Winchelsea Sands Holiday Park

Outdoor swimming pool (added by manager 25 Jul 2009)

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It doesn’t take Sherlock to deduce that a park with ‘Sands’ in the name is going to be by a beach. So yes, we shall deerstalkingly deduce that it’s just a short walk to the beach from Winchelsea Sands Holiday Park at Rye in East Sussex, for sandcastles, surfing and sand in your sarnies. (Try sushi instead; it’s the twenty-first century picnic basket filler.) But…Winchelsea Sands is a Park Holidays site, so it might take you a day or two to get down to the beach. The park is stuffed with things to do for all tastes, including kids’ clubs, adventure playground and heated outdoor pool. Then there’s the Lobster Pot Club with live entertainment, a games room, free wifi, Sky TV and a bistro including takeaway, as well as a launderette and shop right on site… Caravans at Winchelsea come in a range of tariffs, and all have linen, gas, electric and entertainment passes included; there’s also a colour TV in each, for when you get back from the pool/Lobster Pot Club/exploring the Sussex coast and want to put your feet up…Wireless is available in caravans too for a reasonable extra charge.

Site type

Caravans for hire 58

Tourist board rating

Languages spoken

English

Bronze David Bellamy Conservation Award AA Holiday Centre

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Features

Leisure on site

Bar or club house

Cycle hire

Evening entertainment

Fishing

Fitness centre

Games room

Indoor swimming pool

Kids' club

On-site restaurant/cafe

Outdoor swimming pool

Play area

TV room

Take away

Tennis

Watersports

Amenities on site

Bath available

Car parking by pitch/unit

Composting toilet

Disabled facilities

Dog park

Drying room

Food shop

Free wifi

Ice pack freezing

Internet access

Launderette

Parent & baby washroom

Pick-up from public transport

Portable toilet

Pub toilets

Public telephone

Shower available

Toilet block

Washing-up area

Wifi

Groups welcome

Family friendly

Motorcycle friendly

Single-sex groups welcome

Student groups welcome

Rules

Barbecue provided

Barbecues allowed

Campfires allowed

Commercial vehicles allowed

Dogs allowed

Dogs allowed all year

Utilities

Charging facilities

Chemical disposal

Electric car charging point(s)

Gas cylinders available

Recycling available

Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby

Dog walk nearby

Type

Large (51-200 pitches)

Nearby leisure

Fishing nearby

Sailing nearby

Location

Winchelsea Sands Holiday Park

Pett Level Road

Rye

East Sussex

England

TN36 4NB

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London GMT (GMT+00:00)

GPS

50.9143°N
0.7229°W

Route directions

* Follow the M20. Leave the M20 at junction 10, then at the roundabout take the 4th exit onto Bad Munstereifel Road. * At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Bad Munstereifel Road - A2070. * Branch left, then at the roundabout take the 2nd exit onto the A2070 (signposted Brenzett). * Entering Brenzett at the roundabout take the 2nd exit onto Straight Lane - A259. * Entering Rye, at the mini roundabout turn left onto Fishmarket Road - A259. * At the mini roundabout, turn left onto Winchelsea Road - A259 and turn left onto Sea Road. * Bear left onto Sea Road. Entering Winchelsea Beach, continue forward onto Pett Level Road. * You have arrived at Winchelsea Beach.

Nearest transport

Coach
7.4 mi Priory Meadow
7.4 mi Priory Meadow
7.6 mi Sainsbury's
Rail
1.6 mi Winchelsea Rail Station
2.7 mi Rye Rail Station
4.9 mi Three Oaks Rail Station
Ferry
21.4 mi Folkestone Eurotunnel Terminal
29.4 mi Dover Western Docks Ferry Terminal
Airport
9.6 mi Lydd London Ashford Airport

Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.

Local attractions

Once you’ve dusted the sand off your toes and ventured off the beach, make for the seven seas of – sorry – the town of Rye, one of the medieval Cinque Ports and with a long history of smuggling through the centuries. The twelfth century Mermaid Inn was used by the notorious Hawkhurst Gang in the eighteenth century and in the twenty-first has an award-winning restaurant and medieval–style art inside. It was connected by an underground tunnel to the nearby Old Bell Inn – sadly the tunnel is no longer in use, although Famous Five fans in the family (all, we hope) should enjoy the tale anyway, and there’s A Smuggler’s Adventure at St Clements Caves to try too. Also in Rye is the National Trust-managed Lamb House, once home to novelist Henry James and a host of other famous names (not all at the same time); the harbour with fishing fleet (fresh fish is available to buy at the quayside or take your own boat out) and tearooms and restaurants galore. The Rye Heritage Centre is a good intro to the area and has walking tours and ghost walks. You might also see Rye resident Tom Baker in the town to make Dalek noises at – just saying… Just along the coast is Hastings, famous as the site of the Battle of Hastings and now known as part of 1066 Country; the 1066 Battle Abbey and Battlefield, and Hastings Castle and the 1066 Story are here, as well as guided walks and geocaching in the area and Europe’s biggest beachside fishing fleet in the town. The beach at Hastings is a top spot for watersports, or you could head slightly further along the coast to the beaches at Bexhill and Camber Sands. There’s more history at Yesterday’s World in Battle with five floors and 150,000 artefacts from the past century, and a play village too if the kids are revolting; if they need to be mollified further, there are rhinos and safari rides at Port Lympe Wild Animal Safari Park, the Miniature Pony Centre at Dartmoor, dangling about at Go Ape! or going undercover at The Hop Farm to keep them happy. Then you can sneak off to the ten fishing lakes at Battle’s Wylands Angling Centre, open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year…

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020 2019 2018 2017
Winchelsea 0.6 mi Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent
Camber 3.5 mi Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Good
Hastings Pelham Beach 7.3 mi Sea N/A N/A N/A Good
St Leonards 8.7 mi Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent
Littlestone 11.5 mi Sea N/A Good Good Good

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Camber Sands 3.3 mi

A Smugglers Adventure at St Clements Caves 7 mi

Hastings Castle and 1066 Story 7.2 mi

Great Dixter House and Gardens 8.1 mi

Bodiam Castle 9.6 mi

National Trust

Lamb House 2.5 mi

Smallhythe Place 8.7 mi

Bodiam Castle 9.9 mi

Sissinghurst Castle Garden 14.9 mi

Bateman's 15.9 mi

Cycle routes

Find local routes on the National Cycle Network - over 12,000 miles of cycling routes.

Other

Winchelsea - Pett Level - Winchelsea 0.9 mi

Anne 2 mi

Rye Harbour - Winchelsea 2.3 mi

Rye - Iden - Rye Foreign - Rye 2.7 mi

Fairlight - Hastings Country Park - Hastings 4.4 mi

Local events

  • Glyndebourne Festival (Thursday 16 May 2024 – Thursday 16 May 2024)

    Lewes, East Sussex 28.9 mi

Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.

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