
What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Winkle Island Winkle Island is named after the world-famous Hastings Winkle Club which began in 1900 with the purpose of raising funds for disadvantaged children from Old Town fishermen's families. Today the Club exists to raise and distribute money to local good causes. Winkle Island has welcomed many distinguished and famous visitors and remains the Winkle Club's spiritual home. Winkle Up!
Winkle Island serves as the spiritual home of the Hastings Winkle Club, established in 1900 to support disadvantaged children from Old Town fishermen's families; it has since become a significant local charity welcoming numerous distinguished visitors.
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Places near here
Winkle IslandMemorial · 14 yd
1, Pleasant RowListed building · 28 yd
Lord Nelson Public HouseListed building · 32 yd
Seashell sculpturePublic sculpture · 44 yd
Hastings ContemporaryGallery · 63 yd
Duke of WellingtonMemorial · 133 yd
Hastings Old Town & The StadeVisitor information · 263 yd
Rock-a-Nore BeachBeach / strand · 450 yd
The ChurchVisitor information · 621 yd
Iron Age cliff castle and site of St George's churchyard on East HillScheduled monument · 817 yd
Ecclesbourne Glen WaterfallWaterfall · 1331 yd
Ecclesbourne Glen (lower) waterfallWaterfall · 1361 ydOther information
Photo: Stephen Craven on Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0