An updated map and leaflet have been launched to promote businesses and attractions within walking and cycling distance of Winchelsea Station.

The travel guide, produced by the Winchelsea Station Partnership Group, shows pubs, vineyards, shops and guest houses which are between 0.9 and 3.2 miles from the station.

The updated map has been funded by Southeast Communities Rail Partnership (SCRP), Community Rail Network and Southern Railway, with further contributions from some of the businesses featured in the leaflet.

The updated leaflet follows production of an earlier brochure, which had a print run of 200 and copies “just flew out” according to lead volunteer John Spencer.

A total of 500 copies of the new leaflet have been produced and are available in shops, pubs and businesses in Winchelsea, as well as in the ticket office waiting room at nearby Rye Station. A pdf version can be downloaded here.

Lead volunteer John Spencer said: “The leaflet helps to popularise the businesses local to Winchelsea Station so that people can walk from the station, having travelled by train, and enjoy the wineries, pubs and tea rooms. We hope that this leaflet will be of help in boosting tourism in the area.”

Paul Ramsey, landlord of The New Inn Winchelsea, added: “We’re glad to be supporting this great idea. Trains bring in tourists and visitors to the town, [which is so much] better than using the car. They can [alight] the train and then just walk straight up into the town.”

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Image shows from left to right: Kevin Boorman, Marshlink Line CRP chair; Lyn Davidson, station volunteer; John Davidson, station volunteer; Judith Payne, station volunteer; Paul Ramsey, New Inn landlord; John Spencer, lead volunteer; and Dale Saxby, St Thomas’ Primary School headteacher.