Normans Bay (Normans' Bay on Ordnance Survey maps) is a coastal fishing

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Bexhill-on-Sea Bexhill-on-Sea (often shortened to Bexhill) is a seaside town and civil parish situated in the county of East Sussex in South East England. An ancient town and part of the local government district of Rother, Bexhill is home to a number of arc ...

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, England. The 8th Duke of Devonshire donated this land for a combined school and place of worship in the 1860s to be known as Pevensey Sluice. It was later renamed Normans Bay when the railway halt of that name was first opened in 1905. Normans Bay is near the popular seaside resorts of

Eastbourne Eastbourne () is a town and seaside resort in East Sussex, on the south coast of England, east of Brighton and south of London. Eastbourne is immediately east of Beachy Head, the highest chalk sea cliff in Great Britain and part of the la ...

and

Brighton Brighton () is a seaside resort and one of the two main areas of the City of Brighton and Hove in the county of East Sussex, England. It is located south of London. Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze A ...

to the west, with a regular service at

Normans Bay railway station Normans Bay railway station serves Normans Bay in East Sussex. It is on the East Coastway Line, and train services are provided by Southern. The station was opened on 11 September 1905 and was originally named ''Pevensey Sluice'', but la ...

. The nearest bus service is in

Pevensey Bay Pevensey ( ) is a village and civil parish in the Wealden district of East Sussex, England. The main village is located north-east of Eastbourne, one mile (1.6 km) inland from Pevensey Bay. The settlement of Pevensey Bay forms part of ...

. Some points of interest include a sand and shingle beach,

Martello tower Martello towers, sometimes known simply as Martellos, are small defensive forts that were built across the British Empire during the 19th century, from the time of the French Revolutionary Wars onwards. Most were coastal forts. They stand up ...

55, two caravan sites and a The Star Inn public house. To the north is protected marshland known as

Pevensey Levels Pevensey Levels is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Bexhill-on-Sea and Hailsham in East Sussex. It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I, a Ramsar site and a Special Area of Conservation. An area of is a nat ...

, and the abandoned medieval village of

Northeye Northeye is the site of an abandoned medieval village known as Hooe Level on the Pevensey Levels, west of Bexhill-on-Sea. The village is mentioned as a dependent limb of the Cinque Port of Hastings in a charter of 1229. It is thought to have bee ...

Shipwreck

In 2005 divers trying to free a lobster pot discovered a large anchor and cannons offshore. This was at first thought to be the remains of the English warship HMS ''Resolution'', which sunk there in 1703.The Resolution Project
/ref> However, ongoing research suggests the wreck might be that of the Dutch warship ''Wapen van Utrecht'', sunk during the Battle of Beachy Head in 1690.

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Populated coastal places in East Sussex Beaches of East Sussex Hamlets in East Sussex Bexhill-on-Sea {{EastSussex-geo-stub