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Photo of Rye, a village in East Sussex, south east England.

RyePhoto Zoltan Tasi / Unsplash

Places to explore near Rye StationRye

41 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group. 1 is a national icon.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

Photo of Rye, a village in East Sussex, south east England.Iconic

Rye

Village

Hilltop citadel above the Rother marshes, its cobbled Mermaid Street climbing past timbered houses, antique shops and a Norman church.

0.2 km SE · East Sussex

Photo of the High Weald, a National Landscape in south east England.Highlight

High Weald

National Landscape near Mayfield

Wooded ridges, sunken lanes and deep stream valleys across the old iron country of the south-east

0.3 km NW

Photo of Rye Castle Museum (Ypres Tower), a visitor attraction in East Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Rye Castle Museum (Ypres Tower)

Attraction near Rye

Smuggling and Romney Marsh history displayed inside the medieval Ypres Tower above Rye.

0.4 km SE

Photo of Camber Castle, an artillery fort near Rye, East Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Camber Castle

Artillery fort · Castle near Rye

Artillery castle and associated earthworks at Camber

2 km S

Photo of Tillingham, a restaurant near Peasmarsh in the High Weald, East Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Tillingham

Restaurant · With rooms near Peasmarsh

Vineyard restaurant with rooms near Rye, low-intervention wine and estate-grown food.

3.1 km W

Photo of Winchelsea town gates, a landmark in the High Weald, East Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Winchelsea town gates

Landmark near Winchelsea

Three medieval stone gates survive from the planned port of Winchelsea; the Strand Gate guards the eastern approach.

3.4 km SW

Photo of Winchelsea, a village in the High Weald, East Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Winchelsea

Village

England's smallest town, laid out on a medieval grid with surviving gates, a large church and wide quiet streets above the marsh.

3.5 km SW · East Sussex

Photo of Camber Sands, a swimming spot near Rye, East Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Camber Sands

Designated bathing water near Rye

Broad dune-backed sandy beach.

5.1 km SE

Photo of Stocks Mill, a windmill near Wittersham in the High Weald, Kent, south east England.Highlight

Stocks Mill

Windmill near Wittersham

The tallest post mill in Kent, on the Isle of Oxney above the Rother Levels at Wittersham.

6.8 km N

Photo of St Augustine's, Brookland, a church in Kent, south east England.Highlight

St Augustine's, Brookland

Church near Brookland

Marsh church with a detached candle-snuffer bell tower and a rare Norman lead font showing the labours of the months.

8.8 km NE

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Photo along the Sussex Border Path, a 150-mile long-distance path running from Emsworth to Rye, south east England.

Sussex Border Path

Long-distance path

Round inland Sussex on the old county boundary from Emsworth to Rye — nearly 150 miles of quiet country for the busy South East.

0.1 km SE · spans 5 counties

Photo along the 1066 Country Walk, a 31-mile long-distance path running from Pevensey to Rye, south east England.

1066 Country Walk

Long-distance path

Pevensey to Rye by way of Battle — the Norman Conquest's landing country, with carved oak sculptures marking the route.

0.3 km SW · East Sussex

Photo along the High Weald Landscape Trail, a 90-mile long-distance path running from Horsham to Rye, south east England.

High Weald Landscape Trail

Long-distance path

Horsham to Rye through the High Weald's ridge villages and hammer ponds — iron country, worked for two thousand years.

0.3 km NW · West Sussex, Kent & East Sussex

Photo along the Saxon Shore Way, a 160-mile long-distance path running from Gravesend to Hastings, south east England.

Saxon Shore Way

Long-distance path

Around Kent's Roman-era coastline from Gravesend to Hastings — a shore the sea has since abandoned for miles at a stretch.

0.3 km S · Kent & East Sussex

Photo of Lamb House, a house & garden near Rye, East Sussex, south east England.

Lamb House

House & garden near Rye

A Georgian townhouse in Rye that gave two novelists somewhere quiet to write

0.3 km SE

Photo of The George in Rye, a pub in East Sussex, south east England.

The George in Rye

Pub near Rye

Former coaching inn turned boutique hotel in the old hilltop town of Rye.

0.3 km SE

Photo of The Mermaid Inn, a pub near Rye, East Sussex, south east England.

The Mermaid Inn

Pub near Rye

Ancient inn on cobbled Mermaid Street in Rye, long tied to the town's smuggling history.

0.3 km S

Photo of the Royal Military Canal, a 28-mile canal running from Hythe to near Hastings, south east England.

Royal Military Canal

Canal

A defence line dug against Napoleon along the landward edge of Romney Marsh, from Seabrook to Cliff End.

0.6 km S · Kent & East Sussex

Photo of William the Conqueror, a pub near Rye Harbour, East Sussex, south east England.

William the Conqueror

Pub near Rye Harbour

Riverside pub at Rye Harbour, a stop for walkers and birdwatchers at the nature reserve.

2.7 km SE

Everything else within 10 km (22) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.