St Augustine's Cross

St Augustine's Cross is a Victorian monument on a quiet roadside near Cliffs End, commemorating the traditional landing place of Augustine and his companions in AD 597. Its Saxon-inspired design can make it look much older than it is, so the distinction between the arrival it remembers and the 19th-century carving is part of the interest. Walk around the cross to look at its carved decoration and consider the changing coastline that places an arrival story in today's inland setting. Visitors generally describe it as a brief stop to combine with other places nearby, rather than a destination needing a whole afternoon. There is an adjacent layby, and the approach is level but runs across grass. Dogs are welcome on leads in the monument's grounds.