Rottingdean is a prosperous coastal village next to the town of Brighton within the city of Brighton and Hove, in East Sussex, on the south coast of England. It is a lovely coastal village, with links to Smugglers, Normans, and the ’Jungle Book’ writen by Rudyard Kipling. You can enjoy wandering around picturesque rose, herb, woodland gardens, delightful Museum and Art gallery. It is also notable for the black wooden windmill on the hill on its western side. It was also well known for sport, having a cricket club founded in 1758 and having been a centre of fox hunting especially in the second half of the 19th century. Most histories of Rottingdean mention that its inhabitants were involved in smuggling when that was especially profitable, mainly in the 18th century. It is impossible to verify all the local stories, or believe all the claims about secret passages under the village, but it is persistently rumoured that the 18th-century vicar Dr Thomas Hooker was deeply implicated.