Newhaven is a

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in the

Lewes district Lewes is a local government district in East Sussex, England. The district is named after the town of Lewes. The largest town is Seaford, and the council is based in Newhaven. The district also includes the towns of Peacehaven and Telscombe an ...

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, England, lying at the mouth of the River Ouse. The town developed during the

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as the nearby port of Seaford began drying up, forcing a new port to be established. A sheltered harbour was built in the mid-16th century, and a

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in the late 18th, to provide continued access to the sea. Newhaven increased in importance following the arrival of the railway in 1847, and regular cross-Channel ferry services to

Dieppe Dieppe (; ; or Old Norse ) is a coastal commune in the Seine-Maritime department, Normandy, northern France. Dieppe is a seaport on the English Channel at the mouth of the river Arques. A regular ferry service runs to Newhaven in England ...

. Though these have been reduced in the 21st century, Newhaven still provides regular ferry services and continues to be used as an important freight terminal. In 2021 the parish had a population of 12,854.

Origins

Newhaven lies at the mouth of the River Ouse, in the valley the river has cut through the

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. Over the centuries the river has migrated between Newhaven and Seaford in response to the growth and decay of a shingle spit (

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) at its mouth. There was a

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fort on what is now Castle Hill.Newhaven Fort – History
In about 480 AD, the

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people established a village near where Newhaven now stands, which they named "Meeching" (variously known as "Myching" or "Mitching"). Throughout the Middle Ages, the main outlet and port of the Ouse was at Seaford (one of the

Cinque Ports The confederation of Cinque Ports ( ) is a historic group of coastal towns in south-east England – predominantly in Kent and Sussex, with one outlier (Brightlingsea) in Essex. The name is Old French, meaning "five harbours", and alludes to ...

). The growth of the shingle spit hindered the outflow of the river, which consequently flooded the Levels upstream and hindered access to the port. Therefore, a channel through the shingle spit was cut in the mid-16th century below Castle Hill, creating access to a sheltered harbour, better than that at Seaford.Brandon, P. and Short, B., 1990: The South-East from AD 1000. Longman. This was the origin of modern Newhaven. However, shingle continued to accumulate and so the mouth of the Ouse began to migrate eastwards again. Under the Ouse Navigation Act (1790), a western

was constructed to arrest

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and so cut off the supply of shingle to the spit.Woodcock, A., 2003: The archaeological implications of coastal change in Sussex. pp1-16 in Rudling, D., (ed.), The Archaeology of Sussex to AD2000. Heritage, University of Sussex. A new outlet (The Cut) was built on the river's present course, below Castle Hill. At that time the settlement began to be known as the "new haven". The present breakwater was built in 1890. It was part of the Holmstrow hundred until the abolition of hundreds in the 19th century.

Port

Although there are some signs of the derelict facilities that serviced the former

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operations, the port still sees a great deal of freight and passengers movement. International ferries run to the French port of

Dieppe, Seine-Maritime Dieppe (; ; or Old Norse ) is a coastal Communes of France, commune in the Seine-Maritime departments of France, department, Normandy (administrative region), Normandy, northern France. Dieppe is a seaport on the English Channel at the mouth ...

, operated by

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. There are two outbound sailings per day, one in the morning and one in the evening, using the 18,654 GT

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ferry MS ''Côte D'Albâtre''. Rail passengers wishing to connect with the ferries are advised nationally to travel to , and then use the free bus service; this has resulted in a dramatic fall in passenger services at , leading to questions regarding its future and that of . The port is the proposed main landside site for

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's development of the offshore- Rampion Wind Farm.

History

The village was of little maritime importance until the opening of the railway line to

Lewes Lewes () is the county town of East Sussex, England. The town is the administrative centre of the wider Lewes (district), district of the same name. It lies on the River Ouse, Sussex, River Ouse at the point where the river cuts through the Sou ...

in 1847. In 1848, the exiled French King

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landed here in disguise after abdicating his throne. The

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(LB&SCR) constructed their own wharf and facilities on the east side of the river, and opened the

Newhaven harbour railway station Newhaven Harbour railway station is a railway station in Newhaven, East Sussex, England. It originally served boat train services to Dieppe, but that was taken over by (now closed) and then . Location The station is located on the Seaford br ...

