Winchelsea Beach

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Winchelsea Beach is a seaside village in the parish of Icklesham in the Rother district of East Sussex, England. The village is located about ten miles (15 km) east of Hastings, and about 1.5 miles (2 km) south east of Winchelsea.

The beach itself faces Rye Bay, the estuary of the River Rother. At high tide it is composed of shingle, which is normal on this stretch of coastline; whilst at low tide an expanse of mud and sand is revealed. Many species of birds frequent the sands and the surrounding marshland of Rye Harbour Nature Reserve.^[1]^[2]

The village has facilities including: a church, doctor's surgery, two pubs, a hairdresser, shop and post office. There are two large holiday sites - Rye Bay and Winchelsea Sands Caravan Parks.

Website:http://www.winchelseabeach.net

Gallery

The beach at high tide looking towards Dungeness
The sea wall seen from the playing field on the site of the old Smeaton's Harbour
Seaside bungalows seen from the Environment Agency's road from Winchelsea Beach to Rye Harbour

References

↑ "Wild Rye - Recent sightings". Rye Harbour Nature Reserve. Retrieved 2008-01-29.
↑ Rye Harbour Nature Reserve web site

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

v t e Ceremonial county of East Sussex

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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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Coordinates: 50°54′48″N 0°43′18.5″E / 50.91333°N 0.721806°E / 50.91333; 0.721806

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