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| Name: | Winchelsea |
| Hill number: | 18633 |
| Height: | 40m / 131ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2913 Crowborough |
| RHB Section: | 42: South-East England & the Isle of Wight |
| County/UA: | East Sussex |
| Catchment: | Minor Rivers only (South) |
| Class: | Tump (0-99m) (Tu,0) |
| Grid ref: | TQ 90344 17429 |
| Summit feature: | no feature: verge on SW side of road junction |
| Drop: | 33m |
| Col: | 7m TQ901164  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 189 (1:25k) 124 125 |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 56 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Three Oaks to Rye. | Smudge | 16/03/2024 |
| Had to turn round and come back for a quick roadside bag as I'd driven past before realising it. | Minto | 01/07/2023 |
| Bike ride from Hastings | AndyS | 11/03/2023 |
| Walk from Winchelsea to Rye through the wetlands | jedthehumanoid | 04/02/2023 |
| Bus from Ore. Walked around pretty village then next bus to Rye | trimarc2 | 20/01/2023 |
| I wasn't expecting the most interesting of today's tumps to be the one in a village. A fascinating town on a very abrupt hill. | Mark Jackson | 07/01/2023 |
| Junction of roads. Cut mark on wall by verge. Near but not at trig. Winchelsea is a pretty and historic village. Hot walk from boat on mud at Rye. | Denise | 13/07/2022 |
| Walked from Strand Quay, Rye. Lots to explore in the delightful Winchelsea. High point at High Street - Rectory Lane junction, choose your verge. I opted for the grass on W side of junction. | RichardM | 13/07/2022 |
| Parked just south of HP. Verge on west side of road seems to be highest, although it was dark at time of visit. | PeterD | 28/11/2021 |
| Interesting wander around the village. | PGCE | 24/11/2020 |
| Very pretty village. Forgot to pay my respects to Spike and his infamous headstone. I told you I was ill. Must go back. | Campbell Singer | 14/10/2020 |
| Quick divert off 1066 Country Walk to nose round this nondescript hill | PhilipChaston | 27/09/2020 |
| From the roadside to the east, through the churchyard, via Spike Milligan’s grave, to the John Wesley tree on the north side. | Mariana Trench | 28/12/2019 |
| Pit stop en route to Dungeness via Jury's Gap trig. | Dugswell2 | 30/04/2019 |
| Grass verge on W side of road seemed highest point. Benchmark on a wall opposite. | jonglew | 19/04/2018 |
| Corner of main A road and road into town centre. | clivevilla | 18/04/2018 |
| I had no idea there was a TuMP here, but I cycled through Winchelsea in October 2017. | hillbagger91 | 30/10/2017 |
| Broad Oak to Winchelsea. | Smudge | 06/10/2017 |
| Parked in Winchelsea village and walked past the impressive St Thomas' Church to the hill summit and then onto the Trigpoint nearby. | JohRvs | 24/10/2016 |
| House at SW side of junction seemed slightly higher. Didn't invite myself in to check garden. Very little in it I expect. | RHW | 27/06/2015 |
| Summit lies on the picturesque main street next to a tree where a sign reads Wesley gave his last sermon (the chapel was too small for the large crowd). The town stands on the site of a medieval town, which was lost to the sea. The town had a tidal harbour on the River Brede and was greatly involved in the wine trade and the extensive wine cellars under the town may still be visited on open days. Its prosperity was gradually sapped by the silting of its harbour, shifts in the pattern of trade and disasters such as war and plague. By the middle of the 16th century, it had been left high and dry. In 2012 the village had the slowest broadband speed in the United Kingdom. Spike Milligan is buried here with the words 'I told you I was ill' on his headstone but the diocese refused to allow this epitaph.and so a compromise was reached with it written in Irish. | Chris Pearson | 04/03/2015 |
| While visiting Winchelsea church en route to Rye. | citygent | 20/01/2015 |
| Close to New Inn. Visited Spike Milligan's grave in churchyard across road | Bramley | 08/09/2014 |
| Close to New Inn. | Adrian | 10/05/2014 |
| Did this on returning from Rye back to London. Very flat. | steverd | 19/04/2014 |
| All relatively flat. Mark - small well kept cricket pitch and the New Inn Restaurant Bar/Pub just nearby. | destaylor | 20/03/2014 |
| With G. Walk from Rye > Winchelsea via harbour. | RT1970 | 27/07/2013 |
| A day's walking around Rye and Winchelsea with JSG and SJH. | JOHNS | 19/11/2005 |
| With: solo; Visited here on a trip into E Sussex to Hastings and Winchelsea | Ian Baines | 28/07/1985 |
| Nice walk from Rye- out via harbour, back via Camber Castle. With JEL | pwheeler | 14/06/1980 |
| Approximate date drove along this road a number of times on a family holiday. | Swindon Bagger | 01/08/1976 |
| 2009. Long weekend at The ATP festival, Camber Sands headlined by The Jesus Lizard. Went to the nearby castle earthworks, also Rye including castle and the power station. | Nick Canute | blank |
| Andy West | 31/05/2023 | |
| Martin R | 17/11/2022 | |
| Violette | 15/09/2022 | |
| Violette | 15/03/2022 | |
| DC11main | 12/09/2021 | |
| malcorbett | 11/07/2021 | |
| Matt | 31/05/2021 | |
| HighwayToFell | 02/05/2021 | |
| camo_6037 | 05/08/2020 | |
| andrew brown | 18/05/2020 | |
| PaulOnFoot | 13/04/2020 | |
| climbertrev | 07/09/2018 | |
| Felltrekker | 28/05/2018 | |
| BrianMatthews | 05/09/2017 | |
| GordonAdshead | 16/07/2017 | |
| scottfitzgerald | 23/02/2017 | |
| carole engel | 17/02/2016 | |
| stevent0809 | 25/10/2014 |