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)”, “Seaford (Sussex Oriental)”, “Seaford, East Sussex”, and “希福德”
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Places of Interest

Highlights: Seaford railway station and Bishopstone railway station.

Railway station
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is in Seaford, East Sussex, England.

Railway station
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is on the western side of the town of Seaford, East Sussex, England.

Museum
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The and Heritage Society is a local…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bishopstone and East Blatchington.

Hamlet
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is a rural village in the parish…

Suburb
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is a coastal village which has…

Village
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Cuckmere Valley is a civil parish in the district of , England. 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)
UN/LOCODE
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: “西福德”
  • Chinese: “錫福德”
  • Chinese: “锡福德”
  • Czech: “Seaford”
  • Dutch: “Seaford”
  • French: “Seaford”
  • 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”
  • Persian: “سیفورد”
  • Polish: “Seaford”
  • Portuguese: “Seaford”
  • Romanian: “Seaford”
  • Russian: “Сифорд”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Seaford, East Sussex”
  • Slovak: “Seaford”
  • South Azerbaijani: “سیفورد، دوغو ساسکس”
  • Spanish: “Seaford”
  • Swedish: “Seaford, East Sussex”
  • Swedish: “Seaford”
  • Tamil: “ஸீபோர்ட்”
  • Telugu: “సీఫోర్డ్”
  • Turkish: “Seaford, East Sussex”
  • Urdu: “سیفورڈ، ایسٹ سسیکس”
  • Volapük: “Seaford”
  • Welsh: “Seaford, Dwyrain Sussex”
  • Welsh: “Seaford”
  • Wu Chinese: “海福镇”
  • “Seaford”
  • “Seaford, Sussex Tlāpcopa”

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