MARTELLO TOWER NO. 74

The Martello Tower


The Kathleen Aires room is open again, for a new exhibition of H.H. Evans pictures.  

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…

Our next talk is “Entertaining the Troops – The story of ENSA and the Theatres of War”, by Pete Allen,
Friday 8 May 2026 7:00pm at the Little Theatre, Steyne Road. Doors open 6:30pm.
This event requires pre-booking.  More…

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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I will be providing a talk at the Seven Sisters Visitor Centre at Exceat on Saturday (11am 18th April in the Pump). The subject will

Seven Sisters Talks: Hidden Cuckmere - the story of a railway and cable hut with Kevin Gordon - Seven Sisters

Join local historian Kevin Gordon for an illustrated talk on the subject of ‘Hidden Cuckmere’ including the railway that ran from Exceat to the beach and the cable hut. Pre booking required. Photo: Cuckmere Haven cable hut

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