Page 13 - (DK Eyewitness) Travel Guide - England's South Coast

DISC OVERING ENGLAND ’ S SOUTH C O AST  11

A Week in the South East

• Marvel at the splendour • Discover how England
of Westminster Abbey, ruled the waves by
the location for royal visiting some of the
coronations since 1066. navy’s most historic
• View the majestic ships in Portsmouth.
Seven Sisters white • See the house in
cliffs, one of England’s Chawton where Jane
most spectacular sights. Austen spent her final
• Enjoy the sea air in lively years and completed
Brighton, home to her most famous novels.
attractive Regency-era • Explore the beautiful
buildings, George IV’s city of Winchester,
Royal Pavilion and the King Alfred the Great’s
fun-filled Brighton Pier. ancient capital.
Portsmouth
This city is home to HMS Warrior, the Royal
Navy’s first iron-hulled warship. Launched in
1860, it was turned into a museum in 1987.
London
Bristol Windsor
Bath Newbury Chatham
Somerset Guildford
Lynmouth Levels Royal Tunbridge
Dunster Glastonbury Tor Chawton Crawley Wells
Barnstaple
Exmoor Glastonbury Winchester
Clovelly Battle Rye
Taunton Southampton Lewes
Cerne Lyndhurst New Chichester Brighton
Abbas Forest
Bude Poole Portsmouth Seaford Seven
Exeter Sisters
Boscastle Lyme Dorchester
Dartmoor Sidmouth Regis Abbotsbury Alum Isle of Wight
Tintagel Bay
0 kilometres 40
Plymouth
St Austell 0 miles 40
St Ives
Land’s
End

Brighton
A thriving seaside town, Brighton has had three piers since it became a fashionable resort in the
late 18th century. Only one, Brighton Pier, built in 1899, is still intact and open to the public.

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