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Bexhill Road, PEVENSEY, BN24 5JT

Pevensey Bridge carries the A259 over Pevensey Haven. The bridge dates from 1675. The bridge was widened on the south side in 1816 in brick. Widened again in 1933 on the north side in brick faced with ashlar. See Image Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1043078 Now a village, the former town of Pevensey is set some five miles (8 km) northeast of Eastbourne, and about one mile inland from Pevensey Bay where the Normans landed in 1066. The village is located on a spur of land that was a peninsula that projected into a tidal lagoon, now reclaimed marshland. In 1207 Pevensey was granted a royal charter and was governed by Pevensey Corporation which was dissolved in 1886 and the town lost its borough status.

Pevensey Bridge carries the A259 over Pevensey Haven. The bridge dates from 1675. The bridge was widened on the south side in 1816 in brick. Widened again in 1933 on the north side (seen here) in brick faced with ashlar. See also Image Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1043078 Now a village, the former town of Pevensey is set some five miles (8 km) northeast of Eastbourne, and about one mile inland from Pevensey Bay where the Normans landed in 1066. The village is located on a spur of land that was a peninsula that projected into a tidal lagoon, now reclaimed marshland. In 1207 Pevensey was granted a royal charter and was governed by Pevensey Corporation which was dissolved in 1886 and the town lost its borough status.

The old course of the minor road which travels across the marshes linking Pevensey to Wartling. It fell into disuse when the new by-pass was constructed in the 1990s which required moving the southern exit of the road eastwards to Pevensey Roundabout.

Taking the A259 over the waterway Pevensey Haven. The former turns left at the junction ahead and goes south to Pevensey Bay then on to Eastbourne. Continuing straight ahead is the High Street, the B2191 which was prior to the construction of the by-pass in the 1990s the A27.

Pevensey Haven, seen from Pevensey Bridge. The bridge carries the A259 over Pevensey Haven. The bridge dates from 1675. The bridge was widened on the south side in 1816 in brick. Widened again in 1933 on the north side in brick faced with ashlar. See Image Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1043078 Now a village, the former town of Pevensey is set some five miles (8 km) northeast of Eastbourne, and about one mile inland from Pevensey Bay where the Normans landed in 1066. The village is located on a spur of land that was a peninsula that projected into a tidal lagoon, now reclaimed marshland. In 1207 Pevensey was granted a royal charter and was governed by Pevensey Corporation which was dissolved in 1886 and the town lost its borough status.

A view of the A27 approaching Pevensey Roundabout. The A27 ends at the roundabout, the road beyond is the A259.

Disused after the building of the Pevensey By-Pass which can be seen at the end of this stretch. The new course now runs east to Pevensey Roundabout.