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Navigation Instructions

Route 4 on the map.

0.0 mi 50.9496, 0.7295 Take the A259, westwards on to Winchelsea Rd and Miltary Rd following
signs to “Hastings / A259”.

12.5 mi 50.8516, 0.5606 Stay on the A259 through Winchelsea to Hastings.

Side Trip to Battle

Like to go the the site of the stoush between King Harold and the Norman invaders led by William
the Conqueror? Well, actually, strictly speaking he wasn’t the “Conqueror” until after the battle. Up
until then he was better known back home as William the Bastard. More on the Battle of Hastings
. . .

In Hastings, as you travel along the waterfront from the west look for a little bus shelter on the
seaward side of the road. There’s a green-and-white sign on the left that says “London A21 /
Battle (A2100)”. Turn r. at the lights on to the A2102. The Bon Jour Cafe is on the corner.

Follow the A2102, bearing slightly left on to the A21, s/p “London (A21) / Battle (A2100)”.

After 0.2mi bear l. on to Battle Rd, the B2159. There’s a sign “Battle (A2100)” on the side of a
Barclays Bank building on the r and there’s an ASDA on the l.

At the r/bout 1.9 mi later take the 2nd exit s/p “Battle” to remain on Battle Rd, now the A2100.

3.1 mi 50.915, 0.4861, after going through one r/bout, arrive in the village of Battle. The abbey will
be on your left behind the stone walls. There’s a carpark just past the abbey gate.

Continuing from Hastings . . .

11.0 mi. 50.8223, 0.3426 At the Pevensey Roundabout, take the 2nd exit from the r/bout s/p
“Pevensey A259” to visit the village and Pevensey Castle. The castle is a short distance down
High St.

Otherwise, to keep on keeping on take the 3rd exit on to the A27 s/p “London / Eastbourne /
Brighton / etc”.

Go through two roundabouts on the A27.

5.2 mi 50.8205, 0.2383 At the traffic lights Make a hard r. turn on to Lewes Rd following signs to
“Brighton / Newhaven / Lewes A27”.

Expert navigator checkpoint: As you make that turn look for The Thoroughbred Inn, a rather
plain building at the end of the row of shops on the l. Shortly after the turn you will see a green
and white sign on the l. that says “Wilmington 2 / Alfriston 4 / Lewes 11 / Newhaven 13 / Brighton
20”.

Side Trip to Beachy Head

If you wish to visit Beachy Head go str. ahd at that turn on to Eastbourne Rd, the A2270, s/posted
“Polegate / Wannock / Jevington / Willingdon”.