MARTELLO TOWER NO. 74

The Martello Tower


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Our next talk is “Newhaven and Seaford in World War One”, by Frankie Pulham, Friday 13 November 2026 2:30pm at the Little Theatre, Steyne Road. Doors open 2:00pm.

This event requires pre-booking.  More here…

Spooky Seaford comes to Seaford museum on Saturday 31st October, 11am to 4pm. Find out about weird happenings in Seaford and what the explanations might be. Make a “Day of the Dead” mask, or a spooky hand puppet. Adults and accompanied children welcome.
 Family entrance (2 adults and up to 4 children) £14. Adults £5, children (5 to 18 years) £2.50.

The HH Evans exhibition, from Saturday 18th April

A special exhibition to mark the centenary of the death of local artist Harry Harison Evans. This skilful and prolific artist created several hundred pen and ink images of Seaford. The exhibition is displaying many of his works and will run for several months.  more here…

One of our volunteers, Ben Franks, runs a number of Seaford history related Blogs, which you can access from our Links and Documents page

The latest Blog is about an album of over 80 images from a camera group at the Downs School for Young Ladies in Seaford during and just prior to WW1. They described themselves as the “Camera Fiends”.

Take a virtual tour of the museum here.

The Society

Are you interested in the extraordinary history of Seaford? If so, the Heritage Society is the organisation for you.
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Earliest known photograph of the Tower, taken around 1840

Tower History

Built to ward off the threat of invasion by Napoleon over 200 years ago, the Tower is one of the few that are open to the public.
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The Martello Cannon

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Lawrence Chowen is a documentary film maker  from Seaford and he has produced an excellent film about Seaford Museum, the Tower and the people involved.

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Spooky Seaford comes to Seaford museum on Saturday 31st October, 11am to 4pm. Find out about weird happenings in Seaford and what the explanations might

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