The village of Pevensey Bay originally known as the hamlet of Wallsend stand's on the eastern end of the crumbles, as the hamlet of Wallsend there were farm buildings and a few cottages it has now evolved into a thriving village community much increased in population for the holiday season.
The name Wallsend better defines the historical birth of the settlement. As the landowners inned ( reclaimed ) the land from 1,200 A D onwards, they pushed their mud walls forward to keep the sea out and, this area was the end of their walls.