Woodingdean Water Well
The Woodingdean Water Well is the deepest hand-dug well in the world, at 390 metres deep. It was dug to provide water for a workhouse. Work on the well started in 1858, and was finished four years later, on 16 March 1862.Photo: Yiorgos Stamoulis, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Woodingdean Primary School and Newmarket Hill.
Woodingdean Primary School
School
Photo: Paul Gillett, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Woodingdean Primary School is situated 880 feet east of Woodingdean Water Well.
Newmarket Hill
Peak
Photo: Peter Whitcomb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Newmarket Hill is situated in the parish of Kingston near Lewes. It is located midway between, and within walking distance of, two of the most important population centres in East Sussex, Brighton and Lewes.
Whitehawk Hill
Nature reserve
Photo: Bob Embleton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Whitehawk Hill is a 50.3-hectare Local Nature Reserve in Brighton, East Sussex. It is owned and managed by Brighton and Hove City Council. At the top of the hill is Whitehawk Camp, a Neolithic causewayed enclosure which is a Scheduled Monument.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ovingdean and Whitehawk.
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.
Whitehawk
Suburb
Photo: The Voice of Hassocks, CC0.
Whitehawk is a suburb in the east of Brighton, England, south of Bevendean and north of Brighton Marina. The area is a large, modern housing estate built in a downland dry valley historically known as Whitehawk Bottom.
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.
Woodingdean Water Well
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: well in East Sussex
- Categories: water well, tourism, and recreation area
- Location: Brighton and Hove, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.83465° or 50° 50′ 5″ northLongitude
-0.08182° or 0° 4′ 55″ westOperator
Woodingdean Water WellOpen location code
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way 607374756OpenStreetMap feature
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Q42851541
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Woodingdean Water Well” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أعمق بئر في العالم محفور يدويًا”
- Arabic: “بئر ماء وودنجدين”
- Armenian: “Վուդինգդինի ջրհոր”
- Dutch: “Woodingdean Waterput”
- French: “puits à eau de Woodingdean”
- French: “Puits à eau de Woodingdean”
- French: “Woodingdean Water Well”
- Portuguese: “Poço de Água de Woodingdean”
- Russian: “Вудингдинский колодец”
- Spanish: “Pozo de Agua de Woodingdean”
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