What is "whitehawk"

Whitehawk is a suburb in the east of Brighton, part of the English city of Brighton and Hove.

The area is a large, modern housing estate built in a downland dry valley historically known as Whitehawk Bottom. The estate was originally developed by the local council between 1933 and 1937 and included nearly 1,200 residences. Subsequently, the Swanborough flats were built in 1967, and during the 1970s and 1980s much of the estate was rebuilt by altering the road layouts and increasing the number of houses.

Whitehawk is overlooked by the White Hawk, a chalk carving in the hill at Sheepcote Valley. The White Hawk was carved in 2001 by local artists with support from the Friends of Sheepcote Valley (FSV) and Whitehawk residents. It was recently renovated by the FSV, local scouts, community workers, council rangers and residents.

Whitehawk is part of the East Brighton ward of Brighton and Hove City Council, represented by three Labour councillors: Gill Mitchell, Warren Morgan and Chaun Wilson.

Whitehawk or similar terms may refer to:

• Whitehawk, a suburb of Brighton, England, and:
  • Whitehawk F.C., a football club based there
  • Whitehawk Hill, a hill that the suburb lies alongside
  • Whitehawk Camp, a Neolithic site on Whitehawk Hill
  • Whitehawk Hill transmitting station
• Whitehawk, California, United States, a census-designated place in Plumas County
• The White Hawk, Leucopternis albicollis, a bird species
• The VH-60N "White Hawk" helicopter, a variant of the Sikorsky S-70
• Frederikshavn White Hawks, an ice hockey team in Denmark
• Waterloo White Hawks, a baseball team in Iowa, USA