Southampton is one of the foremost passenger liner and container ports in Britain
The Needles chalk sea-stacks and lighthouse, Isle of Wight
Portchester Roman fort, near Porstmouth
Beach huts on the front of Hayling Island
Hurst Castle shingle sea-spit with its lighthouse faces the Needles of the Isle of Wight from the Hampshire mainland
Winchester cathedral. Winchester was once the capital of England.
Ventnor seaside resort on the southern shore of the Isle of Wight
The New Forest with its famous ponies. The New Forest was never really a forest of trees, but an area of heathland that was a royal hunting ground (or royal forest) in the Middle Ages. It is now a National Park
Exotic Brighton Pavillion, built around 1800 in Indian Moghul style as a seaside holiday home for the Prince Regent
The promenade and beach at Brighton
The Seven Sisters is a series of chalk cliffs near to Eastbourne. On the right is famous Beachy Head and its lighthouse.
Eastbourne from the chalk cliffs
The meanders of the River Cuckmere
Between the wooded ridges of hills there are broad, flat clay vales
A view across the South Downs
Lewes was founded where the River Ouse could be crossed just at the edge of the South Downs. In Norman times a castle was built and there was a harbour and docks. The river has since silted up.
Hastings is famous for its fishing boats, its pebble beach and its cliff railway.
Bodium Castle. The moated castle guards a gap in the hills in case of invasion from the south.