Talk:Sussex coast
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I am unsure of the raison d'ētre for this article. Its opening remarks make statements that are sweeping in the extreme - and often trite as well. With a southern coastline, it is pretty obvious that it faces the sea, and the fact that it is located within a an easy drive of London is the cause of its one-time predominantly tourist nature. That said, a glance at a map will show that the statement "largely built-up with a variety of resort towns and ports" is not particularly true. Train services from the major towns are all heavily commuter-based - they are much more than seaside resorts! There are big exceptions to that - Hastings, Eastbourne and Brighton still maintain their tourist trade. But what might have been the case fifty years ago, is not the same today; and a good deal of the coast does not fit that description.
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The coast is actually made up of many more than two sections:
- The article never mentions the ports included in the opening second sentence: there are four (see my additions) but also many inlets/harbours for small boats
- The "two main sections" are not quite accurate:
- West Sussex begins at Chichester Harbour and the coast around to Pagham is lowlying, some marshland
- from Bognor Regis to Brighton does fit the statement above
- Rottingdean to Eastbourne is the area where the South Downs reach the sea: chalk cliffs etc
- Pevensey Bay is flanked by marshland again, Eastbourne at west end, Bexhill the other
- Bexhill to Pett Level Clay and sandstone cliffs, where the Weald reaches the sea; here is Hastings
- Pett Levels marshland again
- Rye Bay: beaches and sand dunes
Finally, I note that the appellation "Sussex Coast" is one given by a commercial organisation, located in Littlehampton. Peter Shearan 17:53, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
I have completed my rewrite of the article Peter Shearan 14:14, 6 January 2006 (UTC)