Newhaven

British

/ ˈnjuːˌheɪvən /

noun

a ferry port and resort on the S coast of England, in East Sussex. Pop: 12 276 (2001)

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Martin then took the four children to McDonald's in Newhaven and bought them all a meal.

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2025

But when the driver was warned by a friend not to take them, they got a taxi to Haringey, north London, and then another taxi to Newhaven on the south coast.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2025

Jurors heard the crew on the ferry sailing from Dieppe to Newhaven used an axe to break down a fake partition inside the van to get the group out.

From BBC • Aug. 20, 2024

It has cancelled some ferries from Newhaven to Dieppe, and Calais to Dover.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2024

My digestion as well as my appetite are for the present quite gone—a change from former days of Leith and Newhaven parties.

From Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 6 by Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson)

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