https://www.cuckmerehavensos.org/guardians daily 0.75 2020-07-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e3af00573fa6516daf9bb82/1587479601659-9MA4LV4OWAMDHBKTRAJD/CuckmereHaven_c2003.jpg Guardians - Family and Friends repairing the wall 2003 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e3af00573fa6516daf9bb82/1587479570839-IBPDPOUMC7LVHNCLALZV/image-asset.jpeg Guardians - Defence wall being built https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e3af00573fa6516daf9bb82/1587479489834-UWO9X4P564T2HR45HGSN/CuckmereHaven_c1947.jpg Guardians - Before the defence wall c1947 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e3af00573fa6516daf9bb82/1587479528850-NDL0RMBI71PVGZMJAXBX/CuckmereHaven_c1956.jpg Guardians - Defence wall c1956 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e3af00573fa6516daf9bb82/1587479613697-327VSWJF8238LF9GAKBN/image-asset.jpeg Guardians Cuckmere Haven is a magical place, please help us protect it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e3af00573fa6516daf9bb82/1587479338174-E5ZP7K4EGC422BOQPP8F/CuckmereHaven_c1920.jpg Guardians - c1920 c1920 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e3af00573fa6516daf9bb82/1587479398693-WEOX55CX7LF0G74OOIQO/CuckmereHaven_c1920_3.jpg Guardians - c1920 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e3af00573fa6516daf9bb82/1587479373840-B9HAECS1XWN5B0PF5TSG/image-asset.jpeg Guardians - c1920 https://www.cuckmerehavensos.org/champions daily 0.75 2020-04-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e3af00573fa6516daf9bb82/1584029257985-RPJUE63Q1GH9TCBS4IH5/TimCharlesworth_cuckmerehaven.jpg Champions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e3af00573fa6516daf9bb82/1584029307425-EUVQOA3EBB55ZQG8KILR/AndrewDandridge_CoastguardCottages.jpg Champions https://www.cuckmerehavensos.org/get-involved daily 0.75 2023-09-20 https://www.cuckmerehavensos.org/home-1 daily 1.0 2025-06-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e3af00573fa6516daf9bb82/1654892733125-6DC2B6X9YIY05CWVN74P/FB_IMG_1654892152141.jpg Home This is the reality. Behind the picturesque and photographed view the defences are crumbling, and the situation becomes ever more dire which each passing tide. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e3af00573fa6516daf9bb82/1654892898377-LQEG8WIZJV8CD69SKHBB/FB_IMG_1654892139962.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e3af00573fa6516daf9bb82/1580985892874-MGR0OSA999MWHQMG22JC/DowntoCuckmereHavenAndrewDandridge.jpg Home - Generations have fallen in love with this view. Now we need to raise the funds and do the work necessary to protect it for the future. We need a long-lasting defence solution. There is an ambitious target of £250,000 that will pay for phase 1 of the urgent work needed to safeguard the cottages and the west beach for another generation. Painting by Andrew Dandridge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e3af00573fa6516daf9bb82/1589103037547-ZJ557LP7H06RRCEST7GT/CuckmereHaven_history.jpg Home - For over a century, Cuckmere Haven has given sanctuary. Now, it is time to save her. Cuckmere Haven might now be a tranquil bay for walkers, artists, nature lovers and more, but its history is rather more adventurous. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e3af00573fa6516daf9bb82/1589103130466-EJ9C3W2JJM9R2BIALCUO/CuckmereHaven-artwave2.jpg Home - The thriving artistic culture of this idyllic spot continues to grow year after year. The unique charm of Cuckmere Haven has made it a muse for painters, writers, photographers and filmmakers from across the world for many years. The annual Artwave festival, Lapwing Music Festival and Heritage Open Days attract international performers, artists and historians throughout the year. https://www.cuckmerehavensos.org/wildlife daily 0.75 2020-07-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e3af00573fa6516daf9bb82/1584021461912-NH6IMDB2K0P1NZ6W0653/image-asset.jpeg Wildlife https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e3af00573fa6516daf9bb82/1584021794901-GDGSRZ3O6042L10JBRZ4/Bird_AdamFord_cuckmerehaven.jpg Wildlife https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e3af00573fa6516daf9bb82/1584021492284-9NHXFWURKE0CEEDN86XG/Bird_cuckmerehaven3.jpg Wildlife https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e3af00573fa6516daf9bb82/1584021364315-RZRZ20WE3FRSXMHU0SJO/Bee_cuckmerehaven.jpg Wildlife https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e3af00573fa6516daf9bb82/1584021379387-485T1EXOAALW4I6X36VF/Butterfly_cuckmerehaven.jpg Wildlife https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e3af00573fa6516daf9bb82/1584021474970-ECRLAMTFEP37TJK9IOY7/Bird_cuckmerehaven2.jpg Wildlife https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e3af00573fa6516daf9bb82/1584021256772-LECQDHNAGCJ0DE5Y2P50/Vegetation_cuckmerehaven.jpg