is a coastal village in the
City Of Brighton & Hove with a picture-postcard historic centre, situated in
East Sussex , on the south coast of
England bordering both
Ovingdean and
Woodingdean .
It has about 2,500 inhabitants. For most of its history it was a farming community, but from the late 18th century it attracted leisured visitors wanting a genteel alternative to raffish
Brighton , among them some names famous in English cultural life. Some, in the late 19th century, notably Sir Edward Burne-Jones and
Rudyard Kipling , made it their home. Kipling's old house adjacent to Kipling Gardens is still standing and the former house of the painter Sir William Nicholson is currently open to the public as a
Museum . Rottingdean is also notable for the black wooden windmill on the hill on its western side.
The parish became part of
County Borough of
Brighton in
1928 .
{Link without Title} It recently regained an independent parish council, the only one in Brighton and Hove.
