East Sussex
East Sussex is a county in the South East of England. West Sussex is to the west, Kent is to the north-east and Surrey is to the north.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Brighton and Eastbourne.
Brighton
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Brighton is a seaside resort in East Sussex, south-eastern coast of England, 76 km south of London. In 1997, the district of Brighton merged with Hove to form the City of Brighton and Hove which was given city status in 2001.
Eastbourne
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Eastbourne is a popular and traditional sea-side resort town in East Sussex, on England's South East coast. It has one of the highest recorded days of sunshine per year in Britain and its climate is notable for its relatively high sunshine levels, with the town claiming to be the "Sunniest Place in the UK".
Hastings
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Hastings is a seaside town in East Sussex in southeast England. It's run down, but has budget accommodation and several sites of interest. Hastings is most famous for the battle that took place there in 1066 between King Harold's English and William the Conqueror's Normans.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Lewes and Rye.
Lewes
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Lewes is the county town of East Sussex, known for its historic townscape and independent character.
Rye
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Rye is a town in East Sussex that in medieval times was one of the Cinque Ports responsible for England's maritime defence. It stood at the head of a bay, which silted up, leaving the town two miles from the sea.
Bexhill
Bexhill is a coastal town about 6 miles west of Hastings in the Rother District of East Sussex. Everywhere in Bexhill is not far away from the beach. The pebble beach is incredibly scenic and with plenty of beach huts for the seaside lovers.
Crowborough
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Crowborough is a town and civil parish in East Sussex, England, in the Weald at the edge of Ashdown Forest and the highest town in the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Battle
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Battle is a small town in the county of East Sussex, England, about 5 miles inland from Hastings and is the aptly-named site of the Battle of Hastings, fought between Harold, King of England and William, Duke of Normandy in 1066.
Newhaven
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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.
Seaford
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Seaford is a town in East Sussex, England, east of Newhaven and west of Eastbourne. In the Middle Ages, Seaford was one of the main ports serving Southern England, but the town's fortunes declined due to coastal sedimentation silting up its harbour and persistent raids by French pirates.
Ashdown Forest
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Ashdown Forest is in East Sussex. Ashdown Forest covers 14,000 acres of lowland heathland which has never been under the plough and so provides a unique habitat for many species of flora and fauna.
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.
Hailsham
The market town of Hailsham, in the Wealden district of East Sussex, used to be an agricultural centre. The population in 2011 was 20,476.
Cuckmere Haven
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Cuckmere Haven is in the South Downs and East Sussex of England. Cuckmere Haven is an area of flood plains in Sussex, England where the river Cuckmere meets the English Channel between Eastbourne and Brighton.
Ditchling
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Ditchling is a village and civil parish in the Lewes District of East Sussex, England. The village is contained within the boundaries of the South Downs National Park; the order confirming the establishment of the park was signed in Ditchling.
Wadhurst
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Wadhurst is a market town in East Sussex, England. It is the centre of the civil parish of Wadhurst, which also includes the hamlets of Cousley Wood and Tidebrook. Wadhurst is twinned with Aubers in France.
Heathfield
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Heathfield is a town in East Sussex, in the High Weald. This is an area of outstanding natural beauty. Situated near the Kentish border there are also excellent views of the South Downs and the coast in the south and marvellous views towards Mayfield and over Ashdown Forest.
Hartfield
Hartfield is a village in Ashdown Forest, East Sussex. It is famous as the setting for the Winnie the Pooh stories by A.A Milne.
Robertsbridge
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Robertsbridge is a village in the county of East Sussex, England. Dating from the 10th century AD it is a quaint place with relatively little to see, but due to its location on the main railway line from London to Hastings and the corresponding main road, it represents a good potential base to discover the picturesque local countryside, sights, towns and villages nearby.
Rottingdean
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Rottingdean is a village in Brighton on the south coast of England. Although on the coast this was a farming village rather than a fishing one. But it was not disconnected from the sea as it used to be known as the smugglers' village.
