The View from Rye Church Tower
The view from Rye Church Tower is fantastic and worth experiencing if you ever visit the town. It is accessed from inside the church for a small fee. The climb to the top takes you through very narrow...
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Pevensey Castle
Pevensey Castle is an ancient fortification originally constructed by the Romans in 290 ad, rebuilt by the Normans and updated across the following centuries...
Windsor Castle
Windsor Castle was first built by William the Conqueror, not from stone but of a wooden motte and bailey. Over the centuries various kings have improved and extended the fortifications making it the impressive building it is today. What struck…
Bodiam Castle Reflected
I visit Bodiam Castle frequently as my daughter likes it there. I normally have my camera with me, but struggle to come up with photographs that are different from what I’ve taken before. Long term readers of this site will…
Hurst Castle, Hampshire
Hurst Castle is situated on a spit of land that extends out from Milford-on-Sea. At it’s furthest edge the shingle bank is less than a mile away from the Isle of Wight. This then makes it an ideal place to…
Bodiam Castle in East Sussex
Bodiam Castle, built in 1385 by Edward Dalyngrigge, is now a National Trust property. They were bequeathed the property in 1925 by Lord Curzon who had purchased the derelict castle in 1917. He did a great deal of work to…
Herstmonceux Castle
Another day out, another overcast day but this time at Herstmonceux Castle. The daffodils are defying the miserable weather though and add some much needed colour to the drabness of sky. This picture looked a bit flat originally, so…
Hastings Castle
I like this view of Hastings Castle as it provides a sense of scale and the chance to imagine what I may have looked like when it was first built. I’ve written some more about its history in a…
Focus
In my local park the ducks are always bullied out of getting bread by the seagulls. It’s different inland at Bodiam Castle, here the ducks are the alpha bird and dozens of them gather around visitors with bread to throw…
Bodiam Castle
Bodiam Castle, built in 1395 is another reminder that the landscape in East Sussex used to be much different. It was built to protect from French raids up the River Rother, when the river was navigable up to that point.…
The Effects of Longshore Drift
In a recent post of mine I provided a link that explained the action of longshore drift. Although it’s not something most people notice or care about, it has profoundly changed the coastline in Sussex and the economic prospects of…
The Castle from Hastings Station
In my last post I said that the castle is one of the key visual features of the town. Visitors travelling by train are greeted with this scene as they exit the station. It almost sums up Hastings in one…