Normans Bay

For the Canadian settlement, see Norman's Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador.

Normans Bay with Martello Tower 55 in the foreground.
The Star Inn public house
Normans Bay Caravan Park

Normans Bay (Normans' Bay on Ordnance Survey maps)[1] is a coastal fishing hamlet in Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, England.

The 8th Duke of Devonshire donated this land for a combined school and place of worship in the 1860s to be known as Pevensey Sluice.[2] It was later renamed Normans Bay when the railway halt of that name was first opened in 1905.[3]

Normans Bay is near the popular seaside resorts of Eastbourne and Brighton to the west, with a regular service at Normans Bay railway station. The nearest bus service is in Pevensey Bay.

Some points of interest include a sand and shingle beach, Martello tower 55, two caravan sites and a The Star Inn public house. To the north is protected marshland known as Pevensey Levels, and the abandoned medieval village of Northeye.

  1. ^ "Normans' Bay, Rother". GetOutside. Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Sussex Online Parish Clerks (OPC) home page". www.sussex-opc.org. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  3. ^ "The Story of Bexhill Street Names". bexhill-osm.org.uk. Retrieved 9 November 2022.