Camber Sands is a beach in Camber village, East Sussex near Rye, East Sussex, England. It is the only sand dune system in East Sussex, and east of the mouth of the Rother River in Rye Bay that stretches as a stretch beyond the Kent border.
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Dunes
Most of the western end of the dunes are located within the Celtic Sands and Rye Saltings, Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) areas, while the remainder are designated as Sites of Importance of Nature Conservation. The hill is getting bigger with the increase. The sand dunes have prevented problems with the sand blowing in the wind. Holiday companies in Camber Sands are Pontins and Park Resorts.
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Second World War and eastward
The dunes are enriched and used for training in the Second World War. There is an area of ​​MoD danger that is approximately square and inland base to the east of the area. The dunes resemble the topography seen in some parts of Normandy and the challenging desert terrain. Similar training facilities are at Braunton in North Devon, in Scotland and in Pembrokeshire.
Transport
Parking
There are three main car parks in Camber, a Western car park on New Lydd street which also has a huge overflow car park opposite, a Central car park, and a new car park on a crazy old golf site on Old Lydd street. The center also has a large overflow car park. Only Central has direct access to the beach, as you have to negotiate past long steep sandy paths on the sand dune to reach the beach from the western car park, unsuitable for strollers, or wheelchairs. The Western car park closes at 8 pm in the summer.
Camber Sands Station
Camber Sands railway station is the end of Rye and Camber Tramway. Opened on 13 July 1908 and closed, with a line, in September 1939.
Sports activities
This beach has become a popular location for kite surfing, kite and buggying kites due to sand and favorable wind conditions. The kite launch is only allowed in the designated area at the eastern end of the beach near Jury's Gap parking lot.
Cultural reference
Camber Sands, with its extensive bay and dune system, has been used in a variety of creative media.
Movies
The beach was used in the 1958 Dunkirk movie starring John Mills to recreate Operation Dynamo. They were used again as a Normandy beach during D-Day in the epic 1962 The Longest Day .
Follow That Camel was shot here during the early months of 1967, with Camber Sands representing the Sahara Desert, although the shooting had to be stopped several times because the dunes were covered in snow.
The Monuments Men shot here in early 2013, starring George Clooney and Matt Damon.
The Invisible Woman (filmed in 2012, released in 2013), a period drama about the life of Nelly Ternan, has several scenes on the sand.
The Theory of Everything , about Stephen Hawking's life, including scenes in sand and dunes.
The Pinewood Studios supported short film Sand Boys shot completely at the southernmost part of Camber Sands.
Television
The Camber Sands holiday resort is 'seeded' in an episode of teen comedy E4 The Inbetweeners . though no filming really happened there. It was also featured in Series 2 of the Green Wing. Alan Statham and Joanna Clore appear on the beach at the weekend as well as at Park Resort Holiday Park. The dunes were featured in the 2010 advertisement for 'Walls'.
Camber Sands was planet Aridius in 1965 Doctor Who story The Chase , and then in 1986 was the filming location for a scene in the final two parts of the story Trial of the Time God , as part of the elaborate illusion produced by the Valeyard in the Matrix.
Music
Camber Sands is mentioned in "Europe Is Our Playground" by Suede, "Pulling Shells (from Shells)" by Squeeze (also covered by Head Automatica), "Diamonds and Pearls" by The Holloways, "World Class Weight Champion" by Pastor and The Makers and "Caravan" by Nick Heyward. It was also used as the title for the single EP Fatboy Slim Camber Sands (EP). Video 2003 Feeder for "Forget About Tomorrow", partly taken on the beach. Nine years later, Feeder then referred to Camber Sands in "Oh My", the second track of their Generation Freakshow album.
The song "On Camber Sands" appears on the Gordon Giltrap album Troubadour , and is a common feature in its live set. Jose Vanders called Camber Sands in his song "For Now".
Sampul album LP 1980 Beat Boys In The Jet Age oleh band mod revival, The Lambrettas, difoto di Camber Sands.
Sampul album Bucks Fizz I Hear Talk , difoto di Camber Sands.
Paul McCartney and his band Wings filmed the music video for the song "Baby's Request" on Camber Sands's Back to the Egg in 1979. It was featured as part of their 1981 TV special, on BBC 1, featuring many videos recorded entirely in the Sussex Region to accompany the track.
Dream Theater's 1997 album cover Falling Into Infinity was photographed in Camber Sands by British graphic designer Storm Thorgerson.
The Fall mentions Camber Sands in a song titled "(We Are) Mod Mock Goth": "We take Viagra/Dan go to Camber Sands/Our shirt is fine from our pants/We are gura-gura mod mock" on single 2003 "(We Wish You) A Christmas Protein".
The music video for Gabrielle Aplin's 2012 "Home" song is taken around Camber Sands.
All Tomorrow Feasts (music festivals) take place at the Pontins holiday camp in Camber Sands. The company was founded by Barry Hogan in 1999 as an alternative to larger corporate festivals such as Reading, with post-rock, avant-garde, and underground hip hop tendencies, along with more traditional rock fare.
Visual art
The famous Boyle Family artist made their first few casts using resin and fiberglass on the beach at Camber Sands in 1966. This initial study - some of which were unsuccessful - culminated in the Tidal Series of 1969 in which fourteen separate cast were made from 150Ã, cm ÃÆ'â € "150 150 cm (59.1 ÃÆ'â €" 59.1Ã, in) the coastal area. Created over a period of one week, fourteen pieces show in microscopic detail the way in which the tide affects sand when washed on the beach twice a day.
References
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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