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Trivia and Heritage

Battle was named after the Battle of Hastings, where William, Duke of Normandy, defeated King Harold II to become William I in 1066.
The band Keane are from Battle.
The high altar of the Abbey church was reputedly on the spot where Harold died.

Bexhill to Hastings Link Road.
Buses - Bus Route Maps, Bus Timetables, Rider Bus Services (Rural service), Recent changes to the bus services, School transport, Passes and concessionary fares.
Concessionary fares for school children, students, older and disabled people.
Cycling
Ferries - From Newhaven, you can cross the English Channel to Dieppe in France with Transmanche who operate throughout the year. From 1 May 2007, a new service between Newhaven and Le Havre will be operated by LD Lines.
Green Travel - For East Sussex's Information on Green Travel
East Sussex's Local Transport Plan.
Parking - For parking information.
Roads - all news about roads, roadworks, footpaths, traffic surveys, adopted roads, weighbridges, abnormal loads and considerate contractors.
Trains - East Sussex is served by several train routes. There are regular services to Brighton, London and Gatwick Airport and along the coast.

For more detailed information on employment demographics, have a look at East Sussex in Figures.

This is a chart of trend of regional gross value added of the non-metropolitan county of East Sussex at current basic prices published (pp.240-253) by Office for National Statistics with figures in millions of British Pounds Sterling.
Year	Regional Gross Value Added	Agriculture	Industry	Services
1995	4,359	84	1,053	3,222
2000	4,953	54	1,155	3,744
2003	5,236	69	1,252	4,004

Over 3,000 kilometres (97 per cent) of road network are maintained by the Council - vital for the economic prosperity of the county.
The Council maintain 38,000 street lights, 91 pedestrian crossings and 56 traffic signal controlled junctions.
38 schools have been helped to develop their own school travel plans.
Over 500 kilograms of household waste per person each year are managed, and nearly 27 per cent is recycled and composted.
Over 11 million bus journeys are run each year in rural areas.
Over 275,000 people have been encouraged and enabled to use the 3,500 kilometres of Rights of Way in East Sussex.
The Council helps to look after the county's environment, including Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Heritage Coast and other sites of local, national and international environmental importance.
Applicants are satisfied with the way that waste and minerals planning applications are handled, with at least 50 per cent of major applications decided within 13 weeks.
Nearly £49 million (10.5 per cent of the overall the Council's budget) was invested last year to improve the transport infrastructure, environment and economy.
The Council has to pay £16 per year in electricity charges to light each one of our 38,000 street lights - that's over £500,000 a year. Over 22 million square metres of roads in the county are maintained and that it costs over £2 to 'tar and chip' each square metre of road.