Camber Castle
Camber Castle, also known formerly as Winchelsea Castle, is a 16th-century Device Fort, built near Rye by King Henry VIII to protect the Sussex coast of England against French attack.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Opening hours: sunrise—sunset
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: 16th-century English fort
- Also known as: “Artillery castle and associated earthworks at Camber” and “Winchelsea Castle”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Rye Castle and Lamb House.
Rye Castle
Castle
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Rye Castle, also known as Ypres Tower, was built in the 13th or 14th centuries, and is situated in Rye, East Sussex, England. It is a Grade I listed building and has been scheduled as an ancient monument. Rye Castle is situated 1¼ miles north of Camber Castle.
Lamb House
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Lamb House is a Grade II* listed 18th-century house situated in Rye, East Sussex, England, and in the ownership of the National Trust. The house is run as a writer's house museum. Lamb House is situated 1¼ miles north of Camber Castle.
St Mary’s Church, Rye
Church
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St Mary-the-Virgin, Rye is the Anglican parish church of the civil parish of Rye in East Sussex. Since 1951 it is a Grade I listed building because of its architectural and historical interest. St Mary’s Church, Rye is situated 1¼ miles north of Camber Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rye Harbour and Rye.
Rye Harbour
Village
Photo: sue hayton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rye Harbour is a village located on the East Sussex coast in southeast England, near the estuary of the River Rother: it is part of the civil parish of Icklesham and the Rother district.
Rye
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Rye is a town in East Sussex that in medieval times was one of the Cinque Ports responsible for England's maritime defence. It stood at the head of a bay, which silted up, leaving the town two miles from the sea.
Winchelsea
Town
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Winchelsea is a town in the county of East Sussex, England, located between the High Weald and the Romney Marsh, approximately two miles southwest of Rye and seven miles north east of Hastings.
Camber Castle
- Categories: castle, fort, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Icklesham, Rother District, East Sussex, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.93355° or 50° 56′ 1″ northLongitude
0.73374° or 0° 44′ 2″ eastElevation
13 feet (4 metres)Operator
Rye Harbour Nature ReserveOpen location code
9F22WPMM+CFOpenStreetMap ID
way 297495782OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Camber Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Camber Castle”
- Chinese: “金伯城堡”
- Danish: “Camber Castle”
- Finnish: “Camberin linna”
- French: “château de Camber”
- French: “Château de Camber”
- German: “Camber Castle”
- German: “Winchelsea Castle”
- Italian: “Camber Castle”
- Italian: “Castello di Camber”
- Italian: “Castello di Winchelsea”
- Italian: “Winchelsea Castle”
- Japanese: “キャンバー城”
- Spanish: “castillo de Camber”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Camber”
- Swedish: “Camber Castle”
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