East Sussex

Plane:

Gatwick Airport (http://www.gatwickairport.com/) services the world, it is just outside East Sussex, but you’ll see the county on the way in! there is also the smaller 'Lydd Airport' running to Le Touquet in France at the moment it is a small airport, however major expansion is expected. Lydd Airport is in Kent, but about 10km from East Sussex. To the West there is Shoreham airport or Brighton city which deals with mainly UK destinations.

By train

Services from London, Hampshire, Surrey and Kent; main terminus's and destinations are:

From London

; Gatwick Airport – Hawards Heath, Wivelsfield split to Lewes for Eastbourne and Seaford/Newhaven – Brighton

From London

to Uckfield passing through Oxted and Ashdown Forest

From London

to Hastings passing through Tunbridge Wells, Battle and Robertsbridge

From Hampshire

Chichester – Shoreham Birghton City Ariport –Hove split heading up to London Brighton

From Kent

Hastings, Eastbourne, Lewes

From further afield

From Reading which has services to the Midlands, West Country and Wales First Great Western run a service into Gatwick Airport some trains terminate a little further up the line, in Redhill from these services you can access trains to Brighton, Lewes, Eastbourne, Hastings etc

All the major towns in East Sussex have a rail connection, for further information and train times can be found on the National Rail Planner (http://www.nationalrail.c...) or by calling 0845-748-4950 from anywhere in the UK costs quite a bit, so if you have got a WAP enabled phone it may be better to use services provided on them.

Road

The A22, A/M23, A24, A26, A27, A272 and numerous other roads go into Sussex, destinations within Sussex include, Brighton, Lewes, Newhaven, Eastbourne.

Coming from the North

East Sussex is connected to the motorway network via the A/M23, which passes Crawley in West Sussex and south towards Brighton; from the A23 the A272 and the A27 - both offering great access to East Sussex; alternatively the A22 runs from London to just outside Eastbourne, passing by East Grinstead, Forest Row, Uckfield, Hailsham and Polegate. It offers a great route through the countryside and Ashdown Forest.

Coming from the West

The A272, A27 and A264 head towards East Sussex. Simply follow the signs to any town in East Sussex.

Coming from the East

Head towards Brighton, Newhaven or Eastbourne - these will bring you into East Sussex

Sea

After a checkered history, ferries from Newhaven run to Dieppe run by Transmanche Ferries throughout the year, taking 4 hours. TelephonesUnited-Kingdom: 0800 917 1201 France: 0800 650 100

Alternatively tickets can be bought at the two ports, the ferry port in Newhaven is on the East Quay, while in Dieppe it is the the east of the main harbour, both are well signposted

The ferries to Dieppe are some of the newest sailing in the English Channel, and due to the former troubled history of the route and massive subsidies this can be cheaper than Dover to Calais, also the view from the ferries of the Seven Sisters and Cuckmere Haven is beautiful