Piltdown
Piltdown is a series of hamlets in East Sussex, England, located south of Ashdown Forest. It is best known for the Piltdown Man hoax where amateur archaeologist Charles Dawson claimed to have discovered evidence of the "missing link" in gravel beds near the village.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Nigel Freeman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include The Parish Church of St Andrew and St Mary, Fletching and The Peacock Inn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Uckfield and Cooper’s Green.
Uckfield
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Uckfield is located in the Heart of the Weald. It is a jolly town with all the amenities that local people and tourists could want.
Cooper’s Green
Locality
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Cooper's Green is a village in the civil parish of Buxted in the Wealden district of East Sussex, England. Its nearest town is Uckfield, which lies approximately 1.3 miles south-west from the village. Cooper’s Green is situated 2 miles east of Piltdown.
Five Ash Down
Village
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Five Ash Down is a small village within the civil parish of Buxted, in the Wealden district of East Sussex, England. Its nearest town is Uckfield, which lies approximately 1.8 miles south from the village. Five Ash Down is situated 2 miles east of Piltdown.
Piltdown
- Type: Village
- Description: village in East Sussex, United Kingdom
- Category: locality
- Location: Fletching, Wealden District, East Sussex, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.98414° or 50° 59′ 3″ northLongitude
0.05664° or 0° 3′ 24″ eastElevation
118 feet (36 metres)Open location code
9F22X3M4+MMOpenStreetMap ID
node 4917644677OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Piltdown” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Piltdown, East Sussex”
- French: “Piltdown”
- Irish: “Piltdown”
- Japanese: “ピルトダウン”
- Polish: “Piltdown”
- Slovak: “Piltdown”
- Welsh: “Piltdown, Dwyrain Sussex”
- Welsh: “Piltdown”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Piltdown Golf Club and Calves‘ Shaw.
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