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About Newhaven

Best known for its cross channel ferries and for its fort built in the 1860's as part of Britain's coastal defences, but which is now a fascinating museum offering visitors the opportunity to experience a massive fortress at first hand. Here, you can get a taste of what life was like living amongst sturdy thick walls, ramparts and tunnels, you can even see life-size displays, exhibitions and audio-visual presentations evocative of the era in the rooms which were actually occupied by the soldiers stationed there. This is a place everyone will enjoy, for those that remember all too well there is the stirring sound of an air-raid siren, and for the little ones there is a playground.

This is a town steeped in maritime history, it also has a great tradition of welcome having received numerous overseas visitors for centuries, the last King and Queen of France landed at Newhaven en-route to seek sanctuary from a young Queen Victoria in 1848. It is believed they spent the night in the town.

Newhaven harbour is protected by two piers, these help to guard shipping from prevailing winds. It is a large harbour accommodating vessels of up to 160 metres in length and its lighthouse dominates West Quay. The harbour is constantly busy, ferries leave constantly for Dieppe, and now with the Channel Tunnel linking us to Europe the town is fast catching up with Southampton and Dover, for the number of operators using the port grows annually.

The commercial activities of the town are focused on shipping, lately though the residential area of the town has developed causing an expansion in places for leisure and pleasure. There is a small marina which is usually crammed with bright sailing craft, a small but pleasant beach, and the town caters well for sailing activities and other sea-sports.

There are excellent examples of architecture to be seen in Newhaven, it has many fine Regency, Georgian and Victorian properties, many of these now provide comfortable hotel accommodation for tourists.

Visitors very much enjoy the nautical atmosphere pervading throughout the town, they also enjoy the modern shopping facilities, inns, restaurants and cafe's. Fresh fish is landed daily at the quayside and visitors can expect to find a wide variety of fresh fish and seafood featuring on most menu's.

No visit to Newhaven would be complete without a trip out to sea to enjoy the spectacle of superb coastal scenery and to view the sea-bird life swooping in and out of Cuckmere Haven. Other attractions in Newhaven include Paradise Park, Botanical Gardens, a Maritime Museum, The Seven Sisters Country Park, Planet Earth Museum and the Martell Tower at Seaford which is now a museum.

Planning a visit? Please see below for other recommended towns, attractions and recommended hotels nearby.

Distances and directions below are approximate. For true driving distances please visit the AA Route Planner

Recommended attractions near Newhaven

Newhaven Fort	(0.6 miles, 1.0 km)	Pictures
Paradise Family Leisure Park, Newhaven	(0.8 miles, 1.3 km)	Pictures
Newhaven Lighthouse	(1.0 miles, 1.6 km)	Pictures
Seaford Museum	(2.8 miles, 4.5 km, direction SE)	Pictures
Charleston Farmhouse	(4.6 miles, 7.4 km, direction NE)	Pictures
Alfriston Clergy House	(5.0 miles, 8.0 km, direction E)	Pictures
Anne of Cleves House	(5.6 miles, 9.0 km, direction N)	Pictures
Seven Sisters Country Park	(5.6 miles, 9.1 km, direction E)	Pictures
Drusillas Park	(5.7 miles, 9.2 km, direction E)	Pictures
Lewes Castle	(6.0 miles, 9.7 km, direction N)	Pictures
The Long Man	(6.4 miles, 10.3 km, direction E)	Pictures
Brighton Pier	(8.1 miles, 13.1 km, direction W)	Pictures
Brighton Museum & Art Gallery	(8.3 miles, 13.4 km, direction W)	Pictures
Blatchington Windmill	(8.3 miles, 13.4 km, direction W)	Pictures
The Royal Pavilion	(8.3 miles, 13.4 km, direction W)	Pictures

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Recommended towns near Newhaven

