East Blatchington

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East Blatchington
East Blatchington (East Sussex)
East Blatchington

East Blatchington shown within East Sussex
OS grid reference TV485995
District Lewes
Shire county East Sussex
Region South East
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town SEAFORD
Postcode district BN25
Dialling code 01323
Police Sussex
Fire East Sussex
Ambulance South East Coast
European Parliament South East England
UK Parliament Lewes
List of places: UKEnglandEast Sussex

Coordinates: 50°46′34″N 0°06′18″E / 50.77608, 0.10485

East Blatchington is a coastal village in East Sussex, and is nowadays the western part of Seaford where the two have gradually merged.

Like Seaford and Newhaven, its western neighbour, East Blatchington was a front line coastal defence during the Napoleonic war, and had a military barracks built in 1794 and demolished after the Great War.

St Peter's Parish Church dates back to about 1100 and the church registers date from 1563. The church has a memorial to pioneer balloonist Henry Tracey Coxwell.

East Blatchington is associated with Tide Mills, and is sometimes given as an alternate name for the Tide Mills area,