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Cliff Close, SEAFORD, BN25 1BW

The base of Seaford Head Cliff on a winter's day.

Seen from the public footpath up on to Seaford Head. Going by old maps, nearby Cliff Road, Corsica Road, Gerald Road and Maurice Road were shown laid out in 1910 but by 1927 were only partly developed with houses. Cliff Close was built between 1963 and 1974.

The foot of Seaford Head is a strange hotch-potch.

It's not clear what Southern Water does to sewage here: whether they treat it in some way, or pump it elsewhere (such as Newhaven). Behind the Esplanade and below Cliff Close, this plant is at possibly the lowest point in the town; there is a sewage outfall to the sea across the road at Splash Point. Seaford was among the south coast towns where there were protests following the release of sewage into the sea in the summer of 2023. The device intended to monitor such events did not work. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-66421686 Photo number 7622491.

Beyond the wall is Gerald Road, turning right at the top of Cliff Road Image The flat roofs of Cliff Close houses can be seen to the left of the pillar. Old maps show that between 1899, before Cliff Road was developed, and 1950 there was a property on the cliff some way behind the camera, named on a 1927 map as Cliff Cottage. By 1963 it had gone; there was just a drive. There seems no reason to doubt that this was the entrance to the property. The location is now an informal piece of ground leading to a viewpoint and the lower slopes of Seaford Head.

The view in the photo shows a former entrance drive with two brick pillars and an adjoining arch that led from Cliff Road to Cliff Cottage. These features were not present at the time of the original owner, Maria Fleming Baxter, during the early 1900’s but were added later, probably in the 1920’s. Although there was a plan to develop the site in the 1960s by building thirty garages in the area of the grassy drive, those plans did not materialize. Corsica Hall can be seen in direct line of sight through the entrance pillars.

Cliff Close, a development of flat-roofed houses in Seaford on the Sussex coast. Much of the town was hidden in the mist when this photograph was taken, on a damp day in March 2012.

From a point near an area of parked cars on Esplanade, this photo shows a southeast view towards an area of car parking near Cliff End and Seaford Terminal Groyne.

Looking along Seaford Beach from the start of the climb up to Seaford Head. In the distance is Newhaven, with Brighton just visible beyond the far headland.