Lewes

Lewes is the county town of , known for its historic townscape and independent character.
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  • Town with 17,300 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 89 feet (27 metres)
  • …is also known as “Lewes, East Sussex”
  • Description: town in East Sussex, England
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lewes Castle and Lewes railway station.
is a medieval castle in the town of Lewes in , .
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is a 16th-century timber-framed…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kingston near Lewes and Barcombe Mills.
Charlesdrakew, Public domain.
is a village and civil parish in the Lewes District of , England.
is a small settlement and an area… is situated 3 miles northeast of Lewes.
Ringmer is a village and civil parish in the Lewes District of , England. is situated 3½ miles northeast of Lewes.

Lewes

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Latitude
50.8741° or 50° 52′ 27″ north
Longitude
0.0121° or 0° 0′ 44″ east
UN/LOCODE
GB LWE
Open location code
9F22V2F6+MR
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
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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”
  • Lombard: “Lewes”
  • 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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