Long Man

Worth seeing in and around Long Man

10 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.

1. 01
   Long Man of Wilmington

   The Long Man of Wilmington or Wilmington Giant is a hill figure on the steep slopes of Windover Hill near Wilmington, East Sussex, England. It is 6 miles northwest of Eastbourne and 1⁄3 mile south of Wilmington.

   2.3 km · hill figure on Windover Hill near Wilmington, Sussex, England, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Church of St. Andrew, Alfriston

   St Andrew's Church is the parish church of Alfriston, East Sussex, England. This Grade I listed building was built in the 1370s and is also known as the 'Cathedral of the Downs'.

   4 km · church in Alfriston, East Sussex, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Michelham Priory

   Michelham Priory is the site of a former Augustinian Priory in Arlington, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom. The surviving buildings are owned and administered by the Sussex Archaeological Society and are Grade I and Grade II listed.

   3.9 km · church and museum in Michelham Priory, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
4. 04
   St Mary and St Peter's Church, Wilmington

   St Mary and St Peter's Church is in the village of Wilmington, East Sussex, England. It is an active Anglican parish church on the deanery of Lewes and Seaford, the archdeaconry of Lewes and Hastings, and the diocese of Chichester.

   1.5 km · church in Wilmington, East Sussex, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Lullington Church

   Lullington Church, also known as the Church of the Good Shepherd, on the South Downs at Lullington in East Sussex is one of several churches claimed to be the smallest church in England although it is not the smallest. It was built from the remains of the chancel of an earlier church that was destroyed by fire, generally believed to have occurred at the time of Oliver Cromwell.

   3.4 km · church in Lullington, East Sussex, England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   St George's Church

   St George's Church is a Roman Catholic church of the parish of Hailsham and Polegate serving the town of Polegate in the Wealden district of East Sussex, England. Consideration was first given to "bringing the Mass to Polegate" in the late 19th century, when it was a rapidly growing village within the vast Catholic parish of the seaside resort of Eastbourne to the south.

   3 km · church in Polegate, East Sussex, England · Wikipedia
7. 07
   The Parish Church of Saint Peter

   The Church of St. Peter ad Vincula is a parish church in Folkington, East Sussex dating from the 13th century.

   1.8 km · church in Folkington, East Sussex, England, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Alfriston Market Cross

   Alfriston Market Cross is the only remaining market cross in Sussex, other than the elaborate market cross in Chichester. It is formed of a stone base and shaft on a brick plinth; the cross itself is missing, but the shaft is topped with a ‘cornice-like’ stone.

   3.9 km · market cross in Alfriston, East Sussex, England, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Drusillas Zoo Park

   Drusillas Zoo Park is a small 10 acres zoo near to Alfriston, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom. It attracts between 350,000 and 370,000 visitors per year and until December 2021, was home to the first Hello Kitty-themed attraction in Europe.

   2.8 km · zoo in East Sussex, England · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Lullington 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

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Getting to Long Man

Airports

London Gatwick (LGW), 45 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 85 km · London Stansted (STN), 118 km

Stations

Polegate railway station, 3.1 km · Berwick (Sussex) railway station, 2.9 km

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