Long Man of Wilmington
Landmark · A 72-metre figure of a man marked out on the slope of Windover Hill, visible from the lane below and reached on foot from Alfriston.
Alfriston
A South Downs village on the Cuckmere river, with a timber-framed high street and a church on its green.
From King's Cross St Pancras: 1 h 57 min by train · 2 h 38 min by car
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Must-see places
Alfriston Clergy House
Historic house · A medieval timber-framed, thatched hall house beside the village green, and the first property the National Trust ever bought.
St Andrew's Church
Church · A cross-shaped flint church on the village green, nicknamed the Cathedral of the South Downs.
Alfriston Market Cross and High Street
Old streets · The old centre of the village, where a 15th-century market cross stands among timber-framed shops and inns.
Berwick Church
Church · A village church whose interior was painted in the 1940s by Duncan Grant, Vanessa Bell and Quentin Bell.
Quick facts
A South Downs village of timber-framed buildings around a 15th-century market cross and a former pilgrims' hostel turned inn, on the River Cuckmere.
A walk from the village leads up to the Long Man of Wilmington, a 72-metre figure of a man marked out on the hillside of the Downs.
Within a few miles are two Bloomsbury group landmarks: Berwick church, painted inside by Duncan Grant, Vanessa Bell and Quentin Bell, and Charleston, where Bell and Grant lived and worked.
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