East Dean and Friston
East Dean and Friston is a civil parish in the Wealden District of East Sussex, England.The two villages in the parish are in a dry valley on the South Downs – between Eastbourne three miles (4.8 km) to the east and Seaford an equal distance to the west.
East Dean and Friston is a civil parish in the Wealden District of East Sussex, England.The two villages in the parish are in a dry valley on the South Downs – between Eastbourne three miles (4.8 km) to the east and Seaford an equal distance to the west. The main A259 road goes through both village centres. The coast and much of the land between it and the A259 from the east edge of Seaford to the west edge of Eastbourne is owned by the National Trust, and this has prevented further development to the area. The civil parish was formed on 1 April 1999 from "East Dean" and "Friston" parishes.
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Worth seeing in and around East Dean and Friston
3 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Belle Tout lighthouse
The Belle Tout Lighthouse is a decommissioned lighthouse at Beachy Head, East Sussex, England, near the town of Eastbourne. It is a Grade II listed building.
2.6 km · decommissioned lighthouse at Beachy Head, East Sussex, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Lullington Heath
Lullington Heath is a 72.7-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Eastbourne in East Sussex. It is a national nature reserve and a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I. This site has two nationally uncommon habitats, chalk heath and chalk grassland.
3.8 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in East Sussex, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Seaford to Beachy Head
Seaford to Beachy Head is a 1,108.7-hectare biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest which stretches from Seaford to Eastbourne in East Sussex. It has several Geological Conservation Review sites.
1.4 km · geological site in Sussex · Wikipedia
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Getting to East Dean and Friston
- Airports
- London Gatwick (LGW), 51 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 91 km · London Stansted (STN), 125 km
- London → East Dean and Friston86 km · quickest by road, 2h 49m · £10–14
- London, Essex → East Dean and Friston86 km · quickest by road, 2h 49m · £10–14
- Luton, Luton → East Dean and Friston132 km · quickest by road, 2h 46m · £17–22
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Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for East Dean and Friston. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundCanoe - Canoes can be hired from the Canoe Centre near to Car park, they cannot be landed in the meanders though
- Go nextNearby Newhaven has a ferry service to Dieppe, from where you can explore France and the Continent.
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