Blackcap
Blackcap is in Plumpton, Lewes, England. Blackcap is situated nearby to the deciduous forest Watershoot Shaw, as well as near Ashcombe Bottom.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Blackcap and Ashcombe Bottom.
Blackcap
Peak
Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Blackcap is a hill and nature reserve in East Sussex, England. It is on a peak of the South Downs, just south east of Plumpton and west of Lewes. The flatter landscape is made up of open ground with chalk paths, surrounded by thickets.
Ashcombe Bottom
Deciduous forest
Ashcombe Bottom is a 66 hectares woodland valley owned by the National Trust that runs south from Blackcap, East Sussex, England. The area is nested in the South Downs and can only be reached by walking or cycling from Lewes, Falmer, Ditchling Beacon or up the Clayton to Offham escarpment from Plumpton.
Plumpton Place
Manor estate
Photo: Simon Carey, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Plumpton Place is a Grade II* listed Elizabethan manor house in Plumpton, East Sussex, England. Plumpton Place is situated 1 mile northwest of Blackcap.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sussex and Kingston near Lewes.
Sussex
Photo: matthewhartley369, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sussex in the United Kingdom may refer to one of the two counties of East Sussex and West Sussex in South East England.
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. Kingston near Lewes is situated 2½ miles south of Blackcap.
Plumpton Green
Village
Photo: Charlesdrakew, Public domain.
Plumpton is a village and civil parish in the Lewes District of East Sussex, England. The village is located 5 mi north-west of Lewes. The parish measures 6.5 mi in length on its north–south axis and 1 mi at its widest on the B2116 Underhill Road. Plumpton Green is situated 3 miles north of Blackcap.
Blackcap
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Category: tourism
- Location: Plumpton, Lewes, East Sussex, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.89568° or 50° 53′ 44″ northLongitude
-0.0473° or 0° 2′ 50″ westElevation
676 feet (206 metres)Open location code
9C2XVXW3+73OpenStreetMap ID
node 375621920OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=survey_pointOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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