Wilmington
Long Man is a civil parish in the Wealden District of East Sussex, England, which includes the villages of Wilmington, Milton Street and Folkington. The parish is named after the Long Man of Wilmington, a 69.2-metre chalk figure in the parish.Photo: Kevin Gordon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: village in East Sussex, England, UK
- Also known as: “Wilmington, East Sussex”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Mary and St Peter’s Church, Wilmington and Wilmington Priory.
St Mary and St Peter’s Church, Wilmington
Church
Photo: Kevin Gordon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary and St Peter's Church is in the village of Wilmington, East Sussex, England. It is an active Anglican parish church on the deanery of Lewes and Seaford, the archdeaconry of Lewes and Hastings, and the diocese of Chichester.
Wilmington Priory
Archaeological site
Photo: Simon Carey, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wilmington Priory was a Benedictine priory in the civil parish of Long Man, East Sussex, England. The surviving building is now owned by the Landmark Trust and let as holiday accommodation. It is both a Grade I listed building and a scheduled monument.
Long Man of Wilmington
Photo: Shiroi Hane, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Long Man of Wilmington or Wilmington Giant is a hill figure on the steep slopes of Windover Hill near Wilmington, East Sussex, England. It is 6 miles northwest of Eastbourne and 1⁄3 mile south of Wilmington.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lullington Heath and Lullington.
Lullington Heath
Locality
Photo: Kevin Gordon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lullington Heath is a 72.7-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Eastbourne in East Sussex. It is a national nature reserve and a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I. Lullington Heath is situated 2 miles south of Wilmington.
Lullington
Hamlet
Photo: Janine Forbes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lullington is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Cuckmere Valley, in the Wealden district, in the county of East Sussex, England. Historically in Sussex, it lies 9⅓ miles southeast of Lewes, on a shoulder of the South Downs at the point where the River Cuckmere cuts through the downs. Lullington is situated 2 miles southwest of Wilmington.
Litlington
Village
Photo: ArildV, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Litlington is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Cuckmere Valley, in the Wealden district of the county of East Sussex, England. It is located 3 miles ENE of Seaford on the south coast. Litlington is situated 2½ miles southwest of Wilmington.
Wilmington
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Long Man, Wealden District, East Sussex, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.82137° or 50° 49′ 17″ northLongitude
0.19445° or 0° 11′ 40″ eastElevation
115 feet (35 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB WMTOpen location code
9F22R5CV+GQOpenStreetMap ID
node 191761678OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2633886Wikidata ID
Q2519177
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Wilmington” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Wilmington”
- Irish: “Wilmington”
- Ladin: “Wilmington (Sussex)”
- Ladin: “Wilmington”
- Polish: “Wilmington (East Sussex)”
- Polish: “Wilmington”
- Swedish: “Wilmington, East Sussex”
- Swedish: “Wilmington”
- Welsh: “Wilmington, Dwyrain Sussex”
- Welsh: “Wilmington”
- “Wilmington”
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