Poundgate | |
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Hamlet | |
The Crow and Gate, Poundgate | |
Location within
East Sussex | |
OS grid reference | TQ 4949 2876 |
• London | 36 mi (58 km) |
District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
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 | |
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.
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]