Great British Road Journeys - East Sussex - Lewes to Hastings Ep. 20
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In today's video we explore the county of East Sussex, a place I am not all too familiar with. Starting in the town of Lewes, we'll make our way across the county stopping along the way to take in some of the sights, this week there's an abandoned road, an old quarry, war stuff and a trip to the seaside.
Using a copy of the 1923 Michelin Guide, I'll be travelling the country to see what remains and what's changed since it's publication. The guide offers suggestions on thing to see and where to stay all with the goal of getting you out there and exploring in your motor vehicle. 
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It's incredible to see how well preserved the St Pancras Priory sports pitches are. They knew how to build stuff in the ten hundreds.
The changing rooms leave a lot to be desired...
To be fair they didn’t see a lot of use and consequent wear in the sixteen hundreds due to the rise in popularity of bowls 😂
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John 3:16-21
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Mark 1.15
15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
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The originals may have burned down and been rebuilt…..
Belle Tout = Bell-Toot!
And the most interesting thing about it is that the whole building was physically moved back from the edge of the cliff to prevent it falling into the sea. They lifted the whole lot in one piece, and slowly moved it inland.
0.42 I was waiting for the mention and the snigger 😂. Awesome as always!
If en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockshoot is to be believed, "cockshut" might be pronounced "cockshoot".
Pronunciation might (at least formerly) have been "cockshoot". See Wikipedia article on the latter.
@Alan_Stinchcombe it is pronounced Cockshoot locally... but amusing none the less
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Heaven and hell is real cone to the loving savior today
Today is the day of salvation tomorrow might be to late come to the loving savior today
Romans 6.23
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
John 3:16-21
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
Mark 1.15
15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
2 Peter 3:9
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Hebrews 11:6
6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Jesus
Greetings from Hong Kong - here to get my weekly fix of home. Bit of countryside and a bit of history. Lovely.
How's HK?
@@Ashystar067 Great. I'd much prefer to be here than in the UK. The West has lost its way.
Hello there! I'm not familiar with HK... .any good motorways? :D
@@AutoShenanigans The place has spectacular bridges and lots of tunnels. Although pretty small - about the size of an English county, it is has some excellent roads. Interestingly, though, as far as I am aware there is just one sign with distances on it. Consequently, the concept of kids going "Are we there yet?" does not exist.
@@AutoShenanigans - HK built an International runway on their pier . . ! : )
My daughter was born early, while we were visiting friends in Eastbourne.
Went out to a Boot Fair, came home with a baby...
Dropped the average age by 0.0003 years! 😂
Love it when Jon say's, wicked, sweet, awesome :D
*Hwicked 😏
@@CtrlOptDel I hear it as fwicked.
hes up there with the greats, such as "lets get this out on a tray, nice, m'kay".
probably not mentioned in the guide book, but there is an underground skatepark in Hastings that was originally built in 1874 as Turkish baths, the building was acquired by Hastings Corporation in 1925 and turned into swimming baths. A few decades later, it had fallen into disrepair, fast forward to 2016, and with the help of a surprisingly forward thinking council is now probably one the best skateparks in the country and each year holds the 'Battle Of Hastings' BMX competition attracting pro riders from all over the world.
Impressive you managed to make Eastbourne and Hastings look half decent - you clearly didn't venture into the town centre or badlands further north.
Lovely videos, far better then repeats of repeats on British TV
Nice one mate, thanks for watching!
Had a couple of family summer holidays in Prevensey Bay as a kid in the late 1970s. Lovely to see it again.
In those days there as a little cafe outside (or near) the castle doing cream teas.
That cafe is still there going strong 👍
Here we go. Happy Sunday everyone. Wicked sweet + awesome. ❤❤❤
I always wait until my Monday morning tea brake to watch. Sorry John for the delay, but I never forget to hit the like button!
Beachy Head Lighthouse featured in the series "The Prisoner" as a rocket.
Belle Tout lighthouse featured in the "The Lives and Loves of a She Devil"
And Belle Tout was moved back from the cliff edge a few years ago. Might have to do it again in a few years.
Yes it did too.
@@brianartillery - Shame is, they lost two floors filling in the pot holes en-route . . . : )
Belle Tout is pronounced Bell Too
@FilmMyRun yes it is too.
