Poundgate

Poundgate is a hamlet in East Sussex on the A26 Uckfield Road at the junction with Chillies Road, just south of Crowborough.^[1] It has one pub, the Crow and Gate, on the main road and a scattering of mainly detached houses.

Key Information

Poundgate
Hamlet
The Crow and Gate, Poundgate
Poundgate Location within East Sussex
OS grid reference	TQ 4949 2876
• London	36 mi (58 km)
District	Wealden
Shire county	East Sussex
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Crowborough
Postcode district	TN6 3
Dialling code	01892
Police	Sussex
Fire	East Sussex
Ambulance	South East Coast
UK Parliament	Wealden
List of places UK England East Sussex 51°02′20″N 0°07′51″E / 51.03879929°N 0.13090423°E / 51.03879929; 0.13090423
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The name was first recorded in 1564, and is derived from a gate into Ashdown Forest, which Poundgate lies at the south-eastern edge of.^[2][3] The hamlet is in the civil parish of Buxted, for which its population was accounted for in the 2011 census.^[4]

Bus services connect to Crowborough and Brighton.^[5] The nearest station is Crowborough with an hourly train service to London Bridge and to Uckfield. The Vanguard Way path goes through the hamlet.^[6]

1. ^ "Poundgate, Wealden". getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
2. ^ "Poundgate :: Survey of English Place-Names". epns.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
3. ^ Willard, Barbara (1989). The forest : Ashdown in East Sussex. Poundgate: Sweethaws. p. 18. ISBN 0951179543.
4. ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Buxted Parish (E04003832)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
5. ^ "Poundgate – bustimes.org". bustimes.org. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
6. ^ Street atlas East Sussex. London: Philip's. 2004. p. 37. ISBN 0540086487.

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