachy Head, the highest chalk sea cliff in Great Britain and part of the South Downs National Park. With a seafront consisting largely of Victorian hotels, the pier, and a Napoleonic era fort and military museum, Eastbourne was developed by the Duke of Devonshire in 1800 from four separate hamlets. It has a growing population, a broad economic base, and is home to companies in a wide range of industries.   read more…

Battle in East Sussex

10 July 2014 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  6 minutes

Abbey Green, former market square © geograph.org.uk - Simon Carey/cc-by-sa-2.0

Abbey Green, former market square © geograph.org.uk – Simon Carey/cc-by-sa-2.0

Battle is a small town and civil parish in the local government district of Rother in East Sussex. It lies 49 miles (79 km) south southeast of London, 28.5 miles (46 km) east of Brighton and 21 miles (34 km) east of the county town of Lewes. Nearby towns include Hastings to the southeast and Bexhill-On-Sea to the south. It is the site of the Battle of Hastings, where William, Duke of Normandy, defeated King Harold II to become William I in 1066.   read more…

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