Eastbourne
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Eastbourne Borough of Eastbourne |
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| Town & Borough | |
The beach at Eastbourne
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 Borough of Eastbourne shown within East Sussex |
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| Coordinates: 50°46′N 0°17′E / 50.77°N 0.28°ECoordinates: 50°46′N 0°17′E / 50.77°N 0.28°E | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Constituent country | England |
| Region | South East England |
| Non-metropolitan county | East Sussex |
| Status | Non-metropolitan district |
| Government | |
| • Type | Non-metropolitan district council |
| • Borough council | Eastbourne Borough Council (Liberal Democrat) |
| • Mayor | Janet Coles |
| • MPs | Caroline Ansell (Conservative) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 17.05 sq mi (44.16 km2) |
| Area rank | 281st (of 326) |
| Population (mid-2015 est.) | |
| • Total | 101,547 |
| • Rank | 231st (of 326) |
| • Density | 6,000/sq mi (2,320/km2) |
| Time zone | GMT (UTC0) |
| • Summer (DST) | BST (UTC+1) |
| Postcodes | BN20-23 |
| Area code(s) | 01323 |
| ONS code | 21UC (ONS) E07000061 (GSS) |
| OS grid reference | TV608991 |
| Website | www |
Eastbourne (
i/ˈiːstbɔːrn/) is a large town, seaside resort and borough in the non-metropolitan county of East Sussex on the south coast of England, 19 miles (31 km) east of Brighton. Eastbourne is immediately to the east of Beachy Head, the highest chalk sea cliff in Great Britain. With a seafront consisting largely of Victorian hotels, a pier and a Napoleonic era fort and military museum, Eastbourne was developed by the Duke of Devonshire from 1859 from four separate hamlets. It has a growing population, a broad economic base and is home to companies in a wide range of industries.
Though Eastbourne is a relatively new town, there is evidence of human occupation in the area from the Stone Age. The town grew as a fashionable tourist resort largely thanks to prominent landowner, William Cavendish, later to become the Duke of Devonshire. Cavendish appointed architect Henry Currey to design a street plan for the town, but not before sending him to Europe to draw inspiration. The resulting mix of architecture is typically Victorian and remains a key feature of Eastbourne.
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