Balsdean Pumping Station

Balsdean Pumping Station is a pumping station in Rottingdean, Brighton and Hove, England. Balsdean Pumping Station is situated nearby to the peak High Hill, as well as near Balsdean Reservoir.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Woodingdean Water Well and Beacon Hill.

Woodingdean Water Well

Photo: Yiorgos Stamoulis, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Woodingdean Water Well is the deepest hand-dug well in the world, at 390 metres deep, lined with some 278,000 bricks. It was dug to provide water for a workhouse. Woodingdean Water Well is situated 2 miles northwest of Balsdean Pumping Station.

Beacon Hill

Grassland

Photo: Vojife, CC BY 3.0.

Beacon Hill is an 18.6-hectare Local Nature Reserve in Rottingdean, on the eastern outskirts of Brighton in East Sussex. It is owned and managed by Brighton and Hove Council. Beacon Hill is situated 1½ miles southwest of Balsdean Pumping Station.

St Margaret’s Church

Church

Photo: The Voice of Hassocks, Public domain.

St Margaret's Church is an Anglican church in the village of Rottingdean, in the city of Brighton and Hove, England. It is the parish church of Rottingdean, which became part of the former Borough of Brighton in 1928. St Margaret’s Church is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Balsdean Pumping Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saltdean and Ovingdean.

Saltdean

Suburb

Photo: Sdonner, Public domain.

Saltdean is a coastal village largely within the city of Brighton and Hove, with part located in Lewes district. Saltdean is approximately 5 miles east of central Brighton, 5 miles west of Newhaven, and 6 miles south of Lewes.

Ovingdean

Village

Photo: David Eldridge, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ovingdean is a small, formerly agricultural village on the eastern edge of the city of Brighton and Hove in the ceremonial county East Sussex, England.

Roedean

Village

Photo: Janine Forbes, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Roedean is a village in the city of Brighton and Hove, England, east of the seaside resort of Brighton. Roedean is situated 2 miles west of Balsdean Pumping Station.

Balsdean Pumping Station

Type: Pumping station
Categories: building and industry
Location: Rottingdean, Brighton and Hove, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.82421° or 50° 49′ 27″ north

Longitude

-0.04481° or 0° 2′ 41″ west

Open location code

9C2XRXF4+M3

OpenStreetMap ID

way 158360207

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=pumping_station

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Highlights include High Hill and Balsdean Reservoir.

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