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Beachy Head and the Seven Sisters On probably the hotest day of year, in July, I walked from Eastbourne to Seaford, past Beachy Head and the Seven Sisters. Eastbourne is a reasonably affluent seaside town, mostly white washed building along the front, traditional pier (where the photo below was taken), and a long promenade, leading to the start of the white cliffs (seen to the far left below).
After a few miles walk you're rewarded by Beachy Head, with its distinctive lighthouse below. You get a wonderful view from the top of Beachy Head. You can see for miles across the South Downs, it's great just to sit down and admire the view for half an hour.
A little further along is the old lighthouse, now decommissioned and sold off to some rich person.
This shows the view from the descent to Birling Gap, the one place with easy access to the fore shore. Alas it's all pebble beach (as is along the entire coast from Deal and Dover past Brighton). There's a good pub and hotel there. The Seven Sisters can be seen fading off into the distance.
From Birling Gap, it's a grueling 7 hills, up and down, until you reach Cuckmere Haven, the lagoon at the end of the Cuckmere river. The South Downs Way turns inland here, on it's way to Alfriston. I continued along the coast, fording the Cuckmere river, then climbing up the far side, for the classic view of the Seven Sisters.
These are the views as you look back, on your way to Seaford and the train back to London.
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