Icklesham

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Coordinates: 50°55′N 0°40′E / 50.92°N 0.67°E

Icklesham
The windmill
Icklesham Icklesham shown within East Sussex
Area	23.5 km² (9.1 sq mi) ^[1]
Population	2,804 (Parish-2007)^[1]
- Density	309 /sq mi (119 /km²)
OS grid reference	TQ875162
- London	53 miles (85 km) NW
District	Rother
Shire county	East Sussex
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WINCHELSEA
Postcode district	TN36
Dialling code	01797
Police	Sussex
Fire	East Sussex
Ambulance	South East Coast
EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Hastings and Rye
List of places UK England East Sussex

Icklesham is a village and civil parish in the Rother District of East Sussex, England. The village is located about six miles (10 km) east of Hastings, on the main A259 Hastings to Rye road.

The civil parish is large, and includes Icklesham itself, Winchelsea, Winchelsea Beach and Rye Harbour.

Icklesham's historic roots can be traced back to 772, when it appeared as Icoleshamme in a land charter signed by Offa, King of Mercia. Strategically located on the River Brede, it was a prime target in the Norman invasion of 1066 (some 700 years later, evacuation plans were prepared in case of an invasion by Napoleon). The 12th-century parish church is dedicated to St Nicholas.^[2]

On Hogs Hill stands an old windmill, used as a recording studio by Sir Paul McCartney. All Saints church was restored by architect Samuel Sanders Teulon in the late 1840s.

Landmarks

The parish contains three Sites of Special Scientific Interest—Winchelsea Cutting, "Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Bay" and Rye Harbour. Winchelsea Cutting is a 0.3-acre (0.12 ha) roadside cutting with 33 feet (10 m) of exposed geological strata.^[3] Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye is a large site of 1,801 acres (729 ha), lying along the coast, and extending into the neighbouring county of Kent. Its interest is biological and geological, with various habitats of shingle, saltmarsh, sand dunes and saline lagoons.^[4] Rye Harbour is another 1,881-acre (761 ha) site of biological importance, with a varied habitat of shingle, intertidal mudflats and saltmarsh.^[5]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "East Sussex in Figures". East Sussex County Council. Retrieved 2008-04-26.
↑ Parish church
↑ "Natural England - SSSI (Winchelsea Cutting)". English Nature. Retrieved 2008-06-01.
↑ "Natural England - SSSI (Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye)". English Nature. Retrieved 2008-10-12.
↑ "Natural England - SSSI (Rye Harbour)". English Nature. Retrieved 2008-10-12.

External links

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v t e Settlements in the Rother district of East Sussex

Towns	Battle Bexhill-on-Sea Rye

Villages and hamlets	Ashburnham Ashburnham Forge Beckley Bodiam Bowler's Town Brede Brightling Brownbread Street Burwash Cackle Street Camber Catsfield Cliff End Cripps Corner Crowhurst Dallington East Guldeford Etchingham Ewhurst Green Fairlight Fairlight Cove Flimwell Guestling Green Guestling Thorn Hollingrove Houghton Green Hurst Green Icklesham Iden Kent Street Mountfield Northbridge Street Northiam Oxley's Green Peasmarsh Penhurst Pett Pett Level Playden Ponts Green Robertsbridge Rye Foreign Rye Harbour Salehurst Saltcote Saltcote Street Sedlescombe Silver Hill Springfield Staplecross Stonegate Ticehurst Three Oaks Twelve Oaks Udimore Westfield Whatlington Winchelsea Winchelsea Beach

Civil parishes	List of civil parishes in Rother

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Unitary authorities	City of Brighton and Hove

Boroughs or districts	Borough of Eastbourne Borough of Hastings District of Lewes District of Rother District of Wealden

Major settlements	Battle Bexhill-on-Sea Brighton Crowborough Eastbourne Hailsham Hastings Heathfield Hove Lewes Newhaven Peacehaven Polegate Rye Seaford Telscombe Uckfield Wadhurst See also: List of civil parishes in East Sussex

Rivers	Cuckmere Rother Tillingham

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