Combe Hill

Combe Hill is a causewayed enclosure, near Eastbourne in East Sussex, on the northern edge of the South Downs. It consists of an inner circuit of ditches and banks, incomplete where it meets a steep slope on its north side, and the remains of an outer circuit.

Photo: Simon Carey, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Peak
Description: causewayed enclosure in Eastbourne, East Sussex, England, UK
Also known as: “Combe Hill Camp”, “Combe Hill, East Sussex”, and “Neolithic causewayed enclosure on Combe Hill”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Polegate railway station and Long Man of Wilmington.

Polegate railway station

Railway station

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Polegate railway station serves Polegate in East Sussex, England. It is on the East Coastway Line, 61 miles 39 chains from London Bridge, and train services are provided by Southern.

Long Man of Wilmington

Photo: Shiroi Hane, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Long Man of Wilmington or Wilmington Giant is a hill figure on the steep slopes of Windover Hill near Wilmington, East Sussex, England. It is 6 miles northwest of Eastbourne and 1⁄3 mile south of Wilmington.

Folkington Manor

Manor estate

Photo: Andrew Huggett, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Folkington Manor is a grade II* listed country house situated in the village of Folkington two miles west of Polegate, East Sussex, England.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Eastbourne and Friston.

Eastbourne

Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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".

Friston

Village

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East Dean and Friston is a civil parish in the Wealden District of East Sussex, England.The two villages in the parish are in a dry valley on the South Downs – between Eastbourne three miles to the east and Seaford an equal distance to the west.