Polegate

Worth seeing in and around Polegate

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.

   4.1 km · hill figure on Windover Hill near Wilmington, Sussex, England, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   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.

   3.8 km · church in Wilmington, 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.

   5 km · church and museum in Michelham Priory, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Priory Lane

   Priory Lane is an association football stadium located in Langney, an eastern suburb of Eastbourne, East Sussex, England. It is the home of Eastbourne Borough, who play in the National League South.

   5.7 km · stadium in Eastbourne, England · 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.

   5.6 km · church in Lullington, East Sussex, England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   East Sussex College

   East Sussex College or East Sussex College Group is the largest higher education college in East Sussex, providing education and training from foundation to degree level. The college educates almost half of the county's young people and over 8,000 adults each year at campuses in Lewes, Eastbourne, Hastings and Newhaven, and in the workplace.

   4.1 km · college in East Sussex, UK · 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.

   2.5 km · church in Folkington, East Sussex, England, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   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.

   300 m · church in Polegate, East Sussex, England · Wikipedia
9. 09
   St Mary's Church, Westham

   St Mary's Church, Westham, is an active Anglican parish church in High Street, Westham, East Sussex, England, standing to the west of Pevensey Castle. The earliest fabric in the church, in the south wall of the nave and in the transept, dates from the late 11th century.

   6 km · church in Westham, East Sussex, England, UK · Wikipedia
10. 10
    The Hoo

    The Hoo is a Neoclassical country house in Willingdon, in the Wealden district of East Sussex, England. It was designed by Edwin Lutyens in 1902 for Alexander Wedderburn, a wealthy lawyer.

    2.6 km · Grade I listed house in Willingdon, East Sussex, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Polegate

Airports

London Gatwick (LGW), 47 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 87 km · London Stansted (STN), 118 km

Stations

Polegate railway station, 100 m · Berwick (Sussex) railway station, 5.9 km · Hampden Park railway station, 3.8 km · Pevensey & Westham railway station, 5.7 km · Hailsham railway station, 4.4 km

• London → Polegate

  46 km · quickest by road, 1h 29m · £5–7
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  46 km · quickest by road, 1h 29m · £5–7
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• Luton, Luton → Polegate

  3 km · quickest by road, 13 min · £0.5
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