Newhaven is a

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in 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 (; Norman: ''Dgieppe'') is a coastal commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region of northern France. Dieppe is a seaport on the English Channel at the mouth of the river Arques. A regular ferry service runs to N ...

. 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.

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 (

shoal In oceanography, geomorphology, and geoscience, a shoal is a natural submerged ridge, bank, or bar that consists of, or is covered by, sand or other unconsolidated material and rises from the bed of a body of water to near the surface. It ...

) 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

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). 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

longshore drift Longshore drift from longshore current is a geological process that consists of the transportation of sediments (clay, silt, pebbles, sand, shingle) along a coast parallel to the shoreline, which is dependent on the angle incoming wave direction ...

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 (; Norman: ''Dgieppe'') is a coastal commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region of northern France. Dieppe is a seaport on the English Channel at the mouth of the river Arques. A regular ferry service runs to Newh ...

, 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 E.ON's development of the offshore-

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History

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

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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. 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 then 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

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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

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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 an 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 regiment o ...

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

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Industry

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

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

tide mill A tide mill is a water mill driven by tidal rise and fall. A dam with a sluice is created across a suitable tidal inlet, or a section of river estuary is made into a reservoir. As the tide comes in, it enters the mill pond through a one-way ga ...

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

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, 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

Norman Baker Norman John Baker (born 26 July 1957) is a Liberal Democrat politician in the United Kingdom who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Lewes in East Sussex from the 1997 general election until his defeat in 2015. In May 2010 he was appointed ...

. The

Heritage Marine Hospital The ruins of the Chailey Heritage Marine Hospital stand to the seaward side of Tide Mills, east of Newhaven, Sussex, in England. History The hospital, which was built to provide aftercare and recovery for disabled boys who had undergone surgery ...

was built in 1924 to cater for disabled boys who had undergone surgery. It became a casualty of wartime defence work during World War II. 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

incinerator Incineration is a waste treatment process that involves the combustion of substances contained in waste materials. Industrial plants for waste incineration are commonly referred to as waste-to-energy facilities. Incineration and other high ...

, 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

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, one of the

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, was built on Castle Hill on the recommendation of the 1859 Royal Commission 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 No. 242 Squadron RAF 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 civil parish and electoral ward (called East Saltdean and Telscombe Cliffs) with the status of a town in the Lewes District of East Sussex, England. It consists of three distinct settlements, separated from each other by an open ...

, it was equipped with

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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.

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 and August Fields.

Governance

Newhaven Town Council was formed in 1974. There are 18 councillors representing three wards: Denton ward (five councillors); Meeching (seven); and Valley (six). The parliamentary constituency for Newhaven is

. The Liberal Democrat

served as the constituency member of parliament from 1997 until 2015, when Conservative

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was elected.

Demography

Newhaven 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

Site of Special Scientific Interest A Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Great Britain or an Area of Special Scientific Interest (ASSI) in the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom and Isle of ...

. The cliffs are mainly of geological interest, containing many

Santonian The Santonian is an age in the geologic timescale or a chronostratigraphic stage. It is a subdivision of the Late Cretaceous Epoch or Upper Cretaceous Series. It spans the time between 86.3 ± 0.7 mya (million years ago) and 83.6 ± 0.7 mya. The ...

and

Campanian The Campanian is the fifth of six ages of the Late Cretaceous Epoch on the geologic timescale of the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS). In chronostratigraphy, it is the fifth of six stages in the Upper Cretaceous Series. Campanian s ...

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

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 ...

and

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 ...

. It is also located on the

Seaford Branch Line The Seaford branch line is a rural railway line in East Sussex constructed in 1864 primarily to serve the port of Newhaven and the town of Seaford. It now sees fairly regular trains across the line except for the branch to the closed statio ...

from

; there are two operating 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 Newhaven Marine railway station was a station in Newhaven, East Sussex, England, at the end off a short branch off the Seaford branch line near . It was the last station to open in Newhaven in 1886 following redevelopment and expansion of th ...

. Walkers on the

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, the

Vanguard Way The Vanguard Way is a long-distance walk of from East Croydon station in outer London ( OS grid reference ), travelling from the north, to Newhaven, on the south coast of England. It passes through the counties of Surrey, Kent and East Susse ...

end their journey here from

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in south London.

Education, culture and religion

There is one secondary school in the town:

Seahaven Academy Seahaven Academy(formerly Tideway Comprehensive School) is a growing secondary school in Haven Way, Newhaven, East Sussex , Newhaven, East Sussex. The school's academic achievements improved considerably when the school joined the multi 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 1960's and new galleries displaying local work in the town.

Twinning

The town is officially twinned with

La Chapelle-Saint-Mesmin La Chapelle-Saint-Mesmin () is a French commune in the Loiret department, region of Centre-Val de Loire. The village is located in the natural region of France of the Loire Valley and in the metropolis of Orléans. It is one of the 22 town of ...

('' La Chapelle-Saint-Mesmin-french'') in France (near

Orléans Orléans (;"Orleans"
(US) and marina A marina (from Spanish , Portuguese and Italian : ''marina'', "coast" or "shore") 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 o ...

: 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.

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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'' *

Wreckless Eric Eric Goulden (born 18 May 1954), known as Wreckless Eric, is an English rock/ new wave singer-songwriter, best known for his 1977 single " Whole Wide World" on Stiff Records. More than two decades after its release, the song was included in ''M ...

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in 1913. When he was a pastry boy on the Newhaven–Dieppe ferry route. * Leonard White, actor and producer of ''The Avengers'' *

Nigel Buxton Nigel Edward Buxton (29 May 1924 – 30 November 2015) was a British travel writer and wine critic, also known for appearing as in the Channel 4 comedy series ''The Adam and Joe Show''. Early life Buxton was born at Cowfold, Sussex, where his ...

, Travel writer and TV personality, *

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, TV presenter, therapist and meditation teacher

References

Sources

External links

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