Alfriston is a village and civil parish in the East Sussex district of Wealden, England on the River Cuckmere, about four miles north-east of Seaford. The centre of the village is Waterloo Square which contains a rather weatherbeaten market cross and a pub called the Smugglers. The village today attracts many tourists, because it represents a perfect example of its kind, although the shops also tend to cater for the tourist: gift shops proliferate. The Alfriston parish church, dedicated to St Andrew, has Saxon origins, although most of the building dates from the 14th century: it is known, because of its size, as The Cathedral of the South Downs.