Pett

This article is about the village in East Sussex. For the shipbuilding family, see Pett dynasty.

Pett
St Mary and St Peter's Church, Pett
Pett Pett shown within East Sussex
Area	6.5 km² (2.5 sq mi) ^[1]
Population	846 (Parish-2011)^[2]
– density	311/sq mi (120/km²)
OS grid reference	TQ873139
– London	54 miles (87 km) NW
District	Rother
Shire county	East Sussex
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	HASTINGS
Postcode district	TN35
Dialling code	01424
Police	Sussex
Fire	East Sussex
Ambulance	South East Coast
EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Hastings and Rye
List of places UK England East Sussex

Coordinates: 50°53′N 0°40′E / 50.89°N 0.66°E / 50.89; 0.66

Cliff End at Pett Level showing the beach in the foreground, The ancient forest and the end of the sandstone cliffs in the distance.

PETT is also an abbreviation for the Kamchatka Time Zone in Russia.

Pett is a village and civil parish in the Rother District of East Sussex, England. The village is located 5 miles (8.0 km) north-east of Hastings on the edge of Pett Level, the one-time marshes stretching along the coast of Rye Bay.

The road through the village leads down to the second village in the parish: Pett Level, the coastal part of which is known as Cliff End. Here there is a beach and, as the name suggests, the Weald sandstone cliffs reach their easternmost point. Pett Level marks the end of both the Royal Military Canal and the western end of the 1940s sea defence wall.^[3] The Saxon Shore Way passes through Pett Level.

Pett parish church is dedicated to St Mary and St Peter.^[4] Pett also has a Methodist chapel, originally Mount Calvary Bible Christian Chapel, and a small Church of England church at Cliff End.^[5]

History

The manor of Pett belonged to a succession of families, including the Halle family, the Levett family, the Fletchers and the Medleys, before eventually passing to the Earls of Liverpool.^[6]

Landmarks

There is a Site of Special Scientific Interest partly within the parish. Hastings Cliffs to Pett Beach runs along the coast and is of both biological and geological interest. The cliffs hold many fossils and have many habitats, including ancient woodland and shingle beaches.^[7]

References

↑ "East Sussex in Figures". East Sussex County Council. Retrieved 2008-04-26.
↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 7 October 2015.
↑ Notes on Pett Level
↑ Parish church
↑ Churches in Pett
↑ A Compendious History of Sussex, Mark Antony Lower, 1870
↑ "SSSI Citation — Hastings Cliffs to Pett Beach" (PDF). Natural England. Retrieved 2008-10-13.

External links

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Settlements in the Rother district of East Sussex

Towns	Battle Bexhill-on-Sea Rye

Villages and hamlets	Ashburnham Ashburnham Forge Beckley Bodiam Bowler's Town Brede Brightling Brownbread Street Burwash Cackle Street Camber Catsfield Cliff End Cripps Corner Crowhurst Dallington East Guldeford Etchingham Ewhurst Green Fairlight Fairlight Cove Flimwell Guestling Green Guestling Thorn Hollingrove Houghton Green Hurst Green Icklesham Iden Kent Street Mountfield Northbridge Street Northiam Oxley's Green Peasmarsh Penhurst Pett Pett Level Playden Ponts Green Robertsbridge Rye Foreign Rye Harbour Salehurst Saltcote Saltcote Street Sedlescombe Silver Hill Springfield Staplecross Stonegate Ticehurst Three Oaks Twelve Oaks Udimore Westfield Whatlington Winchelsea Winchelsea Beach

Civil parishes	List of civil parishes in Rother

Ceremonial county of East Sussex

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Unitary authorities	City of Brighton and Hove

Boroughs or districts	Borough of Eastbourne Borough of Hastings District of Lewes District of Rother District of Wealden

Major settlements	Battle Bexhill-on-Sea Brighton Crowborough Eastbourne Hailsham Hastings Heathfield Hove Lewes Newhaven Peacehaven Polegate Rye Seaford Telscombe Uckfield Wadhurst Winchelsea See also: List of civil parishes in East Sussex

Rivers	Cuckmere Rother Tillingham

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