2010

TQ8209 : East Hill

taken 14 years ago, near to Hastings, East Sussex, England

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East Hill
East Hill
Cover in a heavy snow. The East Hill lift, funicular railway can be seen cut into the cliff. Fishing huts to the foreground.

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East Hill Lift

Found mid way along Rock-A-Nore Road, the East hill lift is an Edwardian funicular cliff railway which was opened in 1902. It was originally powered by water, then electricity from 1976. The track length is 81m, and at 1:1.128 it is currently the steepest railway in Britain.

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After being shut for 3 years the lift was reopened in March 2010.

Also see West Hill Lift Link

Fishing Net Huts

The huts were used to store fishing nets and equipment. The weatherboarded structures were around 25 feet high and 8 feet square. Due to the lack of space the huts were restricted to 8 square feet at the base, so they were built tall.

There are around 43 remaining in Hastings, which were Grade II listed in the 1970s. Most are found to the Fishermans Stade along Rock-A-Nore Road There were once many more which were destroyed by storms or demolished in the 1950s for redevelopment.


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Geographical Context: Rocks, Scree, Cliffs Primary Subject: Cliff Category: Cliffs other tags: Snow Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
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TQ8209, 4355 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Oast House Archive   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 11 February, 2010   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 28 March, 2010
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 828 095 [100m precision]
WGS84: 50:51.3997N 0:35.7514E
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OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 825 093
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