Editing East Sussex (section)

==Transport==

===Roads===
[[Image:Rpp 010.jpg|thumb|The A23, one of the major North-South routes.]]

East Sussex has no motorways, and even dual carriageways are sparse in the county. The main roads through the county are those part of the radial pattern from London: the [[A21 road (England)|A21]] from [[Kent]] to Hastings; the [[A22 road|A22]] from Surrey to Eastbourne; and the [[A23 road|A23]] from Gatwick to Brighton. Cross-country routes include the [[A26 road|A26]] which carries traffic from Newhaven and Lewes north into Kent; and the south coast trunk route, which starts in [[Folkestone]] (Kent) as the [[A259 road|A259 trunk road]], and traverses the south coast to [[Eastbourne]], where it becomes the [[A27 road|A27 trunk road]] and heads westwards towards [[Chichester]] in West Sussex and ultimately to [[Honiton]] in Devon. All the main roads suffer from congestion and traffic problems: the A27 which connects Eastbourne to [[Portsmouth]] is one of the busiest trunk roads in the UK.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}

Bus routes serve all the main areas of settlement and many of the villages in the county.

===Railways===
The railways serve the main towns in a similar fashion to the roads. Until the closures of many branch railways in the 20th century, rural East Sussex was well-served by rail: few such branch lines escaped the [[Beeching cuts]] so that today only main-line services remain. They include the [[East Coastway Line]] (including the [[Marshlink Line]]); the [[Hastings line]]; and the Uckfield branch of the [[Oxted Line]]. There are three [[heritage railway]]s: the [[Kent and East Sussex Railway]] operates from [[Tenterden]] in Kent to [[Bodiam]]; the [[Bluebell Railway]] from [[Sheffield Park railway station|Sheffield Park]] to [[East Grinstead railway station|East Grinstead]]; and the [[Lavender Line|Lavender Line Steam Railway]] is a one-mile line at [[Isfield railway station|Isfield]], near [[Uckfield]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Heritage railways, steam railways and railway museums in South East |url=https://railtracks.uk/south-east |website=Railtracks |access-date=4 December 2023 |archive-date=29 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231029201046/https://railtracks.uk/south-east |url-status=live }}</ref>

Trains in the county are operated by [[Southern (train operating company)|Southern]], [[Southeastern (train operating company)|Southeastern]], [[Govia Thameslink Railway|Thameslink]] and [[Great Western Railway (train operating company)|Great Western Railway]]. Southern is the key operator for the county, operating services along the West Coastway and East Coastway routes, as well as trains from [[Brighton railway station|Brighton]], [[Eastbourne railway station|Eastbourne]], [[Seaford railway station (England)|Seaford]] and [[Hastings railway station|Hastings]] to [[London Victoria railway station|London Victoria]], and to a lesser extent [[London Bridge railway station|London Bridge]], which is also where trains to/from [[Uckfield railway station|Uckfield]] go. Southeastern operate trains from [[Charing Cross railway station|London Charing Cross]] to Hastings. Thameslink operate trains from Brighton to [[Bedford railway station|Bedford]].

===Airports===
There are no airports offering scheduled flights in East Sussex. London's second airport, [[Gatwick Airport]], is a short distance from East Sussex and easily accessible by road and rail from most of the county. Despite its name, [[Brighton City Airport]], the former Shoreham Airport, is in West Sussex. Three airports service small private planes, helicopters and flying schools: Spilsted Farm near Hastings;<ref>{{cite web |title=Spilsted Farm Airfield |url=https://www.cristalair.co.uk/spilstedfarm-airfield |website=Cristal Air |access-date=4 December 2023 |archive-date=2 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220702225213/https://www.cristalair.co.uk/spilstedfarm-airfield |url-status=live }}</ref> Kittyhawk Aerodrome near Lewes;<ref>{{cite web |title=Kittyhawk Aerodrome |url=https://kittyhawk.farm/ |website=Kittyhawk Farm |access-date=4 December 2023 |archive-date=23 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230923201520/https://kittyhawk.farm/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[RAF Deanland|Deanland Airfield]], also near Lewes.<ref>{{cite web |title=Deanland Airfield |url=https://www.deanland-airfield.co.uk/ |website=Deanland Airfield |access-date=4 December 2023 |archive-date=22 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230922235847/https://www.deanland-airfield.co.uk/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Ferries===
A ferry operates from [[Newhaven, East Sussex|Newhaven]] to [[Dieppe]] in France twice daily in the off-season and three times daily in the summer. Both vehicles and foot passengers are accepted.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ferries to France |url=https://www.dfds.com/en-gb/passenger-ferries/ferry-crossings/ferries-to-france |website=DFDS |access-date=6 December 2023 |archive-date=7 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207180457/https://www.dfds.com/en-gb/passenger-ferries/ferry-crossings/ferries-to-france |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Footpaths===
{{see also|Recreational walks in East Sussex}}
Among the [[long-distance footpaths]] in East Sussex are the [[South Downs Way]]; [[1066 Country Walk]], [[High Weald Landscape Trail]], [[Saxon Shore Way]], [[Sussex Border Path]], [[Sussex Ouse Valley Way]], [[Vanguard Way]], [[Wealdway]] and [[The Monarch's Way]].