. The railway also funded the dredging of the channel and other improvements to the harbour between 1850 and 1878, to enable it to be used by cross-channel ferries, and in 1863 the LB&SCR and the Chemin de Fer de l'Ouest introduced the Newhaven-Dieppe passenger service. The harbour was officially recognised as 'The Port of Newhaven' in 1882. Imports at that time included French farm products and manufactures, timber, granite and slates. Newhaven harbour was designated as the principal port for the movement of men and

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to the European continent during the

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and was taken over by the military authorities and the ferries requisitioned for the duration of the war. Between 22 September 1916 and 2 December 1918, the port and town of Newhaven were designated a 'Special Military Area' under the 'Defence of the Realm Regulations', and the Harbour station was closed to the public. The port and harbour facilities, rail sidings and warehousing were greatly enlarged at this time and electric lighting installed to allow for 24-hour operation. During the

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, large numbers of Canadian troops were stationed at Newhaven, and the ill-fated

Dieppe Raid Operation Jubilee or the Dieppe Raid (19 August 1942) was a disastrous Allied amphibious attack on the German-occupied port of Dieppe in northern France, during the Second World War. Over 6,050 infantry, predominantly Canadian, supported by a ...

in 1942 was largely launched from the harbour. When the high-profile gambler and murder-suspect

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vanished in 1974, his car was found abandoned in Norman Road, Newhaven, with traces of blood matching the blood-groups of his children's nanny Sandra Rivett, whom he is believed to have murdered, and his wife, whom he had attempted to murder, according to her testimony. The Newhaven location suggested that he had taken the cross-channel ferry, but no confirmed sighting of him was ever made.

Lifeboat

The Newhaven Lifeboat, the first of which was commissioned in 1803, is among the oldest in Britain, and was established some 20 years before the

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. The town established the rescue lifeboat in response to the wreck of HMS ''Brazen'' in January 1800, from which only one man of her crew of some 105 men could be saved. The town used a combination of funds raised locally and contributed by

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to purchase a lifeboat built to

Henry Greathead Henry Francis Greathead (27 January 1757 – 1818) was an English pioneering rescue lifeboat builder from South Shields. Although Lionel Lukin had patented a lifeboat in 1785, Greathead successfully petitioned parliament in 1802 with the claim th ...

's "Original" design. Newhaven also has one of the Watch stations of the

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Industry

Remains_of_Tide_Mills_mill_race_sluice_-_seaward_side

To the east, in the neighbouring parish of Seaford was the village of

Tide Mills Tide Mills is a derelict village in East Sussex, England. It lies about two kilometres (1.2 miles) south-east of Newhaven, East Sussex, Newhaven and four kilometres (2.5 miles) north-west of Seaford, East Sussex, Seaford and is near ...

, built in 1761, and now derelict. Here are the remains of workers' cottages, the

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itself, and a large saline lagoon which was the storage pond for high water to power the mills on the outgoing tide. The Newhaven Marconi Radio Station was established in 1904, and started running in 1905. The station was owned and operated by the Marconi Radio Company and achieved regular ship to shore radio communications in approximately 1912. Kingandmcgaw-newhaven-factory

To the east of Newhaven is the 50,000-foot production factory of King & McGaw, This company started out in printed art for professional organizations and was known as King Posters by the late 1980s. It then expanded to business to consumer trading over the internet. It is now the UK's largest online Art provider. The company's contribution to the area was recognised in April 2014 with a visit from local MP

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. The

Heritage Marine Hospital The ruins of the Chailey Heritage Marine Hospital stand to the seaward side of Tide Mills, East Sussex, Tide Mills, east of Newhaven, East Sussex, Newhaven, Sussex, in England. History The hospital, which was built to provide aftercare and recov ...

was built in 1924 to cater for disabled boys who had undergone surgery. It became a casualty of wartime defence work during the Second World War. The Denton Island Business Park lies to the north of the town on the west bank of the river. The business park has attracted a number of businesses to the area with the basepoint Newhaven Enterprise Centre being the focal point. The centre has attracted a lot of new businesses to the area. A new waste

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, just across from Denton Island, was completed in late 2011 and is now in full operation, despite huge opposition by local residents from across the Lewes District.

