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'''East Blatchington''' is a coastal village in [[East Sussex]] which has merged into the western part of [[Seaford, East Sussex|Seaford]]
==History==
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Blatchington Pond was restored in 1980 and remains largely the same to this present day.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.seaford-sussex.co.uk/pond/nl.htm |title=East Blatchington Pond |publisher=Seaford-sussex.co.uk |date=2009-08-06 |accessdate=2012-08-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229005149/http://www.seaford-sussex.co.uk/pond/nl.htm |archivedate=2012-02-29 }}</ref>
There is a connection with [[Jimi Hendrix]] and his estranged fiancé [[Monika Dannemann]] through her book 'The Inner World of Jimi Hendrix (1995)' and a legal dispute with [[Kathy Etchingham]] sadly leading to Monika's alleged suicide at 50 Belgrave Road, East Sussex on 1 May 1996.{{Citation needed|date=June 2022}}
==Sport==
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It is also nearby to one of the oldest golf clubs in [[Sussex]], Seaford Golf Club.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.seafordgolfclub.co.uk/ |title=Welcome to Seaford Golf Club : Seaford Golf Club in East Sussex - CLUB View |publisher=Seafordgolfclub.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2012-08-19}}</ref>
== Transport ==
The [[A259 road]] runs through East Blatchington, with [[Brighton and Hove Bus]] routes 12 and 12A running between [[Brighton]] and [[Eastbourne]].
The village is served by [[Bishopstone railway station|Bishopstone]] and [[Seaford railway station (England)|Seaford]] railway stations, at the end of the [[Seaford branch line]]. All services are run by [[Southern (train operating company)|Southern]] to [[Brighton railway station|Brighton railway station.]]
==See also==
* [[Seaford, East Sussex|Seaford]]
* [[Bishopstone, East Sussex|Bishopstone]]
* [[Tide Mills, East Sussex]]
* [[Newhaven, East Sussex|Newhaven]]
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