Village in East Sussex, England

Ovingdean

Ovingdean is a small, formerly agricultural village on the eastern edge of the city of Brighton and Hove in the ceremonial county East Sussex, England.

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Every way there

London → Ovingdean
77 km · quickest by road, 2h 24m · £8–11
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Luton, Luton → Ovingdean
121 km · quickest by road, 2h 25m · £14–19
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London, Essex → Ovingdean
77 km · quickest by road, 2h 24m · £8–11
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The field note

What is in and around Ovingdean, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move.

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What Ovingdean has

YScheduled flightsLondon (LGW), 38 km
NTrains and coachesno timetable feed known for this country
YFerriesNewhaven Ferry Port, 10 km, DFDS Seaways; sailings estimated
YDriving and taxiOpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band
NBike and scooter shareno share feed known
NCruisesno open itinerary source anywhere

Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known. Nearest place with more: Brighton, 5 km.

50.814°, -0.074°

How locals move

Getting around Ovingdean the local way

Go nextDieppe, France – by ferry from Newhaven Harbour, about east of Brighton.

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

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