Sarcasm holds no bounds on this excellent performance!👍 Sunday's have never been the same since you came along!Top man.👍👍
Sunday evening is complete tea, digestive biscuits, and a video with the shenanigator in chief. ❤
The entire history of Pevensey castle in less than a minute - well done!
“Dover for the Continent”
“Eastbourne for the incontinent”
Nice one as always……… it’s not a bad part of the country, we’ve meandered around it on and off for many years………. the roads to the coastal towns usually snarled up by squadrons of trucks delivering Ralgex (other brands of analgesic are available), Werthers Originals and balls of wool……
No airfield this week, but sufficient military infrastructure to distract 🙂🇬🇧
Old people live in Eastbourne & their parents live in Bexhill 😂
@@SMX815 and they holiday in Worthing 🙂
I am a resident of Polegate. The song says; "There are three steps to heaven". Yup, they are Worthing, Eastbourne and Bexhill.
No way have there been 20 of these already. I guess like any good series, time just flies by when you're enjoying content
Hastings resident here - I've been looking forward to this video for a while, and it's wonderful! I greatly appreciate the content you create, it always inspires me to explore the roads more and appreciate what our country does have intact... somewhat.
The Martello Towers are a common sight along the coast, Many of them now have been either abandoned, or converted into houses, and I'd imagine you saw plenty along your journey across the coast. On your next stop, Beachy Head is a great place known locally for scenic walks, fantastic views of the Eastbourne Airshow, and skydivers without parachutes. The Long Man of Wilmington is also a unique sight to behold with some fantastic walks, and even has a brewery named after it - the Long Man Brewery.
The section of road between Pevensey and Hastings is rather boring - you've got a pub (The Lamb Inn), and that's about it. The rest of the area is flat wet grasslands and Bexhill, which is full of old people (much more than Eastbourne). In my 2 years of being at college in Bexhill, I found nothing interesting to do there, my favourite part was leaving.
The Battle of Hastings indeed didn't happen in Hastings, it happened in a small town named Battle - yes, very imaginative. There is a castle which allows for paid entry to a museum and the grounds of the Abbey (plus a tower with an overview of the town), rather neat. The pier nowadays is truly a shadow of what it once was. There isn't really anything to do on the pier, or anything to brag about. It's quite literally a plank of wood with some stuff on it. The final shot in Hastings, taken in Bottle alley is an alley constructed from thousands of pieces of glass encased in concrete blocks that formed a wall along the promenade on the beach. Apparently it is rather infamous and has a light show each evening, although I can only remember this place stinking of piss - which is rather unfortunate. Apart from that, Hastings has a lot of history to offer with many unique events, including Jack in the Green (which includes the May Day Bike Run), Hastings Bonfire, Pirates Day, and many other random events that questions our sanity. Ta-ra!
I only 'know' Bexhill as the place to go through on the way to Hastings. But the welcome sign used to claim to be the 'birthplace' of British motorsport. I'd have thought that might pique Jon's interest, although I'm not sure what evidence there is on the ground.
@@rogink True! First occured in May, 1902. There's many car meetups and the such that occur throughout the year consisting of older vintage racing cars (a quick Google seems to help find these dates). I don't know if the races still occur, as I've unfortunately never been around for the events (besides one gathering at a local park probably about a decade ago)! The car stuff I usually save for Goodwood that's about an hour or so down the road.
Bottle Alley stinking of piss? Well I never (🤣). My mother told me that the glass used comes from old medicine bottles collected by local pharmacies... mostly Milk of Magnesia bottles if I remember her words correctly
What I've read, the more likely site for the battle is not at Battle either, but a little further south near Crowhurst.
@@stephenarbon2227 Maybe not the exact location, but the Abbey was built not long after. If you were William the bar steward why would you build an abbey commemorating the victory anywhere else?
Pevensey Castle has had the base of one of the towers turned into a pill-box just in case the second small disagreement arrived nearby.
I was equally amused at Cockshut Lane when I moved to the area in the late 90s. I'm guessing there was a chicken shed closeby at some point.
It's Friday, it's five to five and it's...
Oh, wait, It's Sunday, it's just after lunch ad it's Auto Shenanigans!
Crackerjack!
Love a bit of Eastbourne and Beachy Head. Glorious when the sun's out.
In 1066, the sea used to come pretty much right up to where Pevensey Castle is now.
If there is one thing that is needed in my life, is a nice big mug for my coffee that says, "wicked, sweet, awesome".
