Belle Tout Lighthouse Beachy Head Eastbourne East Sussex BN20 0AE By Taxi The Belle Tout Lighthouse is situated six miles from Eastbourne’s main railway station. It will take approximately 15 minutes to drive. Sussex Cars (24 hour) 01323 726 726 / 0500 12 12 93 (Freephone) By Car Just 44 Miles south of the M25, […]
The nearest pub to Belle Tout Lighthouse is The Beachy Head, part of the Vintage Inns chain, and is just 5 minutes away by car. They serve good ‘pub’ food all day. In the other direction is The Tiger pub in the village of East Dean offering a slightly ‘finer’ selection of meals – there […]
Perched high above the dramatic cliffs of Beachy Head, the historic Belle Tout Lighthouse has welcomed travellers for nearly two centuries. Today, this iconic landmark offers a truly unique bed and breakfast experience on the stunning East Sussex coastline. In 1691, local petitions called for a lighthouse to protect sailors navigating this dangerous stretch of […]
The Seven Sisters The Seven Sisters National Park sits between the towns of Seaford and Eastbourne. The prominent undulations of the chalk cliffs that tower above the English Channel have names as follows. Starting at Cuckmere Haven in the West Haven Brow Short Bottom Short Brow Limekiln Bottom Rough Brow Rough Bottom Brass Point Gap […]
Beachy Head is a prominent chalk headland located between Eastbourne and Birling The cliff at Beachy Head is the highest chalk sea cliff in Britain, rising to 531 feet (162 metres) at its highest point above sea level.Gap on the south coast of England. The chalk of the cliffs was formed over a period of […]
How do I get to Belle Tout from Eastbourne Train Station? Please use Sussex Cars – 01323 726726 – they will bring you right up to the front door at Belle Tout. We are accessed by a long private driveway from the road, and some taxi firms may not bring you right to the door. […]
Belle Tout Lighthouse was extensively renovated by an amazing bunch of builders, who kindly agreed to pose naked for a charity calendar. In aid of Everyman, the calendar raised awareness of testicular and prostate cancer and hopes to stamp it out altogether. The calendar was produced in 2009 for 2010. The calendar is no longer for […]
Belle Tout has a fascinating history, from our Neolithic ancestors and Roman farming, through to the brave acts of Parson Darby and “Mad Jack” Fuller’s influence that led to the first temporary lighthouse being built. The Belle Tout lighthouse was built in 1832 and decommissioned in 1902, it has been a tea-shop, a home, partly […]
Belle Tout Cocktail Party 11th May 2010 Click here to preview photos from the event Click here to view pictures on Flickr and download them
Belle Tout Cocktail Party 11th May 2010 Photographs by Jenny Duxbury Photographs by Roy Webb Photographs by Peter Hobbs If you would like any of the above photos, click here to view pictures on Flickr and download them. (Please note, the remainder will be uploaded next month) Click here to view a video of the Cocktail […]