Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Birling Gap within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.
Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew
Birling Gap, depression and artificial cut, in high coast of E. Sussex, 1½ mile W. of Beachy Head; made to afford means of escape to shipwrecked mariners.