Sky High Sussex Coast
The Sussex coast stretches eastwards from Hampshire some 90 miles (145km) from Thorney Island within Chichester Harbour to the Kent boundary near Camber Sands. Interspersed with its major coastal towns and small villages lies some of the finest scenery in Southern England; including the magnificent white chalk cliffs of Beachy Head and the Seven Sisters. It was on these shores that the Romans landed to be followed by the Saxons; the Viking raiders and the Norman invasion of 1066. Since the eighteenth century the coastal areas have become fashionable resorts for tourism and leisure.The photographs in this book cover the whole coast; between Selsey Bill and Beachy Head; and then from Beachy Head to Dungeness (over the border in Kent). Also included is the conurbation of Brighton; Hove;Worthing and Littlehampton. It has a population of over 450;000; and stretches for some 30 miles (50km) from Littlehampton in the west to Seaford in the east. Other major settlements on the coastline are Chichester; Bognor Regis; Eastbourne and Hastings.Sky High Sussex Coast is a perfect memento of this historic coast.Jason Hawkes is one of the country’s best-known photographers specialising in aerial photography. From his base near London he travels worldwide to produce images for books; advertising and design. Since 1991 he has provided photographs for major international companies including Nike; HSBC; Ford; Rolex; Toyota and BP. The images in this book and the sister publications in the series were specially commissioned by Halsgrove.