Wildlife https://www.cuckmerehavensos.org/cuckmere-haven daily 0.75 2020-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e3af00573fa6516daf9bb82/1580999221076-PCQG6JZO174QAFUE0IIK/20140228_Trade+151_0046.jpg Cuckmere Haven - A haven for culture The unique charm of Cuckmere Haven has made it a muse for painters, writers, photographers and filmmakers from across the world for many years. The thriving artistic culture of this idyllic spot continues to grow with an annual music festival attracting international performers, a writer-in-residence programme, and regular events, arts festivals and historical tours throughout the year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e3af00573fa6516daf9bb82/1581068872070-VC54RLSU06WKJP5ZD207/CuckmereWildlife.jpg Cuckmere Haven - A haven for wildlife The Bloody-nosed Beetle and the Chalkhill Blue butterfly are just some of the wildlife that call Cuckmere Haven home. The West Beach and Short Cliff are within the Seaford Head Nature Reserve, which has a number of rare grassland sites, chalk scrub and specialised chalk loving plants, as well as over 200 different species of bird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e3af00573fa6516daf9bb82/1580998523442-M3BH8FZRMXCZ3N03I2OZ/CuckmereCoastguardCottages1920s.jpg Cuckmere Haven - A haven for history Cuckmere Haven might now be a tranquil bay for walkers, artists, nature lovers and more, but its history is rather more adventurous. 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Eventide, Eastbourne https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e3af00573fa6516daf9bb82/1584016309286-I5IVDAV86HUAZMJ3ADNS/TomBenjamin_cuckmerehaven5.jpg Culture Tom Benjamin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e3af00573fa6516daf9bb82/1583943365317-VP5XDL32Y01Q0ZB4DMXJ/AndrewDandridge_SevenSisters.jpg Culture Andrew Dandridge - The Seven Sisters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e3af00573fa6516daf9bb82/1589113670358-TDTKQ0RHZ99LR1VD52H0/eric-slater-coastguard-station.jpg Culture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e3af00573fa6516daf9bb82/1583943365189-PPF4WLG0LEIFE0MEUXOF/AndrewDandridge_SevenSistersWinter.jpg Culture Andrew Dandridge - The Seven Sisters in Winter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e3af00573fa6516daf9bb82/1583943726480-9A392Q5M8MHBBQ6649QM/AndrewDandridge_RainShowersBelleTout.jpg Culture Andrew Dandridge - Rain Showers at Belle Tout https://www.cuckmerehavensos.org/about-us daily 0.75 2023-07-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e3af00573fa6516daf9bb82/1581086087343-5BHPYW7CHTEW2PAGJZ8V/iStock-1160576499.jpg About us https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e3af00573fa6516daf9bb82/1581085989277-KR1V9GDAT3Y7ZN3ABH17/Cuckmere_residents.jpg About us https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e3af00573fa6516daf9bb82/1581085954289-4BM2EYD3R4O9MKTZ2Q93/Cuckmere_trustees.jpg About us https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e3af00573fa6516daf9bb82/1581085972888-2W0RTZMOLGLUOYLVYNP0/Cuckmere_champions.jpg About us https://www.cuckmerehavensos.org/campaign daily 0.75 2020-07-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e3af00573fa6516daf9bb82/1581074513128-7JUH0007UWK5EQPH68EG/CuckmereHaven_Luther.jpg Campaign Idris Elba in Luther at Cuckmere Haven. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e3af00573fa6516daf9bb82/1581074144386-4X6ODKHA6YENMSM2U3HS/CuckmereHavenDrawing.jpg Campaign The planned work will be carried out by expert marine engineers using new technologies to prevent further erosion of this coastline and protect it for decades to come. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e3af00573fa6516daf9bb82/1581072471037-R4D9Q60HVUWWFH5A2A14/image-asset.jpeg Campaign The original concrete seawall was built in 1947 with war reparation money given to the cottagers. Without the work of the the cottage owners, volunteers and friends to renew and repair these defences, the Cottages and Cable Hut would not still be here. https://www.cuckmerehavensos.org/history daily 0.75 2020-07-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e3af00573fa6516daf9bb82/1589110090947-XP9WG7RRWAKZ785D8469/Heritage-Open-Days-logo.png History https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e3af00573fa6516daf9bb82/1586880942016-MP1SXAGASDRIDSMLC7VM/image-asset.jpeg History https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e3af00573fa6516daf9bb82/1586880914977-RMAPH52C8P471851020Y/CuckmereHaven_Smuggling.jpg History https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e3af00573fa6516daf9bb82/1586882183687-1FGO0X1FGO2V3WCBXG2H/ThomasDesmondAbbot.jpg History Even though there are no longer coastguards living in the cottages, the owners always keep a weather eye on the sea to ensure the alarm is raised if anyone gets into trouble. