Guestling is a village and civil parish

Civil parish

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 in the Rother

Rother

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 District of East Sussex

East Sussex

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, England

England

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. The village is located three miles (5 km) north-east of Hastings

Hastings

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 on the A259 road

A259 road

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 to Rye

Rye, East Sussex

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. Its parish church is dedicated to St Laurence, and is part of the United Benefice of Fairlight, Guestling and Pett. The school in the village is the Guestling-Bradshaw CE Primary School

The village is a scattered one, consisting of two parts — Guestling Green and Guestling Thorn; the hamlet of Three Oaks lies within the parish.