Rye, United Kingdom Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

Perched on a hill overlooking the Romney Marshes, the town of RYE lies over the county border in East Sussex. Added as a "limb" to the original Cinque Ports, the town then became marooned two miles inland with the retreat of the sea and the silting up of the River Rother. It is now one of the most popular places along the Sussex coast – half-timbered, skew-roofed and quintessentially English, but also very commercialized. From Strand Quay, head up The Deals to Rye's most picturesque street, the sloping cobbled lane of Mermaid Street , which will bring you eventually to the peaceful oasis of Church … more »