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Peacehaven sits on the high chalk cliffs of the East Sussex coast, about six miles east of Brighton. Unlike many of the older Sussex downland villages, it was established relatively recently, founded in 1916 by entrepreneur Charles Neville as a planned garden city for retiring soldiers. Its most distinct geographical feature is that the Greenwich Meridian line passes directly through the town, marked by a stone obelisk on the cliff top. Life here is defined by the landscape; the town is bordered to the north by the rolling hills of the South Downs National Park and to the south by a dramatic coastline. The Undercliff Walk provides a flat, sea-level path towards Brighton, though access involves navigating the steep Bastion Steps. It’s a quiet, straightforward place, largely residential and laid out on a grid system, where the weather and the channel views dictate the mood of the day.