Ditchling Beacon

Ditchling Beacon is the highest point in , England, with an elevation of 248 m. It is south of and to the north-east of . It is a large chalk hill with a particularly steep northern face, covered with open grassland and sheep-grazing areas.
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 814 feet
  • Description: hill in East Sussex, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Duchling Beacon”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft and Plumpton College.

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is located in , East Sussex, England. It specialises in showcasing the artists and craftspeople who made Ditchling a creative hub in the 20th century, such as Eric Gill, the sculptor, printmaker and typeface designer, Edward Johnston, designer of the London Underground font, and printer Hilary Pepler.

College
is a Further and Higher education college in , England, with courses in a variety of land based and related subjects.

Railway station
Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is on the Brighton Main Line in England, serving the village of , West Sussex. It is 43 miles 42 chains down the line from via and is situated between and .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ditchling and Sussex.

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is a village and civil parish in the Lewes District of , England. The village is contained within the boundaries of the South Downs National Park; the order confirming the establishment of the park was signed in .

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in the may refer to one of the two counties of and in .

Village
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is a village in the civil parish of , in the Mid Sussex district of , England. It lies on the B2116 road 2.4 miles south of .

Ditchling Beacon

Latitude
50.90172° or 50° 54′ 6″ north
Longitude
-0.10759° or 0° 6′ 27″ west
Elevation
814 feet (248 metres)
Open location code
9C2XWV2R+MX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 33825466
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­survey_point
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
2651208
Wiki­data ID
Q5283641
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Ditchling Beacon” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Ditchling Beacon”
  • Dutch: “Ditchling Beacon”
  • Japanese: “ディッチリング・ビーコン”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ditchling Beacon”
  • Swedish: “Ditchling Beacon”

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