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West Blatchington

West Blatchington is an area of in the city of , in the ceremonial county of , England. The area grew rapidly during the inter-war period, but unlike nearby , it had more infrastructure which were; , a working farm, a and an industrial area grouped around the and its workers' cottages.
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Wikipedia
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  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: village in East Sussex, England, UK
  • Also known as: “West Blatchington, East Sussex”

Places of Interest

Highlights include West Blatchington Windmill and St Peter’s Church, West Blatchington.

Museum
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is a Grade II* listed smock mill at West Blatchington, , in the historic county of , which has been restored and is open to the public.

Church
Photo: The Voice of Hassocks, Public domain.
St Peter's Church is an Anglican church in the West Blatchington area of , part of the city of . Although it has 11th- and 12th-century origins, the church was rebuilt from a ruined state in the late 19th century and extended substantially in the 1960s, and little trace remains of the ancient building.

Museum
Photo: The Voice of Hassocks, Public domain.
The is an engineering and steam power museum in , . It is housed in the Goldstone Pumping Station, a set of High Victorian Gothic buildings started in 1866.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hangleton and Westdene.

Suburb
Photo: The Voice of Hassocks, Public domain.
is a suburb of , in the ceremonial county of , England. The area was developed in the 1930s after it was incorporated into the Borough of Hove, but has ancient origins: was founded in the 11th century and retains 12th-century fabric; is Hove's oldest secular building.

Suburb
Photo: The Voice of Hassocks, Public domain.
is an area of the city of , . It is a northern suburb of the city, west of , the A23 and the London to Brighton railway line, north of and northeast of West Blatchington.

Suburb
Photo: The Voice of Hassocks, CC0.
is an area in the city of in the ceremonial county of , England. It was formerly a civil parish. For centuries it was meadow land along the stretching west from the old village of Hove to the old mouth of the , and it is now a prosperous residential area integrated within Hove.

West Blatchington

Latitude
50.85249° or 50° 51′ 9″ north
Longitude
-0.18167° or 0° 10′ 54″ west
Elevation
174 feet (53 metres)
Open location code
9C2XVR29+X8
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1409486024
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
8063670
Wiki­data ID
Q7984479
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Welsh—“West Blatchington” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “West Blatchington”
  • French: “West Blatchington”
  • Irish: “West Blatchington”
  • Polish: “West Blatchington”
  • Swedish: “West Blatchington”
  • Welsh: “West Blatchington”

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