Newhaven England Webcam

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Newhaven is a town in East Sussex England. It lies at the mouth of the River Ouse, on the English Channel coast, and is a ferry port for services to France.

Newhaven lies at the mouth of the River Ouse, in the valley the river has cut through the South Downs. Over the centuries the river has migrated between Newhaven and Seaford in response to the growth and decay of a shingle spit (shoal) at its mouth.

There was a once Bronze Age fort on what is now Castle Hill, and about 480AD the Saxon people established a village near where Newhaven now stands, which they named “Meeching”.

Newhaven harbour was designated as the principal port for the movement of men and materiel to the European continent during World War I and was taken over by the military authorities and the ferries requisitioned for the duration of the war. During World War II large numbers of Canadian troops were stationed at Newhaven, and the ill-fated Dieppe Raid in 1942 was largely launched from the harbour.

When Lord Lucan vanished in 1974, his car was found in Newhaven, in Norman Road, with two types of blood in it. Other residents have included Charles Wells the “man who broke the bank at Monte Carlo” casino, who bought a house in Fort Road with some of the proceeds.