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Firle Escarpment

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Firle Escarpment is one of 56 Sites of Special Scientific Interest in East Sussex. It is among the largest in the county. It lies inside the South Downs National Park.

Other nature reserves nearby include Lewes Downs (Mount Caburn) and Seaford to Beachy Head. Southease Station is under a kilometre away.

More places to visit near Firle Escarpment

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 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

2.2 km N · East Sussex

Photo of Charleston Farmhouse, a garden near Firle in the South Downs, East Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Charleston Farmhouse

Garden near Firle

The Bloomsbury Group's Sussex home below Firle Beacon, its rooms and walled garden painted by Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant.

2.4 km NE

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

4.3 km SE

Photo of Drusillas Park, a visitor attraction near Alfriston in the South Downs, East Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Drusillas Park

Attraction near Alfriston

Small countryside zoo near Alfriston with a narrow-gauge train, a long-running family day out.

5 km E

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.

5.2 km S