IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Robinson Road, NEWHAVEN, BN9 9BL

The original course of the river until a new cut was added in the late 19th century which formed Denton Island to the right. Consequently, when the tide is out this part is no more than a trickle in a sea of mud.

The road once headed south to Essex Place then via narrow streets made its way to the High Street. However, the construction of the town's ring road in the early 1980s resulted in the demolition of Essex Place and turning Robinson Road into a dead end. The road provides access to the boatyards along the old cut of the river along with a few works and a council depot at the far end of the street.

This is the original course of the river which meandered across the valley as it got closer to the sea. Much of the river was straightened when the waterway was canalised in the late 18th century though this bend remained until the port was developed by London Brighton & South Coast Railway from the 1850s onwards. A new cut was made to the east that formed Denton Island and left this old stretch to the local small boats. As can be seen when the tide is out there is little more than a trickle of water running through the mud and silt. The town of Newhaven is beyond.

Seen from the Vanguard Way.

A short street lying between Lewes Road and Elphick Road with just one dwelling on it. Built in the late 19th century along with a large proportion of the other terraced housing in the vicinity.

Elphick is an old East Sussex name.

Looking towards newhaven town centre.

The boatyard has been on the island since 1992.

The ancient road to Lewes that links up a number of villages that were founded on the springline of the South Downs. The terrace on the right descends down to the Jolly Boatman public house that lies on the corner of this road and Elphick Road and like much of the terraced housing in the vicinity was built in the late 1890s or early 1900s.