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Tide Mills village is derelict village on the East Sussex coast between Newhaven and Seaford. At the end of 18th century a flour mill, driven by power of tidal creek, opened very near the coast of Sussex and a small village grew up around the mill. The mill itself closed in 1883, but the village, still known as Tide Mills, continued to be occupied. Eventually in 1937 some of the village residents had to leave because their dwellings were declared unfit for human habitation. The remaining residents moved away in 1940 as the area was needed for defensive purposes in case of invasion.
Ruins of stone streets, houses, mill and Chailey Heritage hospital is all what remains after large mill community which produced about 1500 bags of flour a week until closure in 1883. Mill was demolished in 1901, but the village continued to be occupied until 1940 when part of the village was declared as unfit for human habitation. All the buildings of the village and hospital were demolished as they would have impeded the view of defending troops and made it more difficult for them to fire on invaders.
Today, the ruins are free to explore and Tide Mills is a very popular walking and cycling route in the county and it is one of the last areas of accesible undeveloped coast for many miles.
