Lewes bus station is a

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Lewes Lewes () is the county town of East Sussex, England. It is the police and judicial centre for all of Sussex and is home to Sussex Police, East Sussex Fire & Rescue Service, Lewes Crown Court and HMP Lewes. The civil parish is the centre of ...

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. It opened on 26 March 1954 as a terminus for

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routes. The adjacent bus depot was opened several months earlier. The bus station was sold by

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in 2006 and is currently owned by the Generator Group. In August 2021, plans were submitted for the demolition of the bus station and redevelopment of the site.

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submitted an application to

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to list the building however the Generator Group has also submitted a request for the building to not be listed. It closed on 16 September 2022.Lewes Bus Station to close ''

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Design

The building has two storeys with the upper floor larger than the lower floor, creating an overhang which provides shelter.

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Bus stations in England Lewes Transport infrastructure completed in 1954 1954 establishments in England 2022 disestablishments in England {{EastSussex-struct-stub