Traditional county: East Sussex · District / Borough: Rother · Region: South East
Explore Brightling, East Sussex with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Brightling map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.
| Place | Brightling |
| Traditional County | East Sussex |
| District / Borough | Rother |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.964105 |
| Longitude | 0.396950 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Brightling’s quietude unfolds across rolling East Sussex countryside, a place where history whispers in the wind. It lies 7.8 km north-west of Battle (from Battle: bearing 310°T, OS grid TQ 684 210), and is situated north-east of Wood's Corner village. The weathered stone of St. Thomas à Becket church, a steadfast sentinel, claims a prominent position, its spire a finger pointing to the vast, often soft, English sky. Beneath this sky, the land itself seems to breathe, a patchwork of fields and ancient woodlands where the light can fall with a particular, almost liquid, grace. This hamlet, though small, holds a certain gravity, a sense of enduring presence that predates modern clamour. The very air in Brightling seems to carry the scent of damp earth and distant woodsmoke, a comforting, elemental perfume.
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Explore Brightling, East Sussex, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 50.964105, 0.396950. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.
| Page built | June 2026 |
| Location data | OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| County data | Traditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography. |
| Coordinates | WGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data. |