Fort Road Recreational Ground
Fort Road Recreational Ground is a park in Newhaven, Lewes, England. Fort Road Recreational Ground is situated nearby to the pitch Newhaven Town FC, as well as near Newhaven Marina.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 1,100 feet southeast of Fort Road Recreational Ground.
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 1,800 feet northeast of Fort Road Recreational Ground.
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 3,600 feet north of Fort Road Recreational Ground.
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 Fort Road Recreational Ground.
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 Fort Road Recreational Ground.
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.
Fort Road Recreational Ground
- Type: Park
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Newhaven, Lewes, East Sussex, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.78547° or 50° 47′ 8″ northLongitude
0.05116° or 0° 3′ 4″ eastOpen location code
9F22Q3P2+5FOpenStreetMap ID
way 386297389OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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