West Beach
West Beach is a beach in Newhaven, Lewes, England. West Beach is situated nearby to Castle Hill Local Nature Reserve, as well as near the scenic viewpoint Battery Observation Post.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include 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 Fort is situated 1,600 feet northeast of West Beach.
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 3,700 feet northeast of West Beach.
Newhaven East Pier Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Oast House Archive, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Newhaven East Pier Light is a lighthouse, which is situated 2,600 feet east of West Beach.
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 2 miles east of West Beach.
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 West Beach.
West Beach
- Type: Beach
- Category: landform
- Location: Newhaven, Lewes, East Sussex, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.78046° or 50° 46′ 50″ northLongitude
0.0485° or 0° 2′ 55″ eastOpen location code
9F22Q2JX+59OpenStreetMap ID
way 1506383882OpenStreetMap feature
natural=beach
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