Cuckmere

On a clear day, beyond the fields of wheat and oilseed rape, one can just make out the mouth of the River Cuckmere as it meanders gently into the English Channel.

England's Sparkling Dream Will Lyons 2011

From the highest point of Rathfinny Estate, perched on the edge of the South Downs in East Sussex, one has an unbroken view of the gentle foothills of southern England's Cuckmere Valley.

England's Sparkling Dream Will Lyons 2011

From Cuckmere-haven the 6th Division, which Scott and the schoolboy had watched at the Exceat bridge, would race past Alfriston, along the Cuckmere River, then swing left towards Ringmer and Glynde through this gentle West Sussex countryside.

Operation Sea Lion Cox, Richard 1974

Men were moving up both sides of the winding Cuckmere river, undeterred by the marshy ground.

Operation Sea Lion Cox, Richard 1974

On over the Cuckmere, up the hillside again, down under the Long Man, beer and pickles at Jevington.

The Alamut Ambush Price, Anthony 1971

They hunt the open and hill country between the Adur and Cuckmere, between Haywards Heath and the sea.

Highways & Byways in Sussex E.V. Lucas

Alfriston to Seaford direct, over the hills and back of the cliffs and the Cuckmere valley; Alfriston to Eastbourne, crossing the Cuckmere at

Highways & Byways in Sussex E.V. Lucas

Sussex, lying as it does on a southern slope, with its opulence of foliage, its many rushing burns (the source of the Cuckmere), its hidden ravines and deep silent tarns, and its wonderful view of the Downs and the sea.

Highways & Byways in Sussex E.V. Lucas

Beacon's lofty summit is half-way between Beddingham and Alfriston, and from this height, with its magnificent view of the Weald, we descend steadily to the Cuckmere valley, of which Alfriston is the capital.

Highways & Byways in Sussex E.V. Lucas

It lies two miles to the west of Hailsham, in the Cuckmere valley -- now a beautifully-placed farmhouse, but once a house of Augustinian Canons founded in the reign of Henry III.

Highways & Byways in Sussex E.V. Lucas