Battery Hill Viewpoint – Strand Gate, Winchelsea loop from Guestling

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Battery Hill Viewpoint – Strand Gate, Winchelsea loop from Guestling

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Battery Hill Viewpoint – Strand Gate, Winchelsea loop from Guestling

01:21

20.7km

260m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 27, 2026

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High Weald National Landscape

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Pett Level WW2 bunker

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Pretty doorway into Winchelsea.

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St Thomas the Martyr Church, Winchelsea

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Winchelsea Town Gate on Wickham Rock Lane

Highlight (Segment) • Monument

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