Firle Beacon
Firle Beacon is a hill in the South Downs of southern England. It is 217 metres high and is a Marilyn. It commands a far-reaching view. When the prevailing wind is northerly, the site is often used for gliding activities like slope soaring.Photo: Alan Rolfe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Charleston Farmhouse and The Parish Church.
Charleston Farmhouse
Museum
Photo: APB-CMX, Public domain.
Charleston, in East Sussex, is a property associated with the Bloomsbury group, that is open to the public. It was the country home of Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant and is an example of their decorative style within a domestic context, representing the fruition of more than sixty years of artistic creativity.
Firle Tower
Residential building
Photo: Simon Hookey, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Firle Tower is a residential building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ripe and Bishopstone.
Ripe
Village
Photo: Michael FORD, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The civil parish of Chalvington with Ripe, in the Wealden District of East Sussex, England, is made up of the two villages, Chalvington and Ripe. They are located in the upper Rivers Cuckmere and Ouse joint valley north of the South Downs, between the A27 and the A22 roads, and some 15 miles northwest of Eastbourne.
Bishopstone
Hamlet
Photo: Michael FORD, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bishopstone is a rural village in the parish of Seaford, in Lewes district, in the county of East Sussex, England. Bishopstone Village has a population of about 200 people, including the nearby hamlet of Norton.
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.
Firle Beacon
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 712 feet
- Description: hill in East Sussex, England, UK
- Categories: hill and landform
- Location: Firle, Lewes, East Sussex, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.83377° or 50° 50′ 2″ northLongitude
0.10824° or 0° 6′ 30″ eastElevation
712 feet (217 metres)Open location code
9F22R4M5+G7OpenStreetMap ID
node 9137750946OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Firle Beacon” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Firle Beacon”
- Dutch: “Firle Beacon”
- Swedish: “Firle Beacon”
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