Saltdean
Saltdean is a coastal village largely within the city of Brighton and Hove, with part located in Lewes district.

Saltdean is a coastal village largely within the city of Brighton and Hove, with part located in Lewes district. Saltdean is approximately 5 miles (8 km) east of central Brighton, 5 miles (8 km) west of Newhaven, and 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Lewes. It is bordered by farmland and the South Downs National Park.
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Worth seeing in and around Saltdean
7 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.
- 01Ovingdean Rectory
Ovingdean Rectory is a clergy house at Ovingdean, East Sussex, England. The building was built from 1804 to 1807, replacing an earlier rectory described as "a mean, thatched parsonage-house" in a letter to Sir William Burrell There are mathematical tiles on the southern and western exterior.
2.9 km · clergy house in Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Hillside
Hillside is an 18th-century Grade II* listed building in Rottingdean, in the city of Brighton and Hove. The house contains a gazebo listed for its special architectural or historic interest, and also contains a Grade II listed barn.
1.4 km · house in Rottingdean, East Sussex, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Beacon Hill
Beacon Hill is an 18.6-hectare Local Nature Reserve in Rottingdean, on the eastern outskirts of Brighton in East Sussex. It is owned and managed by Brighton and Hove Council.
1.8 km · park in East Sussex, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 04Ovingdean Grange
Ovingdean Grange is a Grade II listed manor house situated on the south coast of England in the village of Ovingdean, east of Brighton. One of the oldest and most historical residences in Brighton, it gave its name to the novel Ovingdean Grange by the popular 19th-century writer William Harrison Ainsworth.
2.9 km · country house in Ovingdean, East Sussex, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05St Margaret's Church
St Margaret's Church is an Anglican church in the village of Rottingdean, in the city of Brighton and Hove, England. It is the parish church of Rottingdean, which became part of the former Borough of Brighton in 1928.
1.2 km · Anglican church in Rottingdean, in the English city of Brighton and Hove · Wikipedia - 06St Wulfran's Church, Ovingdean
St Wulfran's Church, dedicated to the 7th-century French archbishop Wulfram of Sens, is an Anglican church in Ovingdean, a rural village now within the English city of Brighton and Hove. Parts of the structure date from the early 12th century, and the church is listed at Grade I, a designation used for buildings "of outstanding architectural or historic interest".
2.9 km · Grade I listed church in Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Saltdean Lido
Saltdean Lido at Saltdean Park Road, Saltdean, in the city of Brighton and Hove, in the ceremonial county of East Sussex, England, is an Art Deco lido designed by architect R.W.H. Jones. Originally listed at Grade II by English Heritage for its architectural and historical importance, its status was upgraded further to "Grade II*" on 18 March 2011.
200 m · historic site in Brighton and Hove, England · Wikipedia
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Getting to Saltdean
- Airports
- London Gatwick (LGW), 40 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 80 km · London Luton (LTN), 121 km
- London → Saltdean78 km · quickest by road, 2h 32m · £9–11
- Luton, Luton → Saltdean122 km · quickest by road, 2h 32m · £15–20
- London, Essex → Saltdean78 km · quickest by road, 2h 32m · £9–11
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No local-transport research exists yet for Saltdean
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 Saltdean. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextDieppe, France – by ferry from Newhaven Harbour, about east of Brighton.
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Next door to Saltdean
- Peacehaventown and civil parish in the Lewes district of East Sussex, England2.9 km
- Telscombetown in East Sussex, England, UK2.2 km
- Rottingdeanvillage in Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, England2.1 km
- Ovingdeanvillage in Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, England2.6 km
- Woodingdeanvillage in Brighton and Hove, England3.5 km
- Balsdeanabandoned hamlet in East Sussex, England, UK1.9 km