Poundgate

{{Short description|Hamlet in East Sussex, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2020}}

{{Infobox UK place

| official_name = Poundgate

| local_name =

| country = England

| region = South East England

| type = Hamlet

| static_image_name = File:The Crow and Gate, Poundgate - geograph.org.uk - 1583553.jpg

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| static_image_alt = Image of the Crow and Gate pub

| static_image_caption = The Crow and Gate, Poundgate

| os_grid_reference = TQ 4949 2876

| map_type = East Sussex

| map_alt = Map showing location of Polegate in East Sussex

| coordinates = {{Coord|51.03879929|0.13090423|format=dms|display=inline, title}}

| label_position =

| post_town = Crowborough

| postcode_area = TN

| postcode_district = TN6 3

| dial_code = 01892

| constituency_westminster = Wealden

| civil_parish =

| london_distance_mi = 36

| london_distance_km =

| shire_district = Wealden

| shire_county = East Sussex

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Poundgate is a hamlet in East Sussex on the A26 Uckfield Road at the junction with Chillies Road, just south of Crowborough.{{cite web |title=Poundgate, Wealden |url=https://getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/local/poundgate-wealden |website=getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk |access-date=4 May 2022 |language=en-gb}} 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.{{cite web |title=Poundgate :: Survey of English Place-Names |url=http://epns.nottingham.ac.uk/browse/id/5328722db47fc40c360001d0-Poundgate |website=epns.nottingham.ac.uk |access-date=4 May 2022}}{{cite book |last1=Willard |first1=Barbara |title=The forest : Ashdown in East Sussex |date=1989 |publisher=Sweethaws |location=Poundgate |isbn=0951179543 |page=18}} The hamlet is in the civil parish of Buxted, for which its population was accounted for in the 2011 census.{{NOMIS2011|id=E04003832|title=Buxted Parish|accessdate=4 May 2022}}

Bus services connect to Crowborough and Brighton.{{cite web |title=Poundgate – bustimes.org |url=https://bustimes.org/localities/poundgate |website=bustimes.org |access-date=4 May 2022}} The nearest station is {{stnlink|Crowborough}} with an hourly train service to {{stnlink|London Bridge}} and to {{stnlink|Uckfield}}. The Vanguard Way path goes through the hamlet.{{cite book |title=Street atlas East Sussex |date=2004 |publisher=Philip's |location=London |isbn=0540086487 |page=37}}