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©Nigel Chadwick
Dist:0.2km<br/>Looking northward from Watermill Stream towards the trees on higher ground where the northern part of a former 17 span viaduct began which bridged the valley. The railway was a four and a half mile branch to Bexhill from Crowhurst that was opened by the South Eastern Railway in 1902 in attempt to take traffic away from rivals London, Brighton & South Coast Railway. The line failed to do this and was closed as part of the Beeching cuts in 1964. The viaduct survived until it was demolished in two parts during the early summer of 1969. This view may change as a proposal for a western by-pass for Bexhill and Hastings hopes to reuse this trackbed and bridge the valley once more. An initial plan was rejected in 2001 but were resubmitted in 2008. See the bottom of this page, http://www.hastingschoice.co.uk/HASTINGS-HISTORY/hastings-railways/railways-history.htm , for an image of the viaduct.
©Simon Carey
Dist:0.2km<br/>A former tidal inlet that was used as a port by the Romans to serve their iron bloomeries in Beauport and Crowhurst Park. There is also increasing evidence that this inlet was the one that William of Conqueror landed in prior to the Battle of Hastings as opposed to Pevensey which is five miles further to the west. Like many inlets along the Sussex coast a mixture of gradual decline of sea level, longshore drift and inning of the land reduced ebb and flow tide with the consequence that the inlet silted up became marsh until drained and turned over to grazing. The area is currently an SSSI and provides a barrier between Bexhill and Hastings, the latter's western edge can be seen at the end of the valley.
©Simon Carey
Dist:0.2km<br/>Was once crossed by a large viaduct carrying the railway track to Bexhill.
©Julian P Guffogg
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©Julian P Guffogg
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©Nigel Chadwick
Dist:0.3km<br/>Viewed from the banks of Watermill Stream. The line of bushes in the foreground mark the course of Powdermill Stream which joins the latter a little to the east.
©Simon Carey
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©Nigel Chadwick
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©Nigel Chadwick
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©Nigel Chadwick
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©Nigel Chadwick
Dist:0.3km<br/>Viewed from the 1066 Country Walk - Bexhill Link. Powdermill Stream lies in the gap between the path and the trees.
©Simon Carey
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©Nigel Chadwick
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©Nigel Chadwick
Dist:0.4km<br/>Picture taken from old disused railway embankment looking to Adams Farm. This grid square predominantly farmland.
©Janet Richardson

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