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In Howard Jacobson's 2010 Man Booker Prize-winning novel, The Finkler Question, the bereaved widower Libor Sevcik commits suicide by jumping off the cliff at Beachy Head. In Richard Jefferies' fine essay 'The Breeze on Beachy Head', first published in the 'Standard' on 6 September 1881 and collected in 'Nature Near London' in 1883. [25]
Beachy Head Lighthouse is a lighthouse located in the English Channel below the cliffs of Beachy Head in East Sussex. It is 33 m (108 ft) in height and became operational in October 1902. [ 4 ] It was the last traditional-style 'rock tower' (i.e. offshore lighthouse) to be built by Trinity House .
The 2019 film Hope Gap, starring Bill Nighy and Annette Bening was against the backdrop of Seaford Head. The film is named after the distinctive area of chalk cliff between Seaford and Cuckmere Haven. In 2020, Jessica Swale's feature film debut Summerland premiered, shot around the Seaford area, featuring numerous views of the Seven Sisters.
The naturalist-writer William Henry Hudson wrote that "during the whole fifty-three mile length from Beachy Head to Harting the ground never rises above a height of 850 feet, but we feel on top of the world". [23] Poet Francis William Bourdillon also wrote a poem "On the South Downs". [24]
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The headland of Beachy Head lies within the national park, seen here with the Belle Tout Lighthouse. The national park is administered by the South Downs National Park Authority (SDNPA). The body was established on 1 April 2010, and became fully functioning, including becoming the planning authority for the national park, on 1 April 2011. [10]
Cliff height, the strength of the rock, wave action, the slope of the beach and the slope of the seafloor could all factor into a cliff's stability. How rainfall and groundwater seep into cracks ...
The Old Light House, Beachy Head (postcard c1920) by A. R. Quinton. The cliffs near Beachy Head saw numerous shipwrecks in the 17th and early 18th centuries and a petition to erect a lighthouse started around 1691. [4] The calls were ignored for over 100 years until The Thames, an East Indiaman, crashed into the rocks off Beachy Head.