Litlington, Sussex
| Litlington | |
| Sussex | |
|---|---|
 Main street through Litlington | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TQ523017 |
| Location: | 50°47’42"N, -0°9’36"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 191 (2011) |
| Post town: | Polegate |
| Postcode: | BN26 |
| Dialling code: | 01323 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Wealden |
Litlington is a very lightly populated village in the valley of the River Cuckmere in Sussex, focussed three miles east of Seaford on the south coast. It is in a roughly square parish of dramatic chalkland that extends down to a natural coastline of pebble beach, Cuckmere Haven.
The name of the village is from Old English: it may be from Litlinga tun', meaning 'Litl's followers' or family's village. It is also potentially a corruption of Littleton ('Little village') but there is no evidence.
Parish description
The village is small and like the rest of the parish, which extends to take in much of the Seven Sisters Country Park is on the left bank of a narrow valley in the signature narrow band of the South Downs National Park. It is downriver followed only by marshes mainly to its side of its road leading to hamlets of Exceat and Westdean but across the narrow road a narrow strip of fertile farmland that ascends rapidly into chalkland grazing.
Beyond the Exceat tiny cluster of homes is footpath access to Cuckmere Haven, which has road access from the west, Seaford only, a natural shoreline of pebbles and the soon towering Seven Sisters cliffs to the east. Among features of the landscape here are sheep fields and pillboxes from Second World War.
Parish church
The parish church is St Michael the Archangel, in the midst of Litlington.[1]
Society
A community hall serves the village, built in 1953. It stands on Clapham Lane.
Exceat has a canoe club and a separate paddleboarding experience/outings business.
Litlington White Horse
During the 19th century, the Litlington White Horse was cut into the face of the downs: a large chalk figure of a horse, on a hill slope to the west of the village. The figure replaced an earlier period of one present many years before. It is one of the nine white horse figures outside Wiltshire
North of the parish is the Long Man of Wilmington, famous in part because of its unknown origin.
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