Chelwood Gate is a small village within the civil parish of Danehill in the Wealden district of East Sussex, England.

Its nearest town is Uckfield, which lies approximately 6.6 miles (10.6 km) south-east from the village, just off the A22 road.

[1] The village church forms part of the Parish of All Saints Danehill with Chelwood Gate.

[3] The village public house, the Red Lion, was built in the 19th century and was patronised in the past by Harold Macmillan and United States President John F Kennedy.

[4] Kennedy came to visit the then Prime Minister, Harold Macmillan, in 1963 and a memorial to this event can be found on the Wych Cross road within the village.