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Strand Gate and Lookout View of Rye Bay

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Strand Gate and Lookout View of Rye Bay

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High Weald National Landscape

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    Location: Icklesham, Rother, East Sussex, South East England, England, United Kingdom

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    October 20, 2023

    Hiking

    This gate is one of the three that once existed in the town. Built in the late 13th century, it provided access to the port.
    This gate appears in Thackeray's novel "Denis Duval," which also helps to provide an idea of what life in the village was like in the late 18th century. It is a Grade I listed monument.
    In the distance you can spot Camber Castle.

    April 11, 2024

    Hiking

    If you come from Rye, this gate is the first thing you see of the town of Winchelsea. It stands there proudly and defiantly and suggests a much larger town.

    But behind it lies just a very, very quiet, tiny town, where the biggest thing is the never-finished church
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    May 28, 2018

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    The Strand Gate is part of the town's defensive fortifications and was built in about 1300 to defend the road up from the port.

    Next to the gate is the Lookout, with great views across Rye Bay.

    You wi be able to see Camber Castle in the distance and just how far it is now from the sea, which is over to your right.

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    1. Winchelsea Town & Beach loop from Rye — High Weald

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