Telscombe, in the county of East Sussex (2.8 miles, 4.4 km, direction NW)
The tranquillity of this attractive little village is owed to its seclusion. Telscombe rests in a fold of beautiful Sussex countryside, and the fact that it is difficult to reach from the coast, adds to its charms.
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Seaford, in the county of East Sussex (2.9 miles, 4.7 km, direction SE)
The town is famous for its Martello Tower built as part of the English defences against invading European neighbours, this is the westernmost of the towers and is now an interesting local history museum.
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Cuckmere Haven, in the county of East Sussex (5.0 miles, 8.0 km, direction SE)
Cuckmere Haven lies beneath the 282 ft cliffs that are home to Seaford Nature Reserve.
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Alfriston, a Picturesque Village in the county of East Sussex (5.0 miles, 8.0 km, direction E)
Alfriston occupies a favoured position in the beautiful Cuckmere Gap and serves as a tourist village to which hoards of visitors flock to enjoy the many well preserved fine old buildings to be seen, one of the most important being the local church.
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Lewes, in the county of East Sussex (5.8 miles, 9.4 km, direction N)
Lewes is the boyhood home of the famous diarist, John Evelyn (1620 - 1706) He lived at Southover Grange, an Elizabethan house, which is close to the castle.
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Wilmington, in the county of East Sussex (6.6 miles, 10.7 km, direction E)
These days Wilmington is best known for the "Long Man" a giant carving on the north side of Windover Hill. The figure is generally thought to have first appeared in medieval times, but theories abound that it may have been there since the Iron-Age.
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Friston, in the county of East Sussex (7.2 miles, 11.6 km, direction E)
Friston is well known for its beautiful forest. Found a few miles inland from the bare ridge of the incredible rock formation of the Seven Sisters, this superb beechwood is not yet 80 years old.
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Birling Gap, in the county of East Sussex (7.7 miles, 12.4 km, direction SE)
The Birling Gap is a coastal hamlet on the South...
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Brighton, in the county of East Sussex (8.2 miles, 13.1 km, direction W)
Once a fishing village, Brighton was firmly put on the map in the 18th century by the young Prince of Wales, later to become George IV.
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Eastbourne, in the county of East Sussex (10.9 miles, 17.5 km, direction E)
Eastbourne, is a genteel town, that owes it's distictiveness to the 7th Duke of Devonshire.
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Pevensey, in the county of East Sussex (13.0 miles, 21.0 km, direction E)
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Newtimber, in the county of West Sussex (13.3 miles, 21.4 km, direction NW)
A small village in the South Downs area. It has church and a Manor House but no pub or shops
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Fulking, in the county of West Sussex (13.7 miles, 22.0 km, direction NW)
Fulking is a small village flourishing amongst the northern slopes of the South Downs.
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Fletching, in the county of East Sussex (13.7 miles, 22.1 km, direction N)
The village grew out of a Saxon settlement, near the spot of one of the entrances to Sheffield Park, now owned by the National Trust.
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Herstmonceux, in the county of East Sussex (13.8 miles, 22.2 km, direction NE)
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Nearby travel help

Newhaven Town Station	(0.4 miles, 0.6 km)
Newhaven Harbour Station	(0.6 miles, 0.9 km)
M23 Junction 11	(22.9 miles, 36.8 km, direction NW)
M23 Junction 10A	(22.9 miles, 36.9 km, direction NW)
London Gatwick Airport	(26.6 miles, 42.9 km, direction NW)
Lydd Airport	(40.8 miles, 65.7 km, direction E)
Newhaven to London	(50.0 miles, 80.5 km, direction N)

Hotels & Accommodation in Newhaven

Hotel Name	Approximate distance from Newhaven center
Deans Place Hotel	(4.9 miles, 7.9 km, direction E)
Pelham House	(5.7 miles, 9.1 km, direction N)
The Shelleys Hotel	(5.7 miles, 9.3 km, direction N)
Newmarket Inn	(5.9 miles, 9.4 km, direction NW)
Crossways Hotel	(6.9 miles, 11.2 km, direction E)
Alvia Hotel	(7.9 miles, 12.7 km, direction W)
Westbourne Hotel	(7.9 miles, 12.7 km, direction W)
Amherst Hotel	(7.9 miles, 12.7 km, direction W)
The Heathers	(7.9 miles, 12.7 km, direction W)
New Steine Hotel	(7.9 miles, 12.8 km, direction W)
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