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Glastonbury Tor
Glastonbury Tor rises impressively above the Somerset Levels. The landmark, with the ruined tower of St Michaels Church can be seen for miles around…
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Dungeness Beach
Anyone that visits Dungeness Beach is always attracted to the abandoned fishing boats and buildings. These desterted businesses seem to fit into the unique Dungeness atmosphere…
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Ditchling Beacon
Ditchling Beacon is the highest point in East Sussex. At 248 meters it is not particularly high. It’s not even the highest point on the South Downs – Butser Hill is top at 270 meters followed by Crown Tegleaze at 253m…
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Down the Tracks
These views down the tracks were taken along the stretch of the Kent & East Sussex Railway that approaches Bodiam station. For any children reading, before I went on the tracks I checked to make…
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St Leonards Beach
These three photos of St Leonards beach were all taken within ten minutes of each other. I could see that Marine Court was reflecting in the wet sand as I walked under the Pier…
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Rye Harbour Pill Boxes
The Rye Harbour Pill Boxes were built in August 1940. They were designed to house the Vickers Medium Machine Gun, probably two per pill box. Their design is apparently a local variation…
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Sissinghurst Castle
Sissinghurst Castle is a house and garden in the care of the National Trust. Situated in the Weald of Kent, it is not really a castle at all. It is more of a moated manor house…
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The Peerless Pier
Hastings Pier, was dubbed the Peerless Pier by the Earl of Granville when it opened in 1872. He was right. Even without the superstructure it looks great. Repairs to it are ongoing with it expected to be open in 2016…
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The Castle Rocks
When the tide goes out in Hastings, the receding water reveals flat sands. Opposite the castle and extending for several hunded meters along are sandstone rocks. These provide great rock pools…
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Ightham Mote
Ightham Mote is a National Trust property near Sevenoaks in Kent. It is a moated manor house that originally dates from the 14th Century. Over the centuries the house has been…
