Introducing your Guide

Hi, I’m Larry, the current operator of East Dean Smugglers & Ghost Tours and your personal guide.

My wife has dreamed of living near the sea in East Sussex, so we took the plunge a couple of years ago and relocated our entire life to Eastbourne. Living by the sea has been inspirational and a huge influence on my interest in its local history, in particular and the history of smuggling.

To share this beautiful and charismatic village with you, along with stories of its notorious characters is not only a genuine pleasure but a privilege as well; The Black Monk who is reputed to lure people to their death at Beachy Head; the ghost of the headless smuggler who appears on the trail during & shortly after a harvest moon; and if the wind is in the right direction you may even hear the ghostly cries of the condemned smugglers.

I hope I can welcome you soon and deliver you the best experience East Dean has to offer