Cuckmere Haven in the Seven Sisters Country Park really is a haven. It remains one of the few unspoilt beaches along the south coast of England. It must look now, just as it did at the turn of the last century. What helps keep it this way is you have to take the trouble to walk there. It’s not far from a car park, but none the less, effort is required.
The classic view looking towards the Seven Sisters contains the row of cottages close to the cliff edge, and can be seen in the recent film Atonement.
Sea lion, (the code word for the German Invasion in WWII) was centred on the South Coast of England. If you look a little closer around the Haven you will come across several remains of the WWII coastal defences. The rough sketch above illustrates one of the remaining concrete pillboxes and ‘Dragon’s Teeth’ tank obstacles looking much as they were in 1940.
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