Balcombe’s Pit

Balcombe’s Pit is a quarry in Beddingham, Lewes, England. Balcombe’s Pit is situated nearby to the deciduous forest Loover Shaw, as well as near Glynde railway station.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Glynde railway station and St Mary’s Church, Glynde.

Glynde railway station

Railway station

Photo: Mitchelltd, Public domain.

Glynde railway station serves Glynde in East Sussex. It is 53 miles 11 chains from London Bridge, on the East Coastway Line and train services are provided by Southern. Glynde railway station is situated 1,100 feet northwest of Balcombe’s Pit.

St Mary’s Church, Glynde

Church

Photo: Mitchelltd, Public domain.

The Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Grade II* listed Anglican church in the village of Glynde in East Sussex. It was built in the 1760s by Richard Trevor, bishop of Durham, whose family seat was the adjacent Glynde Place. St Mary’s Church, Glynde is situated 2,800 feet northwest of Balcombe’s Pit.

Wharf Cottage

House

Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wharf Cottage is a house, which is situated 1,500 feet northwest of Balcombe’s Pit.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Broyle Side and Ripe.

Broyle Side

Village

Ringmer is a village and civil parish in the Lewes District of East Sussex, England. The village is 3 miles east of Lewes. Other small settlements in the parish include Upper Wellingham, Ashton Green, Broyle Side, Norlington, Little Norlington and Shortgate. Broyle Side is situated 3 miles north of Balcombe’s Pit.

Ripe

Village

Photo: Michael FORD, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The civil parish of Chalvington with Ripe, in the Wealden District of East Sussex, England, is made up of the two villages, Chalvington and Ripe. They are located in the upper Rivers Cuckmere and Ouse joint valley north of the South Downs, between the A27 and the A22 roads, and some 15 miles northwest of Eastbourne. Ripe is situated 3 miles east of Balcombe’s Pit.

Barcombe Mills

Hamlet

Photo: Ben Brooksbank, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Barcombe Mills is a small settlement and an area of countryside including a local nature reserve near the village of Barcombe Cross in East Sussex, England. Barcombe Mills is situated 4½ miles north of Balcombe’s Pit.

Balcombe’s Pit

Type: Quarry
Category: industry
Location: Beddingham, Lewes, East Sussex, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.85783° or 50° 51′ 28″ north

Longitude

0.07446° or 0° 4′ 28″ east

Open location code

9F22V35F+4Q

OpenStreetMap ID

way 187691608

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=quarry

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