Winkle Island
Winkle Island is a memorial in Hastings District, East Sussex, England. Winkle Island is situated nearby to Lord Nelson Public House, as well as near The Royal Standard Public House.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Winkle Island and Hastings Contemporary.
Winkle Island
Square
Winkle Island is a traffic island at the heart of Hastings Old Town in East Sussex, England, in the United Kingdom. It is part of a unique area in Hastings called 'The Stade' and the stretch of shingle beach from which Hastings' famous fishing fleet has been launched every day for over a thousand years.
Hastings Contemporary
Art gallery
Photo: yellow book, CC BY 2.0.
The Hastings Contemporary is a museum of contemporary British art located on The Stade in Hastings, East Sussex and is a not-for-profit organisation. The gallery opened in March 2012 as the Jerwood Gallery and cost £4m to build.
Hastings Fishermen’s Museum
Museum
Photo: The Voice of Hassocks, Public domain.
Hastings Fishermen's Museum is a museum dedicated to the fishing industry and maritime history of Hastings, a seaside town in East Sussex, England. It is housed in a former church, officially known as St Nicholas' Church and locally as The Fishermen's Church, which served the town's fishing community for nearly 100 years from 1854. Hastings Fishermen’s Museum is situated 620 feet east of Winkle Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rock-a-Nore and Hastings.
Rock-a-Nore
Locality
Rock-a-Nore is an urban area of Hastings, East Sussex, England, stretching from the Old Town area along Rock-a-Nore Road between the cliffs and the beach called The Stade.
Hastings
Photo: Natataek, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hastings is a seaside town in East Sussex in southeast England. It's run down, but has budget accommodation and several sites of interest. Hastings is most famous for the battle that took place there in 1066 between King Harold's English and William the Conqueror's Normans.
Belmont
Suburb
Belmont is a suburb of Hastings in East Sussex, England. The village falls within the Borough of Hastings.
Winkle Island
- Type: Memorial
- Inscription: “Winkle Island is named after the world-famous Hastings Winkle Club which began in 1900 with the purpose of raising funds for disadvantaged children from Old Town fishermen’s families. [...] WINKLE UP!”
- Category: historic site
- Location: Hastings District, East Sussex, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.85626° or 50° 51′ 23″ northLongitude
0.59258° or 0° 35′ 33″ eastOpen location code
9F22VH4V+G2OpenStreetMap ID
node 11264438883OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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