Maybe even some socks too. Just saying......
I'd do with few pairs of underpants 🤭
I lived in Eastbourne for five years and loved it there.
When we visited the UK in 2019 we had to stop at Battle to see. Being a history major I couldn't not stop. Daughters thought it was nice, but not sure they understood the significance.
If the battle had gone the other way would the Angle Saxons maintained stronger links with Scandinavia and maybe settled Newfoundland and New England earlier and permanent.
Would the Normans go onto conquer more places other than southern Italy.
Would the Normans just become the rulers of France rather than a Duchy.
Born in Hastings, went to school in Lewes. I know the A259 very well :)
Pretty cool to see John in the town I grew up in. If you find yourself at the Lewes Priory on a sunday afternoon you might find my old medieval combat group whacking each other with swords.
I watch all your videos and you finally came to my home town of Polegate (even though you didn’t stop there). It’s a lovely drive, if you do it once or twice, but everyday for work it’s horrendous. Traffic is awful. Talks of upgrades for 50+ years, then they spend millions on a cycle lane that runs beside it 🤦♂️
We often say Bexhill is that place between Eastbourne and Hastings that people drive through, this proves it :)
My old patch. Lewes was also the location of the UKs worst avalanche in 1836, where 8 people were killed. The site is now where the Snow Drop Inn is.
Fill me in. That is truly amazing. I bet Jon wished he'd known that. More here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewes_avalanche
Thanks for mentioning the avalanche, i punched in 'lewes avalanche' into RUclips search and there are videos about it. 3 mother's died and left 28 orphans behind.
yeah that's something I wish I'd known before hand!
Love how there are funny rude names in East Sussex. Such novelty in having roads names with rude names is too funny. Mind you I have been to East Sussex before and there’s lots of places to visit.
Great Video. I live here and you've taught me things I didn't know and I drive past them everyday. Thanks.
Thanks John. I'm late today but I get to read all the posts. Fascinating stuff.
One of my favourite roads in the South. No journey along it is complete without visiting the Cider farm at Middle Farm. Janets Jungle Juice a particular favourite.
How he managed to read his lines and get through that first bit standing by the cockshut rd sign.....is impressive well done Jon
Well, I edit out the several attempts it took ;)
never been so early, nice
Thanks!
Thanks a lot mate, appreciate it!
Old abandoned road are usually good to camp on. I did it a few times when I was touring on my bicycle.
I'm from eastbourne and we actually have 3 martello towers going down the coast towards pevensey bay but the wish tower is probably the most renown one of the three
Dear John, we love waving to you at the end of every video. Please keep it up. XD
I loved the sarcastic quips. I got quite a few chuckles. Some of the scenery shots you got are amazing liminal spaces! Got me thinking this is something to add to my bucket list of places to see.
Your cheery "Hello!" at the start never fails to brighten my day. I know I'm in for some excellent content.
Hastings deserves an episode of it’s own. Interesting old town, interesting old buildings, interesting old shops, interesting fishing fleet on the beach, full of interesting people. Bit like Brighton but better and cheaper.
Harvey"s brewery in Lewes is worth a visit, beautiful ales worth tasting!! There are a lot of pubs that mysteriously burn down too??
Haven't been to Hastings since I was a kid in the 1960s - after your video, I'm tempted to make the 230 mile journey again! 😂
Another route of yours that I know fairly well. I was surprised you didn't mention the 1999 project that moved the whole Belle Tout lighthouse building back 56 feet from the cliff edge, to stop it falling over the edge. Great story.
Eastbourne is the home of one of the best roller derby tournaments.
Greetings from Hastings. Its well known here that the peir was an insurance job. Similar to the george street fire last year.
Looks like you ended up in bottle alley, the old Hastings pier was one of my teenage haunts, saw some good "proper" bands there back in the good old days 🙂
I like Eastbourne. It's kind of laid-back, and it's not crammed with old people so much these days; they've started dying off, and younger people are moving in.
Good chippy there, too.
Watching as always from Michigan… missing drives in the Cotswold countryside even the A40 from Cheltenham to Oxford.. keep up the great work
U must put some hours in to theses vlogs love the road trips thank u so much
Another informative and enjoyable video. John. Loved the bit about “some guy called William the Conqueror heading off to Hastings to have a bit of of argument”. I’m a Pink Floyd fan and the info re Syd was something I didn’t know, so thank you
The best you tube channel by a country mile fantastic as always:)
28.9 country miles this week, to be precise.
