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Family fun for the Queen’s Jubilee at East Dean
Join the Jubilee celebrations in East Dean for an action-packed weekend of fancy dress, wellie-throwing and Morris dancing. The fun starts on Friday 1st June with a stool ball match on the recreation ground followed by an afternoon of traditional village games and family fun on Saturday 2 June including children’s fancy dress, Morris dancing,…
Birling Gap’s rejuvenated tea room
Visiting Birling Gap is now sweeter than ever, thanks to the rejuvenated and renovated Birling Gap Hotel, which is now lovingly maintained by the good people at the National Trust. The National Trust have invested heavily in the café, turning it into an inviting spot to stop for tea and cake. Pop in to the…
New holiday cottages complete
We’re delighted to announce that our new holiday cottages are finished and ready for guests! We’ve worked hard to get every detail just right, and we’re now taking bookings for our cosy cottages. The finishing touches are in place, from the Egyptian cotton sheets to the trees in the walled garden. The first shallots and…
South Downs walking marathon
On 1 April, The Long Distance Walkers Association (LDWA) is organising a 28 mile walking event in Sussex. Starting in East Dean village, walkers have 10 hours to cover the epic course, which matches challenging terrain with spectacular views. The walking marathon costs £8 to enter (£7 for members) and promises to be a day…
Did Sherlock Holmes retire near Beachy Head?
What connects Sherlock Holmes, fictional star of countless adventures and adaptations, to East Dean, the sleepy village that lies a mile from Beachy Head? Well, amateur sleuths have deduced that the famous detective may have retired there. It’s true that the connections are, well, tenuous. But there are connections, and there is a reasonable case…
Beachy Head - the sunniest place in England!
Beachy Head helped Eastbourne win the title of the sunniest place in the UK for 2011, after clocking up 1,962 hours of sunshine, more than anywhere else in the UK. The award troubled the neighbouring town of Hastings, who claim their own equipment recorded 2,010 hours of sunshine. Philip Eden, the Telegraph’s weather correspondent and…
Nordic walking at Beachy Head
Eager to burn off a few Christmas calories? If you enjoy bracing walks and the great outdoors you might find Nordic walking is the perfect exercise. Nordic walking incorporates the use of ski poles – and it’s the use of the poles and the movement of your arms that make Nordic walking an effective workout…
Recreating East Dean’s Georgian walled garden
In the heart of East Dean’s historic village lies a walled garden. Built in the latter half of the 18th Century, the garden would have provided fruit and vegetables for Mr Dipperay and his family. After falling out of use sometime during the 1900s, the garden grew wild and unkempt. And so it stayed until…
Beachy Head Marathon: race report
As if running 26 miles isn’t hard enough, 1700 brave runners and walkers entered this year’s Beachy Head Marathon and tackled the winding off-road course, which includes 14 gates and 300 steps! Local resident Susie Casebourne was the first female finisher – in just 3 hours 37 minutes. And Steve Nimmo was the first to…