Royal Observer Corps Post

Royal Observer Corps Post is a building in Newhaven, Lewes, England. Royal Observer Corps Post is situated near the scenic viewpoint Battery Observation Post, as well as near the museum Newhaven Fort.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Newhaven Fort and Newhaven Harbour railway station.

Newhaven Fort

Museum

Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Newhaven Fort is a Palmerston fort built in the 19th century to defend the harbour at Newhaven, on the south coast of England. It was the largest defence work ever built in Sussex and is now open as a museum.

Newhaven Harbour railway station

Railway station

Photo: Nse1986, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Newhaven Harbour railway station is a railway station in Newhaven, East Sussex, England. It originally served boat train services to Dieppe, but that was taken over by Newhaven Marine and then Newhaven Town. Newhaven Harbour railway station is situated 2,600 feet north of Royal Observer Corps Post.

Newhaven East Pier Light

Lighthouse

Photo: Oast House Archive, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Newhaven East Pier Light is a lighthouse, which is situated 1,800 feet southeast of Royal Observer Corps Post.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bishopstone and Seaford.

Bishopstone

Hamlet

Photo: Michael FORD, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bishopstone is a rural village in the parish of Seaford, in Lewes district, in the county of East Sussex, England. Bishopstone Village has a population of about 200 people, including the nearby hamlet of Norton. Bishopstone is situated 1½ miles east of Royal Observer Corps Post.

Seaford

Photo: Mattbuck, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Seaford is a town in East Sussex, England, east of Newhaven and west of Eastbourne. 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.

East Blatchington

Suburb

Photo: The Voice of Hassocks, CC0.

East Blatchington is a coastal village which has merged into the western part of Seaford, contiguous with Bishopstone, in the civil parish of Seaford, in the Lewes district, in the county of East Sussex, England. East Blatchington is situated 2½ miles east of Royal Observer Corps Post.

Royal Observer Corps Post

Type: Building
Location: Newhaven, Lewes, East Sussex, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.78279° or 50° 46′ 58″ north

Longitude

0.05316° or 0° 3′ 11″ east

Open location code

9F22Q3M3+47

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1361981878

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Battery Observation Post and Adventure Playground.

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