Battle
Battle is a small town and also civil parish in the local government district of Rother in East Sussex, England. It exists 50 miles (80 kilometres) south-east of London, 30 miles (50 kilometres) eastern of Brighton and 20 miles (30 kilometres) east of Lewes. Hastings is to the south-east and Bexhill-on-Sea to the south. Battle remains in the assigned High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and is a vacationer destination as well as commuter town for white collar employees in the City of London. The parish population was 6,048 according to the 2001 census, enhancing to 6,673 with the 2011 Census. Battle is the site of the Battle of Hastings, where William, Duke of Normandy, beat King Harold II to end up being William I in 1066.