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Battle

(0.7 miles, 1.2 km)

Battle is a unique town in the county of Sussex built on the very site where William the Conqueror defeated king Harold of England and his Saxon army in 'The Battle of Hastings' in 1066...

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Bexhill on Sea

Bexhill

(4.6 miles, 7.4 km, direction S)

The old town of Bexhill-on-Sea is of immense charm, it has wide streets, gracious building including black and white timber frame properties, but its real "star" is the fabled De.....

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Burton's clockhouse at St Leonards, near Hastings

St Leonards

(5.3 miles, 8.5 km, direction SE)

Attractive Sussex seaside resort now joined to Hastings, but initially began as an independent resort laid out by the architect James Burton in 1828...

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Doleham station, near Brede

Brede

(5.8 miles, 9.4 km, direction E)

The delightful village stands on the southern slopes of the Brede River. It is but a short distance from the town of Battle, famous for the Battle of Hastings...

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Painting of Early morning snow in the High Street of Hastings old town just outside The FILO pub.

Hastings

(5.8 miles, 9.4 km, direction SE)

Hastings is an old fishing town along the southern coast of England. It offers all the traditional amusements of the seaside but retains much of the character of its colourful past...

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Herstmonceux Castle, East Sussex. Taken in 1986

Herstmonceux

(6.7 miles, 10.8 km, direction W)

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St Bartholemews, Burwash

Burwash

(7.3 miles, 11.7 km, direction NW)

It is from his home in this very English village that Rudyard Kipling penned the wise and wonderful words of his poem 'If'...

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Norman church, Pevensey, East Sussex

Pevensey

(8.4 miles, 13.6 km, direction SW)

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Ticehurst

(9.9 miles, 15.9 km, direction N)

For a village worthy of a picture postcard, Ticehurst would be hard to beat. It is all enchanting white weatherboarded cottages hidden beneath russet tiles interspersed around a pleasant square with a church...

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St Thomas's Winchelsea, East Sussex

Winchelsea

(10.5 miles, 16.9 km, direction E)

This is a pretty, busy little town tucked along a ridge overlooking Pett Level...

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Recommended attractions near Battle Abbey

Buckley's Yesterdays World

Buckleys Yesterday's World

(0.3 miles, 0.5 km)

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Darwell Reservoir

Darwell Reservoir

(4.2 miles, 6.7 km, direction N)

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Stade Amusement Park, Hastings

(5.4 miles, 8.6 km, direction SE)

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Hastings Castle downward view  taken  June 2004

Hastings Castle

(6.2 miles, 10.0 km, direction SE)

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Herstmonceux Castle, East Sussex

Herstmonceux Castle

(6.4 miles, 10.3 km, direction SW)

The 15th century red brick Herstmonceux Castle with its magnificent gatehouse, was built in the romantic era when splendour and.....

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Batemans Gardens 25 June 2011

Bateman's

(7.1 miles, 11.3 km, direction NW)

Bateman's was built in 1634. From 1902 until 1936 it became the home of Rudyard Kipling and is preserved as it was when he lived.....

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Bodiam Castle July 2009

Bodiam Castle

(7.2 miles, 11.6 km, direction NE)

The wonderful parapet, walls and high round towers of 14th-century Bodiam Castle are gloriously reflected in its broad moat. It.....

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Hastings Country Park

(7.5 miles, 12.1 km, direction E)

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The Pevensey Levels on an October evening, East Sussex.

The Pevensey Levels

(8.2 miles, 13.2 km, direction SW)

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Pevensey Castle, Pevensey, East sussex

Pevensey Castle

(8.6 miles, 13.8 km, direction SW)

When it was first built Pevensey Castle must have been an impressive sight standing against all-comers while the waters of the.....

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