Winkle Island

Winkle Island

Winkle Island is at the heart of Hastings Old Town in East Sussex, England, in the United Kingdom.

The island is part of a unique area in Hastings called 'The Stade' (the old Saxon term for 'landing place') and the stretch of shingle beach from which Hastings famous fishing fleet has launched every day for over thousand years.

Winkle Island is located at the foot of All Saints Street at its junction with Rock-A-Nore Road at Hastings seafront. The small island is the central meeting point for many outdoor events such as the Hastings Hastings Old Town Week, Jack In The Green as well as many other artistic local events and street performances. A giant winkle standing on the pavement is used as a collecting box for charity purposes.

Country1066.com describes 'The Stade' of which Winkle Island is part of as following: The Fishing Fleet is one of the most exhilarating examples of living history in the United Kingdom, keeping alive a thousand years of techniques and traditions. The Sea Fish Authority described the Stade "as near perfect a fishery as could be devised" because of the environmentally sound methods used by the fishermen (which includes changing their net size to allow young cod to escape and keep stocks high).

Visitors are welcome to witness the fleet in action but must respect the fact that the Stade is very much a working beach with many hidden perils.

Winkle Island is also the symbolic gathering place of the famous Winkle Club.

External links

[http://www.1066.net/carnival/ Hastings Old Town Carnival]

[http://www.hastingsjack.co.uk/album/pages/2002-05-04%2012-18.html Hastings Jacks on Winkle Island]

[http://www.hastingsjack.co.uk/album/pages/2005-04-30%2012-44-41.html Hastings Traditional Jack-In-The-Green at Winkle Island]


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