South East England
East Sussex
Lewes

Seaford

Seaford is a town in , England, east of Newhaven and west of . 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.
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  • Type: Town with 22,600 residents
  • Description: coastal town and civil parish in East Sussex, England
  • Also known as: “Seaford (England)” and “Seaford, East Sussex”
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Seaford railway station and Bishopstone railway station.

Railway station
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is in Seaford, East Sussex, England. It is the terminus of the Seaford branch line of the East Coastway line, 58 miles 77 chains measured from London Bridge.

Railway station
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is on the western side of the town of Seaford, East Sussex, England. It is situated close to the coast, and about 1 mile from the downland rural village of after which it is named.

Museum
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The and Heritage Society is a local history museum located at the Martello Tower in . It was established in 1979 and contains objects, archives and displays relating to the history of the local area.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bishopstone and East Blatchington.

Hamlet
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is a rural village in the parish of Seaford, in Lewes district, in the county of , England. Village has a population of about 200 people, including the nearby hamlet of Norton.

Suburb
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is a coastal village in which has merged into the western part of Seaford, contiguous with , in the civil parish of Seaford, in the Lewes district, in the county of , England.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 2½ miles east of Seaford.

Seaford

Latitude
50.7723° or 50° 46′ 20″ north
Longitude
0.1023° or 0° 6′ 8″ east
Population
22,600
Elevation
33 feet (10 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB SFR
Open location code
9F22Q4C2+WW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 262501459
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2638311
Wiki­data ID
Q1640242
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Seaford” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سيفورد”
  • Asturian: “Seaford”
  • Basque: “Seaford (Ekialdeko Sussex)”
  • Basque: “Seaford”
  • Bengali: “সিফোর্ড”
  • Catalan: “Seaford”
  • Cebuano: “Seaford”
  • Chinese: “希福德”
  • Chinese: “西福德”
  • Chinese: “錫福德”
  • Chinese: “锡福德”
  • Czech: “Seaford”
  • Dutch: “Seaford”
  • French: “Seaford”
  • German: “Seaford (England)”
  • German: “Seaford”
  • Gujarati: “સીફોર્ડ”
  • Hungarian: “Seaford”
  • Irish: “Seaford”
  • Italian: “Seaford”
  • Japanese: “シーフォード (イースト・サセックス州)”
  • Japanese: “シーフォード”
  • Kannada: “ಸೀಫೋರ್ಡ್”
  • Korean: “씨포드”
  • Ladin: “Seaford”
  • Latvian: “Sīforda”
  • Lithuanian: “Sifordas”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Seaford i East Sussex”
  • Persian: “سیفورد، ساسکس شرقی”
  • Polish: “Seaford”
  • Portuguese: “Seaford”
  • Romanian: “Seaford”
  • Russian: “Сифорд”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Seaford, East Sussex”
  • Slovak: “Seaford”
  • South Azerbaijani: “سیفورد، دوغو ساسکس”
  • Spanish: “Seaford (Sussex Oriental)”
  • Spanish: “Seaford”
  • Swedish: “Seaford, East Sussex”
  • Swedish: “Seaford”
  • Tamil: “ஸீபோர்ட்”
  • Telugu: “సీఫోర్డ్”
  • Turkish: “Seaford, East Sussex”
  • Urdu: “سیافورڈ”
  • Volapük: “Seaford”
  • Welsh: “Seaford, Dwyrain Sussex”
  • Welsh: “Seaford”
  • Wu Chinese: “海福镇”
  • “Seaford”
  • “Seaford, East Sussex”
  • “Seaford, Sussex Tlāpcopa”

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