Seven Sisters Country Park
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Birling Gap NT visited on 12th April 2014.The storms have pushed the chalk cliffs by several metres. The metal platform is now open again but the staircase to beach looks permanently closed for safety reasons. Platform provides a good spot to take photographs of the chalk cliffs. Lighting best (In April) in the morning 10 to 11 am. NT Cafe has nearly finished its refurbishment and is very good.
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Used our NT membership to park for free at Birling Gap and hiked approx 100 minutes over the hilly clfftop to the Exceat Farm visitor centre for a well earned cuppa and a toasted teacake. Then a 10 minute busride on the 13x back to the start, no way we could have walked back again today! Glad we did it, pretty walk with a sense of achievement at the end.
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A nice place to have some refreshments or use the toilets whilst you walk along the cliff top path. Access to the beach but get there soon as the cliff is fast eroding so not sure how long it will be there for :-(
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on the edge of the Beachy Head area - the cliffs have crumbled recently due to the winter storms and another house has had to be demolished before it falls. Great views of the Seven Sisters Cliff range and sea. Tea Room and B&B paid car park
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Typical english venue that has a perfect setting and location but not being run efficiently, I have been twice and managed to miss when food is being served, no obvious signs and you have to wait until you are right at the counter to see the menu and make choices, always queues and having to cross queues with hot coffee and drinks to get to the tables, needs to be laid out better and be more flexible and accommodating.
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Great spot for nice pictures, there is also a Cafe next to it with good food prices.
When I went there the stairs that leads to the beach were locked due to the bad weather, but normally you would be able to go down, what a shame.
Recommended!
When I went there the stairs that leads to the beach were locked due to the bad weather, but normally you would be able to go down, what a shame.
Recommended!
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Its a lovely stretch of the legs if you walk from East Dean carpark, past The Tiger Pub and down to the sea. The coastline has been eroded this season by the storms but its interesting to see. The cliffs are white and beautiful. There is a tea room there and if you have energy you can walk up the cliff walk to the lighthouse. Great day out.
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English Countryside meet the sea, fresh air, great walks, lovely coffee shop. Free car parking and toilets.
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Blown in to the cafe on a windy day, so pleased we did. Lovely cup of strong tea, lemon drizzle cake and a chocolate muffin, all served by friendly staff who were happy to pass the time of day. The recent storms have closed the viewing platform and the end house is At serious risk of being lost down the cliff. An amazing place to see, ever changed by the elements.
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the menu is fairly simple, and not much choice. I suppose that's to be expected as its out of the way and must be hard for them to get the staff and ingredients. The staff serving that day did not seem in the mood to chat. maybe he was just having a bad day. The food was average, good, hot, and eatable.
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Unless you visit on a sunny day I don't think you get the full effect of your surroundings. You most definitely need flat shoes as it is very hilly. Plenty of parking spaces there, a shop and toilets!
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Called by at Birling Gap in the middle of a walk from Crowlink, East Dean. Over the last few weeks nature has demonstrated the awesome power of the sea, with large sections of the cliffs remembered from last year now fallen away.
My visit left me feeling negative overall. Properties and businesses at risk and the steps to the beach sensibly were cordoned off as unsafe. Could not understand those folk heard of (not seen) that had chosen to ignore the warnings and get down to the beach ... heedless of their own safety and that of others.
Much spent by NT trying to make their elements at this location more appealing; yet the café now seems under serious threat. Cottages either for moving or demolishing, including part of the remnant of the old line of coastguard dwellings.
I agree with comments relating to the parking charges and the sorry state of parking area surfacing ~ but I was not there with a vehicle.
Nonetheless, the walking either side of the Gap is always uplifting > to Belle Tout to the east and along the Seven Sisters (looking fresh-faced) westwards. Moved on westwards to return to Flagstaff Point for the Crowlink valley ~ and finished with mood restored.
My visit left me feeling negative overall. Properties and businesses at risk and the steps to the beach sensibly were cordoned off as unsafe. Could not understand those folk heard of (not seen) that had chosen to ignore the warnings and get down to the beach ... heedless of their own safety and that of others.
Much spent by NT trying to make their elements at this location more appealing; yet the café now seems under serious threat. Cottages either for moving or demolishing, including part of the remnant of the old line of coastguard dwellings.
I agree with comments relating to the parking charges and the sorry state of parking area surfacing ~ but I was not there with a vehicle.
