Things To Do in Rye
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Rye Attractions
In Rye, the old town's entrance is Land Gate, where a single lane of traffic passes between massive, 12m-high (40-ft.) stone towers. The top of the gate has holes through which boiling oil used to be poured on unwelcome visitors, such as French raiding parties.
Rye has had potteries for centuries, and today is no exception, with a number of outlets in town. The best potteries include Rye Pottery, Wishward Street (tel. 01797/223038), and David Sharp Ceramics, the Mint (tel. 01797/222620). The town also abounds in antiques and collectibles shops and new and used bookstores.
- Historic Site
Lamb House
Henry James lived at Lamb House from 1898 to 1916. Many James mementos are scattered throughout the house, which is set in a walled garden. Its previous owner joined the gold rush in North America but perished in the Klondike, and James was able to buy the freehold for a modest… - Historic Site
Smallhythe Place
On the outskirts of Winchelsea, this was for 30 years the country house of Dame Ellen Terry, the English actress acclaimed for her Shakespearean roles, who had a long theatrical association with Sir Henry Irving; she died in the house in 1928. This timber-framed structure, known as a… - Religious Site
St. Mary's Parish Church
One notable historical site is the mid-12th-century church with its 16th-century clock flanked by two gilded cherubs (known as Quarter Boys because of their striking of the bells on the quarter-hour). The church is often referred to as "the Cathedral of East Sussex" because of its…