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e3af00573fa6516daf9bb82/1586881884852-CJNIBTDVBHOE7BV3B4T2/image-asset.jpeg History https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e3af00573fa6516daf9bb82/1586881838874-95VPSWEIMJV8VH0XQK03/CoastguardsCottages1.jpg History https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e3af00573fa6516daf9bb82/1586883035027-K72FMQS0TKR2Y72GQDXQ/CuckmereHaven_CableHut2.jpg History https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e3af00573fa6516daf9bb82/1586883047643-GDHKWH8UC6PWQ382PEVL/image-asset.jpeg History https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e3af00573fa6516daf9bb82/1586883107116-T8TG7E8K3OVD79NI2ZTD/CuckmereHaven_CableHut4.jpg History - CHAPTER XVII. PREPARATIONS AND ORGANIZATION OF THE SIGNAL CORPS, AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES. Extract: "The chief signal officer visited England in November [1917] to arrange for the laying of a 4-conductor cable across the channel and for telegraph and telephone lines in England. The British post-office authorities agreed to place, at our expense, and within two months, a 4-conductor telegraph cable from Cap d’Antifer to Cuckmere Haven, and to lease to us four telegraph wires from Cuckmere to London, and one telephone circuit simplexed for telegraph from London to Winchester and Southampton." The map and quote are taken from History of the Atlantic Cable and Undersea Communications https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e3af00573fa6516daf9bb82/1586882967341-V1NIM0S57X1C7DSTVBOZ/CuckmereHaven_CableHut1.jpg History https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e3af00573fa6516daf9bb82/1586884061409-JQ7CFT6OAPKLRIH9LA0P/Cuckmere_War3.jpg History - Canadian troops practise an amphibious landing in May 1942 at Cuckmere Haven. Canadian troops practise an amphibious landing in May 1942 at Cuckmere Haven. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e3af00573fa6516daf9bb82/1586884154024-IYA2N4DJ815E2VITHZ7O/Cuckmere_War4.jpg History - German reconnaissance photograph of Cuckmere Haven, August 1940. By August 1940, a German air reconnaissance photograph shows an extensive concentration of defences. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e3af00573fa6516daf9bb82/1586884334203-4XUTHI81XRRV9QHFRDQK/image-asset.jpeg History - Tank traps strategically placed to prevent the Germans landing on the beach https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e3af00573fa6516daf9bb82/1586883818080-C3TS8OICNE4DKYIZKUAJ/Cuckmere_War1.jpg History - W.E. Baxter’s 1813 engraving indicates barracks either side of the Cuckmere estuary W.E. Baxter’s 1813 engraving indicates barracks either side of the Cuckmere estuary https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e3af00573fa6516daf9bb82/1586884401019-AKZCHLPIZZFJK4722LEY/Cuckmere_War5.jpg History - Graphical representation of beach defences at Cuckmere Haven, East Sussex. 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This film crew were spotted on a bit of a grey day, filming their latest blockbuster on the west beach at Cuckmere; the famous Coastguard Cottages can be clearly seen in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e3af00573fa6516daf9bb82/1583934927457-WAEBOW8KCGY8GH3955MC/Jeep_advert_cuckmerehaven.jpg In the media - Jeep Ad (seen by 115 million+ viewers) - Filmed at Cuckmere Haven Jeep Ad (seen by 115 million+ viewers) Filmed at Cuckmere Haven https://www.cuckmerehavensos.org/the-details daily 0.75 2020-07-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e3af00573fa6516daf9bb82/1587482034503-XVPH1O2TLD3SV6ZSPZ68/image-asset.jpeg The details A plan was drawn up with a local firm to hold the sea back on a temporary emergency basis. Cranes worked from 16th of September 2014 to 16 October 2014 moving rock found on the shore to an area that had been the weakest spot. This had been caused by groynes having been put at right angles thus causing the force of the waves to swirl and eddy eating away at the hillside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e3af00573fa6516daf9bb82/1587481692989-WD58SM9HQ7X5SP00AL6Y/CuckmereHaven-fig3.jpg The details https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e3af00573fa6516daf9bb82/1587481796312-ULDMCF0TCGBJF6IW3RAW/image-asset.jpeg The details Attempts to stop the destruction were only swept away by the next storm. It became apparent that only major work would do the job. