Tag: Sussex

Three Days in Sussex — Day 2

  • On May 13, 2020
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Beachy Head and Seven Sisters

East of Hastings, along the coast, is a high chalk cliff known as Beachy Head and immediately to the east of Beachy Head is the Seven Sisters. Beachy Head is the highest chalk cliff in Britain, rising to over 530 feet above sea level. From the peak you have terrific views in both directions along the coast. Beachy Head has been featured in sea shanties about how to navigate the …

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Three Days in Sussex — Day 1

  • On May 11, 2020
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Sussex is a county in the south of England, on the English Channel, west of Kent and east of Hampshire. It gets its name from an Old English word, Suth-Seaxe, which meant “South Saxons.” South Saxons were a Germanic tribe that settled in the region from the North German plain in the 5th and 6th centuries. The Kingdom of Sussex was founded by Ælle of Sussex in AD 477, right after the …

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