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English Counties - SUSSEX (WEST & EAST) - A Whistle Stop Tour

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quotePosted at 22:11 on 24th August 2010

We travel next to BATTLE which is said to have been built on the site of the Battle of Hastings (1066 and all that, lol).  Here we can view Battle Abbey

BATTLE

A welcome break
Picture by LEE BRITT


BATTLE ABBEY
Battle Abbey
Picture by Stephen


 

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quotePosted at 22:14 on 24th August 2010

We will find Manor Gardens, Edgerton Part, De La Vare Pavilion and Bexhill Museum of Costume & Social History at the town of

BEXHILL

Bexhill-on-sea boulevard, Sussex
Picture by Eric Hamerslag


DE LA VARE PAVILION
The De la Warr Pavilion, Bexhill
Picture by John Ware


 

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quotePosted at 22:16 on 24th August 2010

And here we reach the historic town of HASTINGS with its Norman Castle (ruins), Conqueror's Stone, Fisherman's Museum, St Clements Caves, Victorian Pier, Hastings Country Park and Cliff Railway

HASTINGS

Hastings
Picture by chris williams


Ye Olde Pumphouse
Picture by Jen Strath


 

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quotePosted at 22:19 on 24th August 2010
VICTORIAN PIER
Hastings pier.
Picture by Peter Evans


CLIFF RAILWAY
Hastings - Cliff Train
Picture by David Thomas

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quotePosted at 22:21 on 24th August 2010
HASTINGS CASTLE
Hastings Castle
Picture by chris williams


WINCHELSEA, and its museum housed in a 13th Century Court Hall
Winchelsea
Picture by chris williams

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quotePosted at 22:23 on 24th August 2010
WINCHELSEA
Peace and quiet
Picture by LEE BRITT



St Thomas's church, Winchelsea
Picture by R. Hows

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quotePosted at 22:25 on 24th August 2010

Last stop on our whistle stop tour through SUSSEX is a RYE, with its cobbled streets, Castle Museum, Mermaid Inn & Old Windmill

RYE

Mermaid Street, Rye, East Sussex
Picture by Roger Baker


Rye
Picture by chris williams


 

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quotePosted at 22:26 on 24th August 2010
Rye
Picture by Ian Gedge


OLD WINDMILL
Rye
Picture by Ian Gedge

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quotePosted at 22:28 on 24th August 2010
CASTLE MUSEUM
Rye
Picture by Ian Gedge


MERMAID INN where I am going to spend the night again (I stayed here before, just a word of warning - watch out for odd steps and mind your head!!)
Building in Rye
Picture by adam swaine

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quotePosted at 22:32 on 24th August 2010

That concludes my part of the English Counties - SUSSEX (WEST & EAST) - A Whistle Stop Tour, and I hope that you have enjoyed your journey with me. 

Now it is over to you all to add all the information on places that I have missed or not described fully, plus adding your pictures to go with the information.  I look forward to seeing all the places I missed or couldn't work into the route.

Thanks for accompanying me on this TourSmile

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