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Photo of Beachy Head Lighthouse, a lighthouse near East Dean in the South Downs, East Sussex, south east England.

Beachy Head Lighthouse© Mocsarbalazs / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Places to explore near Eastbourne StationEastbourne

47 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group. 3 are national icons.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

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

South Downs

National Park near Fittleworth

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

0.7 km SW

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

1.2 km S

Photo of the Sussex Heritage Coast, East Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Sussex Heritage Coast

Heritage Coast near East Dean

Chalk cliffs and dry valleys sheared off by the sea, linked by the switchback path between Seven Sisters and Beachy Head

2.1 km SW

Photo of Beachy Head Lighthouse, a lighthouse near East Dean in the South Downs, East Sussex, south east England.Iconic

Beachy Head Lighthouse

Lighthouse near East Dean

A red-and-white tower stands in the surf below England's highest chalk sea cliff, built seaward after the old clifftop Belle Tout light kept vanishing in mist.

4.8 km SW

Photo of Stone Cross Windmill, a windmill in East Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Stone Cross Windmill

Windmill near Stone Cross

Brick tower mill restored to working order, grinding flour again on open days near the Pevensey Levels.

5.3 km N

Photo of Belle Tout Lighthouse, a lighthouse near East Dean in the South Downs, East Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Belle Tout Lighthouse

Lighthouse near East Dean

Once a granite clifftop light above Beachy Head, decommissioned when fog hid its lamp — later moved bodily inland in 1999 as the chalk eroded beneath it.

5.8 km SW

Photo of Birling Gap, a swimming spot near East Dean in the South Downs, East Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Birling Gap

Designated bathing water near East Dean

A shingle beach at the foot of the Seven Sisters chalk cliffs, reached by a steel staircase and looked after by the National Trust

6.4 km SW

Photo of Pevensey Castle, a ruined castle in East Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Pevensey Castle

Castle near Pevensey

Norman castle within Roman fort walls.

6.6 km NE

Photo of the coast at Birling Gap and Seven Sisters, East Sussex, south east England.Iconic

Birling Gap and Seven Sisters

Coastline near East Dean

The white chalk waves of the Seven Sisters, falling to the Channel.

6.9 km W

Photo of Pevensey, a village in East Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Pevensey

Village

Roman shore-fort walls enclose a Norman castle, a single street of old cottages running past the medieval Mint House.

7 km NE · East Sussex

Photo of Seven Sisters Country Park, a country park near Westdean in the South Downs, East Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Seven Sisters Country Park

Country park near Westdean

Where the Cuckmere winds down to a shingle beach, with the Seven Sisters cliffs rising beyond

7.1 km W

Photo of Long Man of Wilmington, a hill figure in the South Downs, East Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Long Man of Wilmington

Hill figure near Wilmington

A 70-metre outline figure holding a staff in each hand, cut into Windover Hill; one of only two human chalk figures in Britain.

8 km NW

Photo of Wilmington, a village in the South Downs, East Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Wilmington

Village

Downland village at the foot of the Long Man hill figure, with a ruined Benedictine priory and an ancient churchyard yew.

8.4 km NW · East Sussex

Photo of Alfriston Clergy House, a house & garden in the South Downs, East Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Alfriston Clergy House

House & garden near Alfriston

A medieval hall house in Alfriston that was the very first building the National Trust ever bought

9.6 km NW

Photo of Alfriston, a village in the South Downs, East Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Alfriston

Village

Cuckmere-valley village with a green called the Tye, medieval timbered inns and a thatched Clergy House below the bare South Downs.

9.8 km NW · East Sussex

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Photo along the King Charles III England Coast Path, a 2,700-mile National Trail in England.

King Charles III England Coast Path

National Trail

One path around a whole country — beach, clifftop and seawall the entire way round England's coast, opening stretch by stretch.

0.8 km SE · spans 24 counties

Photo along the Wealdway, an 82-mile long-distance path running from Gravesend to Eastbourne, south east England.

Wealdway

Long-distance path

Estuary to sea across Kent and Sussex — Gravesend to Eastbourne over the North Downs, the deep Weald and a Beachy Head finish.

0.8 km SE · East Sussex & Kent

Photo of Eastbourne, a swimming spot near East Dean, East Sussex, south east England.

Eastbourne

Designated bathing water near East Dean

A long shingle stretch below the seafront, good for a swim on a calm day

0.9 km SE

Photo along the South Downs Way, a 100-mile National Trail running from Winchester to Eastbourne, south east England.

South Downs Way

National Trail

A hundred miles of chalk ridge from Winchester to the sea at Eastbourne, walkable in a week.

2.2 km SW · West Sussex, East Sussex & Hampshire

Photo of Shinewater Park, a country park near Pevensey, East Sussex, south east England.

Shinewater Park

Country park near Pevensey

A country park in East Sussex.

3.4 km N

Photo of Jevington, a village in the South Downs, East Sussex, south east England.

Jevington

Village

Downland village of flint cottages and a Saxon-towered church, long tied to smuggling and claimed as the birthplace of banoffee pie.

5.2 km NW · East Sussex

Photo of The Eight Bells, a pub near Jevington in the South Downs, East Sussex, south east England.

The Eight Bells

Pub near Jevington

Village pub in Jevington popular with Downs walkers, named Best Sussex Pub in 2024 and known for cream teas.

5.3 km NW

Photo of East Dean, a village in the South Downs, East Sussex, south east England.

East Dean

Village

Flint village around a sloping green with the Tiger Inn, a short walk from Birling Gap and the Seven Sisters cliffs.

5.3 km W · East Sussex

Photo of Lullington Heath, a Site of Special Scientific Interest near Jevington in the South Downs, East Sussex, south east England.

Lullington Heath

SSSI near Jevington

One of the last patches of chalk heath in Britain, where lime-loving and lime-hating plants somehow grow side by side

6.2 km NW

Everything else within 10 km (23) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.