Transporting Lewes's Walks-River, Road and Railway
Lewes House, 32 High Street, Lewes, East Sussex, BN7 2LX
A 40-minute walk in which the influence of changes in transport technology on Lewes are explored. This includes the Turnpike roads and innovations on the design of coaches making them more comfortable and stable, the transformation of coaches into cars and then mass production. The improvements to the river which worked and those which did not, affecting the ability of ever larger vessels to reach Lewes and resulting in the development of Newhaven as at first, an outpost. The arrival of the railway, at first via Brighton and then the subsequent development of a direct route from London and the extension of the services to Hastings. Lewes did not expand much in terms of population in the later C19th, and the walk will ask why this was. The leader of the walk, Sue Berry, has published many historical articles in research journals of the Georgian Group and Garden History, focussed on the development of Georgian and Victorian period in Sussex. For the last decade she has set up the programmes for the popular history days run by the Sussex Archaeological Society which have helped to bring the results of current research to the county.
Timings & Tours
- Friday 13 September:
- 10.30
- Sunday 15 September:
- 10.30
Location & directions
Lewes House, 32 High Street, Lewes, East Sussex, BN7 2LX
- Directions:
- The walk starts from Lewes House situated at 32 High Street, on the south side just below the War Memorial. Participants are asked to go through Lewes House to the garden where the leader of the walk and stewards will be there to greet you. There are toilets at Lewes House and refreshments are being served by the Lewes House Therapeutic Garden Group. Within the house there are exhibitions prepared by the Friends of Lewes about its work in the town and also Lewes History Group who have an exhibition about its activities and a display showing the results of street stories work undertaken by its members, some of which will reflect the Routes, Networks, Connections theme of the festival.
- Contact on day:
- Peter Earl
- Telephone number:
- +447772031269
Booking information
- Pre-booking requirement:
- Pre-booking required
- Booking conditions:
- You can book the walk free of charge by clicking on the appropriate link to the Eventbrite website. You will need to set up a user name and password if you have not booked through Eventbrite before. . You will receive confirmation of your booking by email, but you do not need to print that out to attend the event. Many walks are oversubscribed and therefore in unforeseen circumstances where you need to cancel please cancel your booking on Eventbrite so that others may take your place.
- Booking contact name:
- Peter Earl
- Booking telephone number:
- +447772031269
- Booking website:
- https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lewes-river-road-and-railway-walk-tickets-964966158757
- Booking opens:
- 23 Aug 2024 01:00 AM
- Booking closes:
- 12 Sep 2024 12:00 PM
Accessibility details
Most of the walk is along pavements and footways. Please wear stout footwear and be prepared for inclement weather conditions.
Additional information
- Max no of people per tour:
- 12
- Est. tour duration:
- 0 hour(s) 50 minute(s)
