Battle is a town as well as civil church in the local government area of Rother in East Sussex, England. It lies 50 miles (80 km) south-east of London, 30 miles (50 kilometres) eastern of Brighton as well as 20 miles (30 km) eastern of Lewes. Hastings is to the south-east and also Bexhill-on-Sea to the south. Battle is in the assigned High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and is a tourist location and also commuter town for clerical workers in the City of London. The parish population was 6,048 according to the 2001 census, raising 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.