East Sussex
- Type: Region with 840,000 residents
- Description: ceremonial county in England (use Q21694646 for administrative non-metropolitan county)
- Also known as: “Ceremonial County East Sussex”
- Neighbors: Kent, Surrey, and West Sussex
- Category: ceremonial county of England
- Location: South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“East Sussex” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Oos-Sussex”
- Arabic: “شرق ساسكس”
- Armenian: “Արևելյան Սասիքս”
- Asturian: “Sussex Oriental”
- Azerbaijani: “Şərqi Susseks qraflığı”
- Balinese: “Sussex Kangin”
- Bashkir: “Көнсығыш Суссекс”
- Basque: “Ekialdeko Sussex”
- Belarusian: “Усходні Сасэкс”
- Belarusian: “Усходні Сусекс”
- Bengali: “ইস্ট সাসেক্স”
- Breton: “Reter Sussex”
- Bulgarian: “Източен Съсекс”
- Burmese: “အိစက်စက်”
- Catalan: “East Sussex”
- Catalan: “Sussex Oriental”
- Cebuano: “East Sussex”
- Chinese: “East Sussex”
- Chinese: “东萨塞克斯郡”
- Chinese: “東修適士”
- Chinese: “東修適士郡”
- Chinese: “東薩塞克斯郡”
- Chuvash: “Тухăç Суссекс”
- Cornish: “Sussex Est”
- Corsican: “Sussex Orientale”
- Croatian: “Istočni Sussex”
- Czech: “Východní Sussex”
- Danish: “East Sussex”
- Dimli (individual language): “Sussexê Rocvetışi”
- Dutch: “East Sussex”
- Esperanto: “East Sussex”
- Esperanto: “Orienta Sussekso”
- Estonian: “Ida-Sussex”
- Finnish: “East Sussex”
- French: “Sussex de l’Est”
- Galician: “East Sussex”
- Georgian: “აღმოსავლეთ სასექსი”
- Georgian: “აღმოსავლეთი სასექსი”
- German: “East Sussex”
- German: “Ost-Sussex”
- Greek: “Ανατολικό Σάσσεξ”
- Gujarati: “પૂર્વ સુસેક્સ”
- Hakka Chinese: “East Sussex”
- Hebrew: “מזרח סאסקס”
- Hindi: “ईस्ट ससेक्स”
- Hungarian: “East Sussex”
- Icelandic: “Austur-Sussex”
- Indonesian: “East Sussex”
- Indonesian: “Sussex Timur”
- Interlingua: “East Sussex”
- Irish: “Sussex Thoir”
- Italian: “East Sussex”
- Italian: “Sussex Orientale”
- Japanese: “イースト・サセックス”
- Japanese: “東サセックス”
- Kannada: “ಪೂರ್ವ ಸಸೆಕ್ಸ್”
- Korean: “이스트서식스주”
- Ladin: “East Sussex”
- Latin: “Sussexia Orientalis”
- Latvian: “Austrumsaseksa”
- Latvian: “Īstsaseksa”
- Lithuanian: “Rytų Saseksas”
- Luxembourgish: “Ost Sussex”
- Macedonian: “Источен Сасекс”
- Manx: “Sussex Hiar”
- Marathi: “ईस्ट ससेक्स”
- Min Nan Chinese: “East Sussex”
- Mirandese: “East Sussex”
- Narom: “Sussexe de l’Êt”
- Northern Frisian: “East Sussex”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “East Sussex”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “East Sussex”
- Norwegian: “East Sussex”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Sussex Oriental”
- Ossetian: “Скæсæн Сассекс”
- Persian: “ساسکس شرقی”
- Polish: “East Sussex”
- Portuguese: “East Sussex”
- Portuguese: “Sussex do Leste”
- Portuguese: “Sussex Oriental”
- Romanian: “East Sussex”
- Russian: “Восточный Суссекс”
- Scots: “East Sussex”
- Serbian: “Источни Сасекс”
- Serbo-Croatian: “East Sussex”
- Slovak: “East Sussex”
- Slovenian: “East Sussex”
- Slovenian: “Vzhodni Sussex”
- Spanish: “Sussex Oriental”
- Swedish: “East Sussex”
- Tajik: “Сусекси Шарқӣ”
- Tamil: “கிழக்கு சுஸெஸ்”
- Tatar: “Көнчыгыш Сассекс”
- Telugu: “తూర్పు ససెక్స్”
- Thai: “อีสต์ซัสเซกซ์”
- Turkish: “Doğu Sussex”
- Turkish: “East Sussex”
- Turkish: “Törensel Doğu Sussex Kontluğu”
- Ukrainian: “Східний Сассекс”
- Urdu: “ایسٹ سسکز”
- Urdu: “مشرقی سسیکس”
- Venetian: “East Sussex”
- Vietnamese: “Đông Sussex”
- Vietnamese: “East Sussex”
- Vlaams: “East Sussex”
- Volapük: “East Sussex”
- Waray (Philippines): “East Sussex”
- Welsh: “Dwyrain Sussex”
- Western Panjabi: “چڑھدا سسکس”
- Wu Chinese: “东萨塞克斯郡”
- Yiddish: “מזרח סאסעקס”
- Yue Chinese: “東修適士”
- “Sussex Tlāpcopa”
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