Camber, East Sussex

Camber
Aerial view, showing the proximity of Little Cheyne Court Wind Farm
Camber Camber shown within East Sussex
Area	14.1 km² (5.4 sq mi) ^[1]
Population	1,265 (Parish-2011)^[2]
– density	87/sq mi (34/km²)
OS grid reference	TQ966188
– London	56 miles (90 km) NW
District	Rother
Shire county	East Sussex
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	RYE
Postcode district	TN31
Dialling code	01797
Police	Sussex
Fire	East Sussex
Ambulance	South East Coast
EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Hastings and Rye
Website	Camber Parish Council
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Coordinates: 50°56′N 0°48′E / 50.94°N 0.80°E / 50.94; 0.80

Camber is a village and civil parish in the English county of East Sussex, three miles (4.8 km) south-east of Rye. The village is located behind the sand dunes that occupy the estuary of the River Rother, where the seaside settlement of Camber Sands is situated.

The village of Camber takes its name from the Camber (la Chambre) the huge embayment of the English Channel located between Rye, old Winchelsea and Old Romney that was gradually lost to "innings" and silting-up following changes to the coastline and the changed course of the Eastern Rother since the Middle Ages.

Camber came into its own with the game of golf: it was originally a collection of fishermen's dwellings. By the early 1890s, the number of visitors to Rye increased as tourism became more prevalent. One result of this was the building, in 1894, of Rye Golf Links in the area of sand dunes which occupy the shores of Rye Bay. The Royal William Hotel opened that year, and gradually the new village expanded. The Rye and Camber Tramway, a tourist railway originally opened for the members of the golf links to carry their gear, was opened in 1895; it closed to the public at the outbreak of World War II and never reopened.^[3]

Camber Castle, otherwise known as Winchelsea Castle, was built by Henry VIII to guard the western entrance to "the Camber" in the 16th Century and is located half way between Rye and Winchelsea on the other side of the river.

Holiday resort

The area has two holiday parks and several caravan sites adjacent to the beach. There are also seasonal shops and entertainments.

Landmarks

Part of the Site of Special Scientific Interest known as Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Bay is within the parish. This is a site of national biological and geological importance with various habitats such as shingle, saltmarsh, sand dunes and saline lagoons.^[4]

Events

Each year in November, the Rhythm Riot Festival^[5] is held at Pontin's in Camber.

References

↑ "East Sussex in Figures". East Sussex County Council. Retrieved 2008-04-26.
↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 7 October 2015.
↑ The information in this paragraph is taken from The Rye and Camber Tramway: A Centenary History Laurie A. Cooksey, Plateway Press 1995 ISBN 1-871980-26-7
↑ "Natural England - SSSI". English Nature. Retrieved 2008-10-03.
↑ Details for 2009 festival

External links

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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

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 Winchelsea See also: List of civil parishes in East Sussex

Rivers	Cuckmere Rother Tillingham

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