Cooden Camp, Bexhill

Archaeology South-East has been excavating at the site of Cooden Camp, a WW1 training camp in Bexhill, East Sussex

Our excavations at Cooden are now complete! The artefacts recovered are being analysed back in the lab so we can get as full an understanding as possible of wartime life at Cooden.

You can read about the excavations here: Archaeological dig in Bexhill to shine a light on the story of Sussex’s First World War soldiers

We've been lucky to have been visited by multiple news crews during the excavation! You can watch a short BBC video on Instagram, or an in-depth ITV news feature.

More information about the next phase of the project, which includes publishing our interpretations and public engagement, coming soon!

A group of more than 7 people all dressed identically in orange high visibility clothing and white hard hats, all crouched around a wet, muddy hole on an archaeological site.

Contact us

Email: ase@ucl.ac.uk

Sussex office

Archaeology South-East, Units 1 & 2, 2 Chapel Place, Portslade, Brighton, East Sussex, BN41 1DR
Telephone: +44 (0)1273 426830

London office

Archaeology South-East, UCL Institute of Archaeology, 31-34 Gordon Square, London, WC1H 0PY
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7679 4778

Essex office

Archaeology South-East, 27 Eastways, Eastways Industrial Estate, Witham, Essex, CM8 3YQ
Telephone: +44 (0)1376 331470