Ditchling Beacon
DitchlingThe highest point in East Sussex, an Iron Age hillfort summit with views over the Weald and down to the sea.
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Ditchling Beacon, Westmeston, BN6 8XD
Quick facts
At 248 m it is the highest point in East Sussex and the third-highest on the South Downs.
The summit was an Iron Age hillfort whose bank and ditch enclosed about 5.5 hectares, one of the larger camps in Sussex.
A 24-hectare Sussex Wildlife Trust nature reserve protects some of the best chalk downland slopes in the area.
Address
Ditchling Beacon, Westmeston, BN6 8XD
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