Newhaven Fort
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.Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Michael Coppins, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Opening hours: 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
- Type: Museum
- Description: Victorian fort in Newhaven, East Sussex, England, UK
- Also known as: “Newhaven military fort and lunette battery”
- Address: Fort Road, Newhaven, BN9 9DS
- Wheelchair access: limited
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Newhaven Harbour railway station and Newhaven East Pier Light.
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 2,500 feet north of Newhaven Fort.
Newhaven East Pier Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Oast House Archive, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Newhaven East Pier Light is a lighthouse, which is situated 1,700 feet southeast of Newhaven Fort.
Newhaven Town railway station
Railway station
Photo: Bob Embleton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Newhaven Town railway station is the main station serving Newhaven, East Sussex, England, the other being Newhaven Harbour. A third station, Newhaven Marine, formally closed in October 2020, but had not had a train service since 2006. Newhaven Town railway station is situated 1 mile north of Newhaven Fort.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bishopstone and East Blatchington.
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 Newhaven Fort.
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 2 miles east of Newhaven Fort.
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.
Newhaven Fort
- Categories: military museum, fort, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Newhaven, Lewes, East Sussex, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.78307° or 50° 46′ 59″ northLongitude
0.05417° or 0° 3′ 15″ eastOperator
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tourism=museumOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limitedWikidata ID
Q1983520
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Polish—“Newhaven Fort” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Newhaven Fort”
- French: “Fort de Newhaven”
- French: “Newhaven Fort”
- German: “Newhaven Fort”
- Japanese: “ニューヘイブン要塞”
- Polish: “newhaven fort uk”
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