Long Man of Wilmington
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.Photo: Shiroi Hane, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Andrew Huggett, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- 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.
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. Wilmington Priory is situated 2,700 feet north of Long Man of Wilmington.
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. St Mary and St Peter’s Church, Wilmington is situated 2,800 feet north of Long Man 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
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.
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 1½ miles southwest of Long Man of Wilmington.
Long Man of Wilmington
- Categories: hill figure, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Long Man, Wealden District, East Sussex, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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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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