Camber, East Sussex

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Camber
Main road
Camber shown within East Sussex
Area[1]	5.4 sq mi (14.1 km²)
Population	1229 (Parish-2007)[1]
- Density	87/sq mi (34/km²)
OS grid reference	TQ966188
- London	56 miles (90 km) NW
District	Rother
Shire county	East Sussex
Region	South East
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	RYE
Postcode district	TN31
Dialling code	01797
Police	Sussex
Fire	East Sussex
Ambulance	South East Coast
European Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Hastings and Rye
Website: http://www.cambersussex.co.uk/
List of places: UK • England • East Sussex

Coordinates: 50°56′N 0°48′E / 50.94, 0.8

Camber is a village and civil parish in the English county of East Sussex, three miles (4.8 km) south-east of Rye. The village itself is located behind the sand-dunes that occupy the estuary of the River Rother, where the seaside settlement of Camber Sands is situated.

Camber came into being with the game of golf: it was originally a collection of fishermens' dwellings. By the early 1890s, visitors to Rye had begun to increase as tourism became more important. One result of this was the building, in 1894, of Rye Golf Links in the area of sand dunes which occupy the shores of Rye Bay. The Royal William Hotel opened that year, and gradually the new village expanded. The Rye and Camber Tramway, a tourist railway originally opened for the members of the golf links to carry their gear, was opened in 1895; it closed at the outbreak of WWII and never reopened ^[2].

Today the area is a well-publicised seaside resort. Camber Sands Holiday Park is located here, as well as caravan sites, and there are many holiday cottages to rent^[3].

Each year (in November), the Rhythm Riot Festival, the biggest rock 'n roll festival in Europe, holds in Camber^[4].

Camber Castle is located on the other side of the river.

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