East Sussex
Wealden District
Long Man

Long Man of Wilmington

The Long Man of Wilmington or Wilmington Giant is a hill figure on the steep slopes of Windover Hill near , , England. It is 6 miles northwest of and 1⁄3 mile south of Wilmington.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: hill figure on Windover Hill near Wilmington, Sussex, England, UK
  • Also known as: “A turf-cut hill figure known as The Long Man of Wilmington, 914m south-east of Acorn Barn”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Wilmington Priory and St Mary and St Peter’s Church, Wilmington.

Archaeological site
Photo: Simon Carey, CC BY-SA 2.0.
was a Benedictine priory in the civil parish of , , 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. is situated 2,800 feet north of Long Man of Wilmington.

Church
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St Mary and St Peter's Church is in the village of , , England. It is an active Anglican on the deanery of Lewes and Seaford, the archdeaconry of Lewes and Hastings, and the diocese of Chichester. is situated 2,900 feet north of Long Man of Wilmington.

Nature reserve
Photo: Kevin Gordon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a 72.7-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of in . It is a national nature reserve and a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Litlington and Westdean.

Village
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is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of , in the district, in the county of , England. It is focussed 3 miles ENE of on the south coast.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 2½ miles southwest of Long Man of Wilmington.

Village
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East Dean and is a civil parish in the District of , England.The two villages in the parish are in a dry valley on the – between three miles to the east and an equal distance to the west. is situated 3 miles south of Long Man of Wilmington.

Long Man of Wilmington

Latitude
50.80964° or 50° 48′ 35″ north
Longitude
0.18793° or 0° 11′ 17″ east
Elevation
423 feet (129 metres)
Open location code
9F22R55Q+V5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 24963101
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­geoglyph
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
6618031
Wiki­data ID
Q1869405
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Turkish—“Long Man of Wilmington” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Home llarg de Wilmington”
  • Cebuano: “Long Man of Wilmington”
  • Dutch: “Long Man of Wilmington”
  • Dutch: “Long Man van Wilmington”
  • French: “Géant de Wilmington”
  • German: “Long Man of Wilmington”
  • Italian: “Long Man of Wilmington”
  • Italian: “Uomo Lungo di Wilmington”
  • Japanese: “ウィルミントンのロングマン”
  • Korean: “윌밍턴의 롱맨”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Long Man of Wilmington”
  • Norwegian: “Long Man of Wilmington”
  • Polish: “Długi człowiek z Wilmington”
  • Polish: “Long Man of Wilmington”
  • Russian: “Длинный человек из Уилмингтона”
  • Spanish: “Hombre largo de wilmington”
  • Spanish: “Hombre Largo de Wilmington”
  • Swedish: “Long Man of Wilmington”
  • Turkish: “Wilmington Uzun Adamı”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Long Man of Wilmington”. Photo: Shiroi Hane, CC BY-SA 3.0.