Military

Historical Newhaven Fort, one of the

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, was built on Castle Hill on the recommendation of the 1859

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to defend the growing harbour. It was the largest defence work ever built in

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and is now open as a museum. The adjacent village of Tide Mills was the site of an experimental

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base at the head of the beach. The first formation of

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was on 15 August 1918 from numbers 408, 409 and 514 Flights at the seaplane station at Newhaven, Sussex. Operating from there and the nearby airfield at

Telscombe Cliffs Telscombe is a town and civil parish in the Lewes District of East Sussex, England. It consists of three distinct settlements, separated from each other by an open area of downland called Telscombe Tye. Telscombe village is a small village on t ...

, it was equipped with Short Type 184 seaplanes and carried out anti-submarine patrols over the

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until the end of the First World War. Surveys carried out in 2006 have exposed part of the slipway, concrete aprons to both hangars with door tracks and several other slabs presumed to be workshops.

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started a dig in April 2006 to catalogue the entire East Beach site. Army Cadet Force *A detachment of the Sussex

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, a volunteer youth organisation, sponsored by the Ministry of Defence, which accepts cadets aged between 12 and 18 years of age.

Layout

The main part of the town is located on the west side of the river, there is also a residential area at Denton and Mount Pleasant on the slopes of the Downs to the east. Industrial areas lay on the east side of the river as do all three of the railway stations which serve Newhaven; Newhaven Town, Newhaven Harbour and the now redundant Newhaven Marine. Recent housing development has taken place at the West Quay, Harbour Heights, August Fields and the old Parker Pen site (Safford Park).

Governance

Newhaven Town Council was formed in 1974. There are 18 councillors representing four wards: Denton ward (five councillors); South ward (eight); North ward (three) and Central ward (two). The town comprises two wards of

Lewes District Lewes is a local government district in East Sussex, England. The district is named after the town of Lewes. The largest town is Seaford, and the council is based in Newhaven. The district also includes the towns of Peacehaven and Telscombe an ...

(part of the county of

.) Newhaven North ward returns 2 district councillors to Lewes District Council, and Newhaven South ward returns 3 district councillors. The 4 May 2023 local elections returned 5

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councillors for the 5 seats. The parliamentary constituency for Newhaven is

. From 1974 to 1997 John Rankin Rathbone (known as Tim Rathbone) served as the constituency member of parliament, for the Conservatives. The Liberal Democrat

was elected member of parliament in 1997 and served until 2015, when Conservative

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was elected. Since July 2024, Liberal Democrat James MacCleary is the MP.

Demography

Newhaven's population (12,232 persons) are 59% of working age; 22% are 15 and under; and 19% retirement age. There are over 360 businesses in the town.

Landmarks

The main landmark in the town is the Newhaven Fort. The new waste incinerator is a major landmark, the chimney being visible from the sea as well as from Firle Beacon and parts of Seaford. The parish includes part of the Brighton to Newhaven Cliffs

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. The cliffs are mainly of geological interest, containing many

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and

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fossils. The SSSI listing includes flora and fauna biological interest too. The open land surrounding Newhaven to the west, north and east is part of the

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, although the town itself is excluded from the boundaries.

Transport

Newhaven lies at the southern end of the cross-country A26 trunk road originating in

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; and its junction with the A259 coast road between

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and

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. It is also located on the Seaford Branch Line from

; there are two operating railway stations, Newhaven Town and Newhaven Harbour. A third, for all intents and purposes unused since its train ferry services ceased using it, was Newhaven Marine railway station. Walkers on the Vanguard Way, a

long-distance footpath A long-distance trail (or long-distance footpath, track, way, greenway (landscape), greenway) is a longer recreational trail mainly through rural areas used for hiking, backpacking (wilderness), backpacking, cycling, equestrianism or cross-co ...