Nonetheless, the walking either side of the Gap is always uplifting > to Belle Tout to the east and along the Seven Sisters (looking fresh-faced) westwards. Moved on westwards to return to Flagstaff Point for the Crowlink valley ~ and finished with mood restored.
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I love this place because I have happy memories of it so perhaps am a bit biased. Although it is only sea, pebble beach and chalk cliffs it's different every time you go as the weather has so much influence on the experience. You have to pay for the car park unless you are a National Trust member and that is really not on as it is obvious absolutely none of the fees can go towards maintaining it, suspension wrecking deep pot holes. The "visitor centre" has had a facelift and the retail side of things is very grand now - well up to National Trust standards and lovely new toilets and baby changing facilities.
BUT the café is awful. 2 sections to it, one modernised but dark and no sea views, the other still the old "conservatory" style section with potentially great views if you could see through the litter strewn fence. The quality and price of the food lets it all down. £5.50 for a bowl of mediocre soup and dry roll, £3.50 for a "jumbo" sausage and roll which was a thin straggly affair, burnt to black on one side with a few greasy onions and another dry roll. The server used the word "chef" when talking to a colleague - I don't think so.
BUT the café is awful. 2 sections to it, one modernised but dark and no sea views, the other still the old "conservatory" style section with potentially great views if you could see through the litter strewn fence. The quality and price of the food lets it all down. £5.50 for a bowl of mediocre soup and dry roll, £3.50 for a "jumbo" sausage and roll which was a thin straggly affair, burnt to black on one side with a few greasy onions and another dry roll. The server used the word "chef" when talking to a colleague - I don't think so.
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This place has great views and an interesting set of stairs to the beach. But to go and watch the sea on a windy day is really exciting. The kids loved it and would have stayed much longer had the promise of a hot chocolate at the cafe not surfaced!
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it is a very nice place to visit ,but it is a shame the the sea is now taking it away and the buildings are falling back into the sea. you can also get a nice meal or just a snack.
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the views from the cliffs were made 1000x better by it being a beautiful day. would love to come here when its really rough!!
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This is a National Trust site with access to the beach ( steep steps) but worth the descent for great rock pools at low tide and exploration of the under cliff and beach. There is a newly refurbished cafe come restaurant plus gift shop and the NT are cup urgently setting up an education centre which will open in Spring 2014. The views from the car park and platform are stunning and there are a number if coastal walks to do to Eastbourne and Cuckmere Haven. Well worth a visit - once discovered return visits will be plenty.
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Have you seen the black and white stones that look like little cows? Well, not physically like cows but the colours at least.
Another beautiful part of the south east coast and a stark example of coastal erosion.
Another beautiful part of the south east coast and a stark example of coastal erosion.
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Free parking just up the road, great walk with stunning views of the cliffs, and you can also go down onto the beach ( the steps are steep and no disabled access). There is the wreck of an old boat, the boilers are still there, and the cliffs are again stunning. National Trust toilets and great tea room and you don't have to be a member!
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Just past Beachy Head, this spot offers amazing views of the cliffs and sea - esp in stormy weather. Steps allow access to the pebble beach. In the storm last night, as we drove towards the gap, bubbles of what looked like foam were scattered liberally on the road and nearby grass - this was foam from the wild sea - an awesome sight! Ample parking - have never tried the cafe
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there is a free car park where you can park whilst you stroll down to the beach or walk along the cliff tops for some wonderful scenic views of the white cliffs and the light house
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A stop off point for the Hop on hop off tour bus. National Trust, so good hot drinks and snacks. Great inside on a cold wet day, lovely outside on a sunny day and you can get down to the beach easily and view the cliffs, or a good starting point to walk over cliffs to Beachy head.
Park your car, walk to headland and get tour bus back.
Park your car, walk to headland and get tour bus back.
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We were on a coach and were just told "this is Birling Gap" I must admit we can't stop everywhere, it takes a while to get everyone off the coach at each stop!!!! so most places we saw from the coach windows.
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Amazing beach, fabulous views, very popular, just a shame that some of the staff at the supposed dog friendly cafe are so anti dogs.
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Having visited Burling Gap on and off since the 1940´s I have seen many changes, such as gardens and dwellings who have left the land to live in the depths of the sea. Still a place worth a visit with the shape of the trees having been wind blown to face inland away from the sea. There is a Restaurant and car park.
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