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Looking West along the greensward by the beach.
©Chris Shaw
The oldest buildings in Kingston Gorse, there are two cottages here, North Cottage is the first whilst the second partially obscured one is Lighthouse Cottage. The latter gives a clue to their origins built to house the workers of the local beach signal station that were built sometime between 1783-1813 (They are marked on the 1st OS Map of 1813 but not on Yeakell & Gardner's map of 1783). The rest of the hamlet was constructed between the wars when large swathes of the Sussex coastline was developed. In this instance the hamlet is a private estate though Sea Lane remains a public footpath from East Kingston to the beach.
©Simon Carey
Dist:0.1km<br/>The public footpath follows the greensward between the houses and the shingle beach. The houses are part of the private estate of Kingston Gorse.
©Simon Carey
Dist:0.1km<br/>Looking out onto the shingle from the greensward.
©Simon Carey
Dist:0.2km<br/>A house on the seafront along the Greensward.
©Jake Watson
Dist:0.2km<br/>The Greensward is private property and activities such as cycling, picnicking, horse riding, camping and playing games or radios are prohibited. The public footpath heads east towards Ferring.
©Peter Holmes
Dist:0.2km<br/>Taken from the point where the footpath from East Kingston reaches the beach.
©Simon Carey
Dist:0.3km<br/>Providing a public footpath between Ferring and East Preston through the private estate of Kingston Gorse. It also separates the houses from the shingle beach.
©Simon Carey
Dist:0.3km<br/>The public footpath to East Preston crosses this private greensward. To the north there is also a public footpath leading to East Kingston.
©Peter Holmes
Dist:0.4km<br/>Looking westwards from the eastern edge of the grid square. The greensward which separates the beach from the houses in Jingston Gorse is to the right.
©Simon Carey
Dist:0.4km<br/>Tucked away at the end of the small hamlet of East Kingston on Sea Lane. The hamlet is part of the parish of East Preston so the four names of the local lads who died between 1914-18 are also included on the main village war memorial too. At this point the lane enters the private estate of Kingston Gorse and out of shot to the immediate left is a manned entrance. Whilst public right of way for vehicles ends here, the rest of the lane to the sea forms the route of a public footpath.
©Simon Carey
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©Josie Campbell
Dist:0.4km<br/>One of the entrances from the beach to the private estate at Kingston Gorse
©Josie Campbell
Dist:0.5km<br/>In low-lying old brick earth diggings west of Ferring Rife is an enormous population of marsh orchids. The houses are on the other side of the Rife which is a local name for watercourses on the Sussex coastal plain. The rife is confined by river walls here.
©Robin Webster
Dist:0.5km<br/>Taken from Sea Lane, the pond lies in the corner formed by the lane and the footpath/private drive that runs through East Kingston Farm.
©Simon Carey

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