, end their journey here from East Croydon in south London.

Education, culture and religion

Seaford East Sussex Cricket club from the air

There is one secondary school in the town: Seahaven Academy (previously known as Tideway Comprehensive), There are four primary schools: Denton Community Primary, Breakwater academy, Harbour Primary School and High cliff Academy which opened in September 2015 in a brand-new building in Southdown Road, on what was part of the Tideway Comprehensive School site. The Newhaven Local & Maritime Museum is operated by the Newhaven Historical Society and is a registered charity. The Planet Earth Museum and Sussex History Trail is dedicated to the history of the earth. They are both located at Paradise Park which is a garden centre owned by the Tate family. The parish church is dedicated to St Michael and is shared by the

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and

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communities. The

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church is dedicated to the

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(Church of the Sacred Heart). The town is featured in ''Crime Is My Business'' by W. Howard Baker (Sexton Blake Library No 408, Amalgamated Press, 1958) and possibly based on an idea or material by

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. Although mentioned (along with Brighton, Beachy Head, and Eastbourne), the references are vague and one would not recognise the town from the book. Other references in the text (a typical

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adventure) suggest a roadside café somewhere in the region of the recently demolished Peacehaven Motel, which was formerly situated at the eastern end of Peacehaven. Newhaven has a thriving art community with the art club being formed in the 1960s and new galleries displaying local work in the town.

Twinning

Newhaven is twinned with La Chapelle-Saint-Mesmin, France.

Sport

Newhaven is home to a

marina A marina (from Spanish , Portuguese and Italian : "related to the sea") is a dock or basin with moorings and supplies for yachts and small boats. A marina differs from a port in that a marina does not handle large passenger ships or cargo ...

: the Newhaven and Seaford Sailing Club is based there;

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, water skiing and surfboarding are also practised. Newhaven Football Club plays in the Sussex County League; there is a thriving

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club. The town also boasts a large and modern indoor bowls centre, and there is an outdoor Lawn bowling green located close to the marina. Newhaven Bowling club was formed in 1902 and is a founder member of the English Bowls Association and Sussex County Bowls. There are also two cricket grounds, one located near the marina, west of the river, and the other close to Denton Village, east of the river, plus a tennis club also near the marina.

Local Media

Local news and television programmes is provided by

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and

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. Television signals are received from the Heathfield and the local relay transmitter. The town's local radio stations are

BBC Radio Sussex BBC Radio Sussex is the BBC's local radio station serving the counties of East and West Sussex. It broadcasts on FM, DAB, digital TV and via BBC Sounds from studios on Queens Road in Brighton. According to RAJAR, BBC Radio Surrey and BBC R ...

on 95.0 FM,

Seahaven FM Seahaven FM is the local radio station covering Eastbourne,_East_Sussex, Eastbourne, Lewes,_East_Sussex, Lewes, Newhaven,_East_Sussex, Newhaven, Peacehaven, Polegate,_East_Sussex, Polegate and Seaford,_East_Sussex, Seaford in East Sussex. Work ...

on 96.3 FM whose studios are in Eastbourne and Heart South on 96.9 FM. Local newspapers that cover the town are '' The Argus'', ''Sussex Express'' and ''Haven News''.

Notable people

* Charles Wells, the "man who broke the bank at Monte Carlo" casino, who bought a house in Fort Road with some of the proceeds * Charles Webb, the author of ''

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'' *

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, musician *

Ho Chi Minh (born ; 19 May 1890 – 2 September 1969), colloquially known as Uncle Ho () among other aliases and sobriquets, was a Vietnamese revolutionary and politician who served as the founder and first President of Vietnam, president of the ...

in 1913. When he was a pastry boy on the Newhaven–Dieppe ferry route. * Leonard White, actor and producer of ''The Avengers'' * Nigel Buxton, Travel writer and TV personality, * Alistair Appleton, TV presenter, therapist and meditation teacher

References

Sources

External links

Newhaven Chamber of CommerceSeahaven FM the local community radio station's transmission base is in Newhaven
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