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Photo of St John the Evangelist, a church near Piddinghoe in the South Downs, East Sussex, south east England.

© Richard Rogerson / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

St John the Evangelist

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St John the Evangelist at Piddinghoe has one of only three round Norman towers in Sussex, above the Ouse valley. On top sits a gilded fish weathervane that Kipling turned into a dolphin in one of his poems. Usually open in the day. Newhaven Town station is about 2km to the south-east.

More places to visit near St John the Evangelist

Photo of the South Downs, a National Park in south east England.Iconic

South Downs

You’re inside itNational Park near Fittleworth

A chalk ridge rolling from Winchester to the sea cliffs at Beachy Head.

Photo of Monk's House, a house & garden near Rodmell in the South Downs, East Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Monk's House

House & garden near Rodmell

A weatherboarded cottage by the River Ouse, home to Virginia and Leonard Woolf from 1919

3.6 km N

Photo of Tide Mills, a landmark near Westdean in the South Downs, East Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Tide Mills

Landmark near Westdean

Ruins of a Georgian tide-mill village beside the shingle, reached along the coast path east of Newhaven.

3.8 km SE

Photo of Saltdean Lido, a lido near Rottingdean, East Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Saltdean Lido

Lido near Rottingdean

A Grade II* Art Deco lido of 1938 shaped like an ocean liner, saved by a community campaign and reopened in 2017.

5.5 km W

Photo of Firle (West Firle), a village in the South Downs, East Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Firle (West Firle)

Village

Gage estate village under Firle Beacon, with a John Piper window in the church and Bloomsbury painters in the churchyard

5.5 km NE · East Sussex

Photo of Seaford to Beachy Head, a Site of Special Scientific Interest near East Dean in the South Downs, East Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Seaford to Beachy Head

SSSI near East Dean

Beachy Head's chalk face, the highest in Britain, with a lighthouse at its foot and downland walking either side

6.3 km E