Firle
Firle is a village and civil parish in the Lewes district of East Sussex, England. Firle refers to an Old English word fierol meaning overgrown with oak.Photo: Charlesdrakew, Public domain.
- Type: Village with 267 residents
- Description: village in East Sussex, England
- Also known as: “Firle, East Sussex” and “West Firle”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Charleston Farmhouse and Glynde railway station.
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.
Glynde railway station
Railway station
Photo: Mitchelltd, Public domain.
Glynde railway station serves Glynde in East Sussex. It is 53 miles 11 chains from London Bridge, on the East Coastway Line and train services are provided by Southern.
Firle Beacon
Peak
Photo: Alan Rolfe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Newhaven and Ripe.
Newhaven
Photo: Michael Coppins, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Newhaven is a small coastal town in East Sussex. The main landmark in the town is the Newhaven Fort. The parish includes part of the Brighton to Newhaven Cliffs Site of Special Scientific Interest.
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. Ripe is situated 3 miles northeast of Firle.
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. Bishopstone is situated 4 miles south of Firle.
Firle
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Lewes, East Sussex, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.8468° or 50° 50′ 48″ northLongitude
0.0861° or 0° 5′ 10″ eastPopulation
267Elevation
148 feet (45 metres)Open location code
9F22R3WP+PCOpenStreetMap ID
node 370313138OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
7293468Wikidata ID
Q3072862
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Firle” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “فيرل”
- Armenian: “Ֆիրլ”
- Basque: “Firle”
- Bavarian: “Firle”
- Bulgarian: “Фирле”
- Catalan: “Firle”
- Cebuano: “Firle”
- Chinese: “費爾勒”
- Chinese: “費萊鎮”
- Czech: “Firle”
- Dutch: “Firle”
- Esperanto: “Firle”
- French: “Firle”
- Galician: “Firle”
- German: “Firle”
- Irish: “Firle”
- Italian: “Firle”
- Japanese: “ファール”
- Ladin: “Firle”
- Latin: “Feralia”
- Persian: “فرل ولیج”
- Polish: “Firle”
- Russian: “Фёрл”
- Russian: “Фирл”
- Slovak: “Firle”
- Slovenian: “Firle”
- South Azerbaijani: “فرل ولیج”
- Swedish: “Firle”
- Tajik: “Ферл”
- Turkish: “Firle”
- Welsh: “Firle”
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