Tourist attractions Rye

With its steep, intricate little streets, the old quarter of Rye displays a wealth of different building materials and offers sudden glimpses of the countryside. It is worth setting out on foot to explore Mermaid Street, a pretty little cobblestone r..

In a marvellous setting overlooking the River Rother, this archetypal medieval castle surrounded by a moat nestles in a hollow in the hillside. Bodiam Castle was built from 1385 to 1388 to prevent the French from pillaging their way upriver (the rive..

The imposing but graceful mass of the 14C Gatehouse , battlemented and richly decorated, dominates the humble buildings on the market place. Most of the great Benedictine abbey was destroyed with the Dissolution of the Monasteries although its outli..

From the terrace walk , there is a commanding view of the vast site where the most decisive of English battles was fought. It was on this ridge that Harold deployed his men after their exhausting forced march from York. On the far side of the swam..

Among the delights of the long and gently winding street is the Dutch gabled Old Grammar School of 1636. The round towers of the Landgate mark the point where the isthmus connected the island port with the mainland.

This sturdy little 13C citadel on its clifftop perch, long used as a prison, is now home to the Rye Castle Museum .

This large and impressive building, which was begun in the 12C, has a famous 16C clock, its 5.5 m pendulum swinging inside and its ornate face on the outside of the north transept, flanked by gaily painted coloured figures who strike the quarters but..

Hastings Castle is William the Conqueror's first English castle (William had come to England from Normandy). The ruins stand high above the Old Town and seaside resort below. The story of the famous Battle of Hastings (1066), after which William was ..