The Oval

The Oval is a park in Peacehaven, Lewes, England. The Oval is situated nearby to the playground Wimpy Park, as well as near the grassland Telscombe Playing Fields.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ascension Church and Peacehaven Community School.

Ascension Church

Church

Photo: The Voice of Hassocks, Public domain.

Ascension Church is situated 1 mile south of The Oval.

Peacehaven Community School is a mixed secondary school for 11 to 16-year-olds in Peacehaven, East Sussex in the United Kingdom. The school was opened in 2001 following a 40-year campaign by the local community for a secondary school in Peacehaven. Peacehaven Community School is situated 3,600 feet south of The Oval.

Monk’s House

Photo: Oliver Mallinson Lewis, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Monk's House is a 17th-century weatherboarded cottage in the village of Rodmell, three miles south of Lewes, East Sussex, England. The writer Virginia Woolf and her husband, the political activist, journalist and editor Leonard Woolf, bought the house… Monk’s House is situated 2½ miles north of The Oval.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saltdean and Newhaven.

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. Saltdean is situated 2 miles west of The Oval.

Newhaven

Photo: Michael Coppins, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Newhaven is a small coastal town in East Sussex. The main landmark in the town is the Newhaven Fort. The parish includes part of the Brighton to Newhaven Cliffs Site of Special Scientific Interest.

Rottingdean

Photo: The Voice of Hassocks, Public domain.

Rottingdean is a village in Brighton on the south coast of England. Although on the coast this was a farming village rather than a fishing one. But it was not disconnected from the sea as it used to be known as the smugglers' village.

The Oval

Type: Park
Category: recreation area
Location: Peacehaven, Lewes, East Sussex, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.80513° or 50° 48′ 19″ north

Longitude

0.00089° or 0° 0′ 3″ east

Open location code

9F22R242+39

OpenStreetMap ID

way 26262757

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

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