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Mary Ann Gilbert - Women of Eastbourne
Women of Eastbourne – This is a lottery funded project discovering influential women of Eastbourne. Mary Ann Gilbert converted her land around Beachy Head to allotments in 1830 to help the poor. See the details at the Women of Eastbourne website, including the full story.
The Beauty of Beachy Head
Photographer Brian David Stevens has been documenting the area from Beachy Head to Birling Gap for the past year, recording both the changing seasons. Writer Robert Macfarlane commented on Brian’s pictures: “These are special images. I’ve never seen Beachy Head look like this. You make the billowing earth and the billowing cloud speak to one…
The Tiger wins Rural Pub of the Year award
The Tiger has won the Rural Pub of the Year for South East Sussex; the first time the pub has won this award! Congratulations to everybody at the Tiger.
“Beachy Head Woman”
David Olusoga as part of a BBC series of programmes recently filmed at Beachy Head, as he tells the story of “Beachy Head Woman” and her place in Black British History Emerging evidence shows that the African Romans raised families in Britain. The remains of an ancient, mysterious skeleton, found here and nicknamed Beachy Head…
Jeremy Clarkson visits Beachy Head
Jeremy Clarkson visited Beachy Head in September to film an advertisement for Amazon. The film production company used various parts of the Estate for filming, including helicopter and drone take-off and landing pads. The team were seen at the end of the day enjoying some well earnt beer in the Tiger Inn at the end…
The Independent names The Tiger their "Cool Place of the Day"
The Independent recently named the Tiger their “Cool Place of the Day”, saying the Tiger Inn, whose setting, on East Dene’s picture-perfect village green of flint-walled cottages, is about as idyllic as you can get, especially on sunny days, when drinkers spill out on to the green. It’s a popular lunchtime stop-off for walkers tramping along the…
Beachy Head viewed by Julia Bradbury on ITV
If you missed Julia Bradbury exploring Beachy Head and talking to Mark the Gardener on ITV, here is a link: http://www.itv.com/hub/best-walks-with-a-view-with-julia-bradbury/2a3365a0003
A Mammoth Challenge for Walkers
The Tiger Inn is the starting place for a new timed circular walk over 26 miles of the South Downs. The route takes in the three Sussex peaks of Beachy Head, Long Man and Firle Beacon before returning to The Tiger via High and Over, Cuckmere Valley and Seven Sisters. If you want to have…
Sussex 10K Half-Marathon and more
Endurance Life comes to the Beachy Head area this year on 19 March 2016. The race starts and finishes at Birling Gap. Places are filling up fast across all of the 10K, Half-Marathon, Marathon and Ultra distance challenges. The dramatic coastline around Beachy Head and the Seven Sisters offers runners undulating and at times gruelling…