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Arundel Road West, PEACEHAVEN, BN10 7PG

Peacehaven has been designed quite literally as a grid with north-south avenues bisected by east-west roads, the major one being the South Coast Road, the A259. Running parallel to the north throughout the entire distance of Peacehaven is Arundel Road. This is the view from Hoddern Avenue. The road itself was unmade up to the late 1950s when the local council assumed responsibility for maintenance and made up all bar a few roads.

Viewed from Cairo Avenue South the park dates from the 1990s having previously been wasteland. Beyond is Malines Avenue South a private road that allows access down the cliff to the sea defences. The rough ground on the other side of that road is the site of the former Peacehaven Hotel a showpiece building constructed in 1922 with a variety of amenities including a landscaped Italian themed garden. All that remains today is the hotel's original garage which once stood opposite but for many years has housed small business units. The gardens had overgrown by the 1970s though it was still possible to uncover some of the remains amongst the undergrowth whilst the hotel was demolished in 1987 replaced by a carvery located on the main road out of shot to the left. For the last years of its life it was a pub, the first one I ever got served in!

Although this road is called “Greenwich Way” and opposite is “Meridian Park” there is no indication of exactly where the Meridian passes. This picture was taken standing on the Bradley Greenwich meridian looking North. The Greenwich Meridian passes straight through the middle, see this http://www.riddlerworld.co.uk/meridian/PG0140.htm for an alternate image with the meridian superimposed as a green line. The meridian cuts Greenwich Way and then continues north through the trees of Meridian Park. It’s not going to win POTY but it’s all about the position.

This picture was taken standing on the Bradley Greenwich meridian looking North. The meridian passes straight through the middle, see this http://www.riddlerworld.co.uk/meridian/PG0132.htm for an alternate image with the meridian superimposed as a green line. The meridian crosses Arundel Rd and goes straight through a bungalow in this picture.

The only road name along with Cavell Avenue in Peacehaven which has its origins in World War One. Many others on the original plan of Charles Neville had other roads named after battles but were changed to something more amenable after objections about taste thus Loos Avenue became Seaview Avenue. Malines Avenue starts from this point before extending north to Firle Road one of three east-west routes that bisect the north-south avenues which give Peacehaven a North American town feel, not surprising when realised that the developer Charles Nevill had made his fortune building new towns in Canada and Australia

Although this park is named after the Greenwich Meridian there is no indication of where the line passes. This picture was taken standing on the Bradley Greenwich Meridian looking North. The meridian passes straight through the middle, see this http://www.riddlerworld.co.uk/meridian/PG0150.htm for an alternate image with the meridian superimposed as a green line. The Airy meridian is 6 metres further east. This is the west end of Meridian park, just south of Sutton Avenue.

This section of the road links Arundel Road to South Coast Road though the latter has now been closed off to traffic. Originally the main road to the northern edge of Peacehaven it was superseded in the late 1970s when the construction of the Meridian Centre when it was easier to widen Sutton Avenue than this road. The building on the right in the distance is Peacehaven Infants School given a rebuild in the 1990s as a deal between the council and a developer wishing to build more houses, the former allowing the latter only if they upgrade all the local junior schools and build a much needed new secondary school.

This picture was taken standing on the Bradley Greenwich meridian looking North. The Bradley meridian passes straight through the middle, see this http://www.riddlerworld.co.uk/meridian/PG0124.htm for an alternate image with the meridian superimposed as a green line. Here the meridian diagonally crosses Roderick Avenue. The picture was taken with my back to Peacehaven Infants School which also has a mosaic on the ground near its front entrance marking the path of the Meridian. See this http://www.thegreenwichmeridian.org/tgm/location.php?i_latitude=50.793453&i_type=