Seven Sisters
Description of Seven Sisters
Seven Sisters is a prominent white chalk cliff on
the British shores situated in Sussex province in United
Kingdom. This prominent geological formation of the region was
formed 60- 130 million years ago. They are part of the South
Downs in East Sussex, between the towns of Seaford and
Eastbourne in southern England. They are inside the Seven
Sisters Country Park. They are the remains of dry valleys in the
chalk of the South Downs, which are slowly being eroded by the
sea.
The Siete Hermanas cliffs are occasionally used in movies and
television productions as a substitute for Dover's most famous
white cliffs, as they are relatively free of anachronistic
modern developments and are also allowed to erode naturally. As
a result, the Seven Sisters and Beachy Head are still bright
white, while the white cliffs of Dover are protected due to the
important port and therefore are increasingly covered by
vegetation and turn green as a result. These cliffs appear at
the beginning of the film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, and
also at the end of the film Atonement, where Robbie and Cecilia
always wanted to live.
From west to east, the sequence begins just east of Cuckmere
Haven. The peaks of the cliffs and the falls between them are
named individually. They are listed below. There are seven
hills, with an octave that is being created by the erosion of
the sea.
Haven Brow
Short Bottom
Short Brow
Limekiln Bottom
Rough Brow
Rough Bottom
Brass Point
Gap Bottom
Flagstaff Point (continuing into Flagstaff Brow)
Flagstaff Bottom
Flat Hill
Flathill Bottom
Baily's Hill
Michel Dean
Went Hill Brow
Just east of the last peak is Birling Gap. Beyond, on the top of
the next hill, is the Belle Tout lighthouse and, beyond, Beachy
Head. A lighthouse on the sea marks the last promontory. The
South Downs Way [path of South Downs] runs along the edge of the
cliffs, following a very winding course.
A photo from the east of the Seven Sisters is included as one of
the default screensaver landscapes that come with Microsoft
Windows 7.
Many places around the area are named after the cliffs,
including the Seven Sisters Sheep Center