Castle Hill
Castle Hill is a 114.6-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the eastern outskirts of Brighton in East Sussex. It is a Special Area of Conservation and Nature Conservation Review site.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Simon Carey, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 656 feet
- Description: Site of Special Scientific Interest near Brighton, East Sussex
- Also known as: “Castle Hill, Brighton”
Places of Interest
Highlights include AmEx Stadium and Newmarket Hill.
AmEx Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Dominic Alves, CC BY 2.0.
Falmer Stadium, currently known as the American Express Stadium for sponsorship reasons and more commonly referred to as the Amex, is a football stadium in Falmer, Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, England.
Newmarket Hill
Peak
Photo: Peter Whitcomb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Newmarket Hill is situated in the parish of Kingston near Lewes. It is located midway between, and within walking distance of, two of the most important population centres in East Sussex, Brighton and Lewes.
Woodingdean Water Well
Photo: Yiorgos Stamoulis, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Woodingdean Water Well is the deepest hand-dug well in the world, at 390 metres deep. It was dug to provide water for a workhouse. Work on the well started in 1858, and was finished four years later, on 16 March 1862.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kingston near Lewes and Ovingdean.
Kingston near Lewes
Village
Photo: Charlesdrakew, Public domain.
Kingston near Lewes is a village and civil parish in the Lewes District of East Sussex, England. The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book and is located two miles south of Lewes and is nestled in the South Downs.
Ovingdean
Village
Photo: David Eldridge, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ovingdean is a small, formerly agricultural village and former civil parish on the eastern edge of the city of Brighton and Hove in the ceremonial county East Sussex, England.
Stanmer
Village
Photo: Brian Slater, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stanmer is a village on the northern edge of the city of Brighton and Hove, in the ceremonial county of East Sussex, England. It was formerly a civil parish until 1952 when it was split between Brighton and Falmer. In 1951 the parish had a population of 1097.
Castle Hill
Latitude
50.8507° or 50° 51′ 3″ northLongitude
-0.04923° or 0° 2′ 57″ westElevation
656 feet (200 metres)Open location code
9C2XVX22+78OpenStreetMap ID
node 370831886OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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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 “Castle Hill”. Photo: Simon Carey, CC BY-SA 2.0.