The best RUclips channel about miles in this country.
1:36 that picture of the steam locomotives, the smaller one in the foreground is still preserved and operational at the nearby Bluebell Railway.
Twenty road journeys episodes already 🎉🎉🎉
Time flies eh!? Hopefully you're still enjoying them because I've no other ideas at the moment :D
@@AutoShenanigans Secrets of the A roads maybe
@@AutoShenanigans At times, the only idea is the best idea. Someone in these legendary comment sections will write some snark that will inspire you.
Until then, I am thoroughly enjoying these weekly trips around Blightly. It's like a surprise mini-vacation every week for Anglophile Yanks like me to visit a part of Britain never before fathomed, but without the endless lines at Heathrow or lousy hotel rooms.
There could be more pubs, though. How about a "Pub of the Week" segment like that canal chap Robbie C. does on his YT vids? One can never drink enough when in the U.K.
It's a lovely part of the world and great to see it on here. My grandparents lived in Polegate for many years so we as a family spent many happy days down there. The 259 via Lewes being our way in and out.
Belle Tout lighthouse has an interesting past by the way - it's a private house now and in the 1980s became the setting for the odd BBC TV series 'The Life and Loves of a She Devil'. A few years later due to coastal erosion, the whole building was jacked up and moved inland by a considerable distance to stop it falling into the sea.
Thanks as always for another highly entertaining installment.
Enjoyable as always, John. We recently made a vid going around some of these same places, and ended up very won over by Sussex as a whole. Definitely has its own unique vibe though. #cockshutroad
Just love these videos
i remember learning about pevensey castle in school. it was used to teach about roman fortifications and later used to link into teaching the middle-ages by using again to teach about fortifications but this time after the french invasion in 1066 and leading into the battle of hastings (quite a snazzy segue if you ask me)
Drone shot was great
Yes we can see you, thanks for asking at the end of the video. It's a shame about that old pier being burned down.
So disappointed that you missed out Ravenside Retail Park on the eastern edge of Bexhill and the municipal tip just slightly further on. The undoubted jewels in the crown along the route. 😀
Really enjoyed your video as an East Sussex resident but at the end John you are standing in Bottle Alley & Im surprised you didn't mention how it all came about thanks to Hastings Borough engineer Sid Little (not the comedian) who was known as the concrete king. Also apparently their is now a study saying the battle of Hastings didn't even take place in Battle as you mentioned, it was further in land near Old Heathfield!
Seaside piers are (like railway signalboxes) strangely prone to spontaneous combustion.
Brighton West Pier accidentally caught light,but the fire brigade got there early and managed to save most of it.
So it had to be accidentally set on fire a second time.
You gotta do it properly if you want the insurance to pay out... i guess :D
Locals joked that it had been Nobled (sic). Absolutely no connection with the name of the corporation that owned its rival pier half a mile away, of course.
Eastbourne pier also suffered from a spontaneous fire a few years ago as well.
Same problem used to often happen to long abandoned pubs in Portsmouth, usually when someone wanted to build a new housing development on the site!!
@@NOWThatsRichy Yes indeed...look at the case of the Crooked House pub up in the Black Country...
How great to get an update of my old haunting ground, thank you very much brilliant
A wicked, sweet, awesome video. 👍. What's next after the road journeys I wonder? 🤔😆
Nice to see a local video. I work in Eastbourne and live in Hastings.
So weird to see Lewes as I used to live near there and spend a fair bit of time there... Definitely had a few smokes in the priory in the evening when I was younger haha
I live in Eastbourne, it has changed over the years & the only remarkable thing you missed is that Beachy Head is where they filmed ChittyChitty bang bang song 👍
Hastings... one of my favourite towns in England. Driven this road many times, love the content, thanks for that!
Hi Jon, Great video, didn't know there was a battle in Hastings, I thought Hastings is a name of a house insurance company🤣🤣Have a good week👍
Hastings is, in fact, an insurance company based in Hastings. Quite the coincidence 😀
1:09 Thank goodness. I've been looking for ages for a place to hire squiggly arrows!
Pevensey Castle was built with Roman expertise and intelligence but after 1066 it was finished by Norman wisdom. It used to be an island.