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e3af00573fa6516daf9bb82/1587481917521-IX18C1G8KCWCKFFKQKWN/CuckmereHaven-fig8.jpg The details https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e3af00573fa6516daf9bb82/1587481596583-9SXMLTWH9TCNL6PBMQ5A/CuckmereHaven-fig2.jpg The details The powerful swirling waves undermined the groynes allowing tons of shingle and soil to be sucked out to sea and creating a huge pit 50 X 70 metres. The concrete surrounding the metal barriers was fractured and groynes destroyed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e3af00573fa6516daf9bb82/1587481851907-OD6AVGFEIQXR2BETVFIO/image-asset.jpeg The details There have been huge storms in the past and any damage was rectified by the Environment Agency. However the storms are now much more frequent and the government declared they would no longer finance any repairs but are going to allow the sea to take its course - and the landscape with it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e3af00573fa6516daf9bb82/1587482078360-5BXEVS7J09VICX091LM8/CuckmereHaven-fig11.jpg The details The land behind the old revetment was dragged out by the power of the sea, so it was filled with 400 tons of granite. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e3af00573fa6516daf9bb82/1587482124442-U5OH68O36XNHWN7V7O8N/CuckmereHaven-fig12.jpg The details A new barrier was constructed to deflect the sea from eating away at the hillside that led to the cottages. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e3af00573fa6516daf9bb82/1587481090529-T5V65D0WKE57BEIJIWWV/CuckmereHaven-fig1.jpg The details Cuckmere Haven experienced a series of exceptionally severe storms which resulted in serious destruction and erosion of the West Beach coastal defences, the public access to the beach, and put the lower coastguard cottage at risk. Over one third of the land area below the cottages has been swept away in the last hundred years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e3af00573fa6516daf9bb82/1587481757548-EYMJ2Q0VJNR3IYHIV1HS/CuckmereHaven-fig4.jpg The details The cables laid in 1900 from the Cuckmere cable hut to France were all that held the footpath to the beach in place as the eddies carved out a cave 3 metres in depth underneath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e3af00573fa6516daf9bb82/1587482144171-ER18D4PMK1DYCPXFCUFK/CuckmereHaven-fig13.jpg The details Giant Lego type concrete blocks were used to brace the outer old metal sea defence wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e3af00573fa6516daf9bb82/1587481957941-7S088C32Y3RR2EIAKCJ9/image-asset.jpeg The details https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e3af00573fa6516daf9bb82/1587481896495-UA6L6HU5J116HJ6DJZEV/CuckmereHaven-fig7.jpg The details The cottage owners and volunteers have to take on the responsibility and fund the work themselves. They have done this in the past but not on such a large scale. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e3af00573fa6516daf9bb82/1587482842807-7Y6EO28HF8Y0IS2Z05N3/ManagingFloodRisk.jpg The details https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e3af00573fa6516daf9bb82/1587486579712-H93Y7S5H1VAHIPGTON4E/CuckmereHaven_Phase1_option2.jpg The details - Option 2 The second and less intrusive option would consist of a line of low level sheet piling driven into the chalk along the toe of the existing piling which is showing signs of disintegration. Concrete would be used to fill the gap between the old and new walls. Pilings would have minimal impact on the Marine Conservation Zone. It would follow a curving line to a point just north-east of the Cable Hut, where its top would be at ground level. The pilings would be deep enough to stop the undermining action of the waves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e3af00573fa6516daf9bb82/1587486275064-O0XC7UZSHQHK78JBCMG4/CuckmereHaven_Phase1_option1.jpg The details - Option 1 The most effective way of dispersing the immense power of storm waves is with a substantial ramped wall of massive rocks - 4-5 tons each. There are two problems with this scheme . First, the rocks would most likely have to be sourced in Norway or France and shipped by barges to Cuckmere Haven and the expense would be enormous. Secondly, The coastline at Cuckmere Haven has been recently designated as a Marine Conservation Zone, which means there should be no unnatural disturbance to the beach and shore platform in the intertidal zone. The moving of thousands on tons of rock to the area by sea would cause environmental impact and be visually intrusive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e3af00573fa6516daf9bb82/1587486160673-ZPUXBPSZTVNNZ7QAN617/CuckmereHaven_Phase1.jpg The details Phase one as pictured, will cost in the region of £200,000. This work will ensure the survival of this priceless location for many years to come. Phase two below the lower two cottages will consist of constructing a low concrete defence strip at the foot of the existing large wall to stop further undermining from wave action. 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