Traditional county: East Sussex · District / Borough: Rother · Region: South East
Explore Friar's Hill, East Sussex with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Friar's Hill 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.
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| Place | Friar's Hill |
| Traditional County | East Sussex |
| District / Borough | Rother |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.889383 |
| Longitude | 0.638716 |
| Place Type | Village |
Friar's Hill commands a quiet vantage point over the rolling topography of the East Sussex countryside. It lies 3.4 miles north-east of Hastings (from Hastings: bearing 48°T, OS grid TQ 856 133), and is situated south-east of Guestling Green village. The quality of light here possesses a singular clarity, reflecting the maritime influence that drifts inland from the nearby coast. Friar's Hill occupies a position of biological significance, as its land falls within the protected boundaries of the Hastings Cliffs To Pett Beach SSSI. To the east, the landscape inclines toward the drainage basin of the Marsham Sewer, where the water moves with a sluggish, deliberate patience through the low-lying fields. The soil and vegetation are shaped by the salt-laden breezes, creating a flora that appears both hardy and strangely luminous under the afternoon sun. Residents observe the seasonal shifts across the horizon, where the distant silhouette of North’s Seat provides a permanent, grounding anchor to the south-west. This geography imparts a sense of permanence, as if the very air holds the memory of the tides that once shaped the broader sweep of the Rother district.
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Explore Friar's Hill, 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: 50.889383, 0.638716. 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 | August 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. |