Good stuff and thanks for posting these excellent videos. BTW, Kent residents always are a bit snooty about our East Sussex neighbours. William the conquer tried to land at Lydd in 1064 (gateway to the wild west) but were seen off. The soft touches in ES, let him land without any intervention in 1066. So upset about this were the Kent folk, they refused to accept William as King and he granted Kent the Invicta white horse flag. Invicta meaning unconquered.
Yes the handy fire 🤣🤣
Nice road sign.
Hi Jon how the devil are you have you had a good week and also I liked the video and used the button specifically for that
Great to hear about the history of Lewes. I worked and played golf there for many years, all that is normally mentioned is the fireworks, the flood and the brewery.
I live directly opposite Cockshut Road. I think it's actually the biggest tourist attraction in a little town.
I do wonder how many comments have been deleted! Wonderful John!
Yup, gonna be THAT person - it’s pronounced ’Belle Too’ lighthouse.. excellent video keep up the comedy work!
Hello Jon, how the devil are you, have you had a good week?
Hastings' famous 'Bottle Alley' just before the end. Thank you.
It looks too dark on screen but I thought it was a lovely bit of... pathway?
@@AutoShenanigans I wouldn't be surprised if the local tourist guide describes it as 'an immersive art installation'.
That shot is giving me film or TV location vibes.
I can't pin down which one though.
Killing Eve? 8:18
i was in eastbourne and pevensey today, even walked up the road and remarked about the old court house that i had never noticed before
XD great video John
Absolutely loving this series
Hastings is a place I probably wouldn’t rush to again. Very UKIPy.
The A27 seems to pop up all over the place along the south coast. It starts (or finishes) obscurely enough at a sand and gravel quarry outside Salisbury in a corner of Wiltshire. Thanks to this video I now know it finishes (or starts) in Pevensey.
They named the M27 after it too!
Pevensey castle was on the coast when originally built like a fair few towns on the south coast, but the sea silted up. Also the Bell Touché lighthouse was moved back from the cliffs edge by 30m due to erosion and has also featured in tv and films.
Nice - I was wondering if you'd reach our neck of the woods.
Signed, Old Dude From Eastbourne.
Great work.
So happy you did this video. I grew up in the Lewes area and you got not only cockshut lane in, you also featured a tone of amazing features. Only thing you missed was Harvey’s brewery and the history around Thomas Paine in the area and of course bonfire night which originates from lewes. Also, interesting local car fact that I remember as a kid, the A27 used to have a level crossing with the railway after lewes until they built the bridge and doubled the lanes. Used to be a bloody nightmare and held up the traffic for ages.
Great video loved it as usual
You should visit Lewes on bonfire night - what they do there, puts pretty much every other fireworks display to shame. And then some.
And Beachy Head - sadly, still the suicide capital of Britain.
In Pevensey castle, a WW2 pillbox was cunningly concealed in one of it's outer walls.
You just drove past my house! 🤩
As for "what has East Sussex ever given us?", I'll tell you what: the Norman Conquest! If it hadn't been for us lot, you might all be speaking Welsh right now 😮
(just joking, I love Welsh really 😁)
The lighthouse at Beachy Head was of course used in the film Quadrophenia
Indeed it was … yet, funnily enough, wikipedia is quoted as saying it’s where ‘…Phil Daniels jumps off his scooter just before it goes over…’. Pretty sure it was a guy called Jimmy.
@@razzle1964 I guess both are correct. The character was called Jimmy the actor was Phil Daniels. I think he ended up on Eastenders (not sure as I don’t watch it).
@@davegb99 Indeed they are and, as a massive ‘Oo fan (it’s how to say ‘The Who’ when grammar dictates that the ‘The’ is dropped) I did know this. I felt it was like saying ‘when Mark Hamill fired into the death star’ or, ‘when Clint Eastwood says the line ‘go ahead, make my day’! Seemed daft!🤔😉✌️
@@razzle1964 👍
John, behind you mate, old man with a dog... run, run for your life...
This is the best video I've ever seen about anything
I did like the video, and I pressed the button that is specifically for that. I have already considered subscribing and in fact did so, which was fwicked sweet awesome 👈
Ah, Sunday wouldn't be Sunday without a double-helping of rail content, one rudely interrupted with roads...
Another great video Jon, now off to catch up with what Jago's been up to!