Beachy Head Eastbourne England UK.
I'd never heard of Beachy Head until Mario and Vivian, our hosts a Coast B&B in Eastbourne, said we should go have a look. I'm very glad they did, Beachy Head is certainly worth seeing. The white cliffs of Beachy Head are located near Eastbourne in East Sussex, on the South Coast of England. Beachy Head is part of the Eastbourne Borough and the Eastbourne Borough Council owns the land around Beachy Head. Eastbourne purchased the 4000 acres around Beachy Head in 1929 to prevent any development. It is though to have cost Eastbourne 100 000 pounds to purchase Beachy Head and the surrounding land. The name Beach Head apparently has nothing to do with the beach at Beachy Head but is thought to be the evolution of the French term Beauchef meaning Beautiful Headland now Beachy Head. At 530 ft above sea level, the white cliffs of Beachy Head are the highest Chalk sea cliffs in the UK. The height of these beautiful chalk cliffs also gives Beachy Head another unfortunate distinction, that of a popular suicide spot. The white chalk cliffs at Beachy Head are very shear vertical cliffs as the sea is continuously eroding the chalk cliffs at lower levels causing the upper levels of the chalk cliffs to collapse.
I'd never heard of Beachy Head until Mario and Vivian, our hosts a Coast B&B in Eastbourne, said we should go have a look. I'm very glad they did, Beachy Head is certainly worth seeing. The white cliffs of Beachy Head are located near Eastbourne in East Sussex, on the South Coast of England. Beachy Head is part of the Eastbourne Borough and the Eastbourne Borough Council owns the land around Beachy Head. Eastbourne purchased the 4000 acres around Beachy Head in 1929 to prevent any development. It is though to have cost Eastbourne 100 000 pounds to purchase Beachy Head and the surrounding land. The name Beach Head apparently has nothing to do with the beach at Beachy Head but is thought to be the evolution of the French term Beauchef meaning Beautiful Headland now Beachy Head. At 530 ft above sea level, the white cliffs of Beachy Head are the highest Chalk sea cliffs in the UK. The height of these beautiful chalk cliffs also gives Beachy Head another unfortunate distinction, that of a popular suicide spot. The white chalk cliffs at Beachy Head are very shear vertical cliffs as the sea is continuously eroding the chalk cliffs at lower levels causing the upper levels of the chalk cliffs to collapse.
Website: http://bokeflo.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/bokeflo
Tumblr: http://bokeflo.tumblr.com
Blogger: http://bokeflo.blogspot.ca
Thanks for Watching
Twitter: http://twitter.com/bokeflo
Tumblr: http://bokeflo.tumblr.com
Blogger: http://bokeflo.blogspot.ca
Thanks for Watching
No comments:
Post a Comment