Battle, East Sussex View along the high street towards the abbey
Battle shown within East Sussex |Area||31.8 km2 (12.3 sq mi) |
|- Density||503 /sq mi (194 /km2)| |OS grid reference| |-
London||48 miles (77 km) NNW| |Shire county||East Sussex|
|Sovereign state||United Kingdom| |Ambulance||South East Coast|
|EU Parliament||South East England| |UK Parliament||Bexhill and
Battle| Battle is a small town and civil parish in the local
government district of Rother in East Sussex, England. It lies
49 miles (79 km) south southeast of London, 28.5 miles (46 km)
east of Brighton and 21 miles (34 km) east of the county town of
Lewes. Nearby towns include Hastings to the southeast and
Bexhill-On-Sea to the south. Battle is situated in the heart of
the Sussex Weald in the designated High Weald Area of
Outstanding Natural Beauty. The population of the civil parish
was 6,048 according to the 2001 census. Battle has two senior
schools, Claverham Community College and Battle Abbey. Battle is
where British rock band Keane orig