Downwash Ditch Explained

Downwash Ditch is a 1.4km (00.9miles)[1] long river (brook) and drainage ditch of the Pevensey Levels[2] in the civil parish of Hailsham, Wealden District of East Sussex, England.[3] Rising in the Honeycrocks, Downwash Ditch flows a westerly course into Winters Cut, giving rise to a stream of Saltmarsh Sewer just north of the Westham civil parish.[4]

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50.843°N 0.2631°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Works Programme for 2017/18. 30 October 2017. Pevensey and Cuckmere Water Level Management Board. Water Management Alliance. 1. 12 November 2022.
  2. The Hydrological Functioning of the Pevensey Levels Wetland. Tucker. David Gasca. 2005. University of London. 127. 12 November 2022.
  3. Eastbourne & Hastings: Crowborough, Battle & Heathfield. 14 June 2017. 1:50,000. OS Landranger. Ordnance Survey. 12 November 2022. 9780319231449.
  4. Pevensey and Cuckmere Water Level Management Board. CMT215P - Pevensey; Glynleigh - WLMB. 5 May 2022. 1:50,000. Ordnance Survey. Water Level Management Board. 12 November 2022. Note: See first ref for code identifiers.