Seven Sisters, Sussex
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The Seven Sisters are a famous series of chalk cliffs by the English Channel. They form part of the South Downs in East Sussex, between the towns of Seaford and Eastbourne in southern England, and are within the Seven Sisters Country Park. They are the remnants of dry valleys in the chalk South Downs gradually being eroded by the sea. The cliffs are occasionly used as stand in for The White Cliffs of Dover (since they are no longer white) in WW2 films. They also feature at the beginning of Robin Hood, the Prince of thieves film.[citations needed]
From west to east, the sequence starts just east of Cuckmere Haven. The cliff peaks and the dips between them are individually named. Listed below, the peaks are in bold.
- Haven Brow (grid reference TV524976)
- Short Bottom
- Short Brow
- Limekiln Bottom
- Rough Brow
- Rough Bottom
- Brass Point
- Gap Bottom
- Flagstaff Point (continuing into Flagstaff Brow)
- Flagstaff Bottom
- Flat Hill
- Flathill Bottom
- Baily's Hill
- Michel Dean
- Went Hill Brow (grid reference TV549963).
Just east of the last peak is Birling Gap. Beyond, on the top of the next hill, is Belle Tout Lighthouse and beyond that Beachy Head.
The South Downs Way runs along the edge of the cliffs, taking a very undulating course.
