Churches in East SussexEast Sussex, England

12 churches in the Albion Guide across East Sussex — see the full churches directory, or everything to explore in East Sussex.

Alciston Church

Small downland church beside the county's largest medieval tithe barn, some 170 feet long, on a working farm.

Alciston

Landmark Norman tower marks this downland-edge church, dedicated to All Saints and later St Nicholas.

Icklesham

Grade I church with roots around 1230, long linked to Simon de Montfort and the Barons' War.

Fletching

Cruciform flint church of the 1360s on a raised green mound beside the Cuckmere, nicknamed the Cathedral of the Downs.

Alfriston

Round Norman tower above the Ouse, crowned by a gilded fish weathervane that Kipling wrote of as a dolphin.

Piddinghoe

Grade I collegiate church of the 1360s, known for its medieval brasses, misericords and old floor tiles.

Etchingham

Small downland church keeping traces of rare medieval wall paintings of the Lewes Group, among the earliest surviving in England.

Plumpton

One of only three Sussex churches with a round Norman tower, standing above the Ouse valley.

Southease

Grand truncated remains of a medieval town church, its light-filled chancel and aisles ranked among the finest in Sussex.

Winchelsea

Thirteenth-century flint church beside the River Rother, a short way from Robertsbridge.

Salehurst

Bloomsbury murals of 1941 by Duncan Grant and Vanessa and Quentin Bell cover the walls of this small downland church.

Berwick

The third of Sussex's round-tower churches, tucked among shops on Lewes High Street.

Lewes