Battle

Battle is a small town in the county of , , about 5 miles inland from and is the aptly-named site of the Battle of Hastings, fought between Harold, King of England and William, Duke of Normandy in 1066.
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  • Type: Town with 6,590 residents
  • Description: town and civil parish in the local government district of Rother in East Sussex, England
  • Also known as: “Battle, East Sussex”, “Battle, Sussex”, “Battle, Sussex, England”, and “Villa de Bello”
  • Neighbors:
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Places of Interest

Highlights: Battle Abbey and Senlac Hill.

Museum
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is a partially ruined Benedictine abbey in Battle, East Sussex, England.

Peak
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or Senlac Ridge is generally accepted…

Railway station
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is on the Hastings line in the…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sedlescombe and Vinehall Street.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in the Rother district of , England. is situated 2½ miles northeast of Battle.

Hamlet
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, is a linear settlement in the civil… is situated 3 miles north of Battle.

Battle

Latitude
50.9173° or 50° 55′ 2″ north
Longitude
0.4839° or 0° 29′ 2″ east
Population
6,590
Elevation
272 feet (83 metres)
UN/LOCODE
GB BTE
Open location code
9F22WF8M+WH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 713269
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2656161
Wiki­data ID
Q737593
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Welsh—“Battle” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Բաթլ (Արևելյան Սասեքս)”
  • Armenian: “Բաթլ”
  • Asturian: “Battle”
  • Basque: “battle”
  • Basque: “Battle”
  • Bengali: “ব্যাটল”
  • Bulgarian: “Батъл”
  • Catalan: “Battle”
  • Cebuano: “Battle”
  • Chinese: “巴图”
  • Chinese: “巴圖”
  • Chinese: “巴特尔”
  • Czech: “Battle”
  • Dutch: “Battle”
  • Esperanto: “Batalo”
  • Finnish: “Battle”
  • French: “Battle”
  • Galician: “Battle”
  • German: “Battle”
  • Gujarati: “બેટલ”
  • Hebrew: “באטל”
  • Irish: “Battle”
  • Italian: “Battle”
  • Japanese: “バトル”
  • Kannada: “ಬ್ಯಾಟಲ್”
  • Korean: “배틀”
  • Latin: “Burgus de Bello”
  • Lithuanian: “Batlas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Battle”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Battle i East Sussex”
  • Norwegian: “Battle”
  • Persian: “باتل، ساسکس شرقی”
  • Persian: “باتل”
  • Polish: “Battle”
  • Portuguese: “Battle”
  • Romanian: “Battle, East Sussex”
  • Russian: “Баттл”
  • Slovak: “Battle”
  • Slovenian: “Battle, Anglija”
  • South Azerbaijani: “باتل، دوغو ساسکس”
  • Spanish: “Battle”
  • Swedish: “Battle, East Sussex”
  • Swedish: “Battle”
  • Tamil: “பாட்டில்”
  • Telugu: “బ్యాటిల్”
  • Turkish: “Battle, Doğu Sussex”
  • Turkish: “Battle, East Sussex”
  • Urdu: “بیٹل، مشرقی سسیکس”
  • Urdu: “بیٹل”
  • Volapük: “Battle”
  • Welsh: “Battle, Dwyrain Sussex”
  • Welsh: “Battle”
  • “Battle”
  • “Battle, Sussex Tlāpcopa”

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