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…

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