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Alfriston
Village and parish in East Sussex, England

Alfriston

Alfriston is a village and civil parish in the Wealden District of East Sussex.

The village lies in the valley of the River Cuckmere, about four miles (6 km) north-east of Seaford and south of the main A27 trunk road. The parish had a population of 762 at the 2021 census.

How locals move

Getting around Alfriston the local way

  • 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.

From Wikivoyage: Cuckmere Haven, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Arild Vågen (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.