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Lewes

Lewes is the county town of , known for its historic townscape and independent character.
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  • Type: Town with 17,300 residents
  • Description: town in East Sussex, England
  • Also known as: “Lewes, East Sussex”
  • Neighbors:
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Lewes Castle and Lewes railway station.

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is a medieval castle in the town of Lewes in , . Originally called Bray Castle, it occupies a commanding position guarding the gap in the cut by the River Ouse and occupied by the towns of Lewes and Cliffe.

Railway station
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serves the town of Lewes in , . It has five platforms and is on the East Coastway Line, 49 miles 74 chains from via .

Museum
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is a 16th-century timber-framed Wealden hall house located in Lewes, , . It formed part of Queen Anne's annulment settlement from King Henry VIII in 1541, although she never visited the property.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kingston near Lewes and Barcombe Mills.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in the Lewes District of , England. The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book and is located two miles south of Lewes and is nestled in the .

Hamlet
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is a small settlement and an area of countryside including a local near the village of Barcombe Cross in , England. is situated 3 miles northeast of Lewes.

Village
Ringmer is a village and civil parish in the Lewes District of , England. The village is 3 miles east of Lewes. Other small settlements in the parish include Upper Wellingham, Ashton Green, , Norlington, Little Norlington and Shortgate. is situated 3½ miles northeast of Lewes.

Lewes

Latitude
50.8741° or 50° 52′ 27″ north
Longitude
0.0121° or 0° 0′ 44″ east
Population
17,300
Elevation
89 feet (27 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB LWE
Open location code
9F22V2F6+MR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 17724137
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2644559
Wiki­data ID
Q246884
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Lewes” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “لويس”
  • Basque: “Lewes”
  • Belarusian: “Льюіс”
  • Bengali: “লুইজ”
  • Bulgarian: “Луис”
  • Catalan: “Lewes”
  • Cebuano: “Lewes”
  • Chinese: “刘易斯”
  • Chinese: “劉易斯”
  • Chinese: “雷威斯”
  • Czech: “Lewes”
  • Danish: “Lewes”
  • Dutch: “Lewes”
  • Esperanto: “Lewes”
  • Estonian: “Lewes”
  • Finnish: “Lewes”
  • French: “Lewes”
  • German: “Lewes”
  • Greek: “Λιούις”
  • Greek: “Λούις”
  • Gujarati: “લેવેસ”
  • Hebrew: “לואיס”
  • Indonesian: “Lewes”
  • Irish: “Lewes”
  • Italian: “Lewes, East Sussex”
  • Italian: “Lewes”
  • Japanese: “ルイス （イースト・サセックス）”
  • Japanese: “ルイス”
  • Kannada: “ಲೆವೆಸ್”
  • Korean: “루이스”
  • Kurdish: “Lewes”
  • Latvian: “Lūisa”
  • Lithuanian: “Levesas”
  • Lithuanian: “Luisas”
  • Maltese: “Lewes”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lewes”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lewes”
  • Norwegian: “Lewes”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Lewes”
  • Persian: “لوئس”
  • Persian: “لوئیس”
  • Polish: “Lewes”
  • Portuguese: “Lewes”
  • Romanian: “Lewes”
  • Russian: “Льюис”
  • Scots: “Lewes”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Lewes”
  • Silesian: “Lewes”
  • Slovak: “Lewes”
  • Slovenian: “Lewes”
  • South Azerbaijani: “لوئیس”
  • Spanish: “Lewes”
  • Swedish: “Lewes”
  • Tamil: “லெவெஸ்”
  • Telugu: “లెవీస్”
  • Turkish: “Lewes”
  • Ukrainian: “Льюїс”
  • Urdu: “لویس”
  • Volapük: “Lewes”
  • Welsh: “Lewes”
  • “Lewes, Sussex Tlāpcopa”

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