Useful Links

Here are a few links of some of my favourite activities and places to visit in the area.  It will hopefully give you a little taster of how much there is on offer and the fun you can have visiting the area. 

With each booking I will send you a comprehensive summary of all the things you can do, including contact numbers, addresses, websites and news of any special events that might be happening in the month you have booked.

As a starting point, these are just some of the places to visit/things to do near us:

- Enormous beaches (sand or shingle)
- Learn how to wind surf and kite surf (in one of the surfing places in the UK, adults and kids)
- Fantastic cycling, with planned routes
- Day trips to France (tunnel entrance only 30 mins away)
- Farmers markets
- Amazing food shopping (meat and fish to die for)
- Eclectic mix of antique shops, perfect for every bargain hunter
- Culture (amazing literary festival every year, jazz and theatre)
- Fishing (fresh/sea/trout)
- Food & drink (Rye scallop festival and great local restaurants)
- Golf (Rye has one of the best link courses in the UK)
- Great NT houses & gardens
- Kids activities (karting/sailing lessons/fishing/cycling/wind/kite surfing, etc)
- Thriving local artist community (open studios)
- Horse riding on the beach and surrounding area
- Tennis (lawn tennis club in Rye)
- The magic of Dungeness (area of outstanding natural beauty)

and much much more.... 


With every equiries I send you an Insider Guide on Rye Harbour, What's on Rye and a Rye antique Trail map.
Whith every booking I send you a full Rye and it's surroudings Insider Guide with the best activities, beaches, walks, shops, restaurants and best kept secrets so you can plan your trip before hand and not miss a thing!

SOME USEFUL LINKS TO GET YOU STARTED:

RYE HARBOUR

Rye Harbour Nature Reserve
www.wildrye.info/reserve
Discover our Wetland Wildlife, wildlife events, notice board and much more.

RYE

Rye Heritage
www.ryeheritage.co.uk/default.aspx?n=p&p=home
The Rye Heritage Centre provides an ideal introduction to the town bringing together the Story of Rye set within the Rye Town Model

Rye Castle Museum
History Rye
www.ryemuseum.co.uk
Children under 16 years free at both sites, when accompanied by an adult who takes full responsility for them.


SHOP RYE

Glass Etc.
http://www.decanterman.com/
Aladdin's cave of everything to do with glass
Andy McConnell is one of Britain’s leading authorities on glassware of all types, and his books have covered the subject from 1650 to the present.  He is the first glass specialist recruited to BBC TV’s Antiques Roadshow.  If you ask him nicely you might even get a cup of tea.


HEALTH & BEAUTY RYE

The Rye Retreat
www.theryeretreat.co.uk
Centre of Excellence for Hair and Beauty
Really fantastic beauty, hair and health salon offering a enormous range of treatments and alternative therapies.


FOOD & DRINK

The Gallivant 
www.thegallivanthotel.com
01797 225057
The Restaurant is uniquely located a hop and a skip from one of the most dramatic white sandy beaches on the South Coast – Camber Sands.  One of the coolest places to 'hang out' enjoying a long drinks whilst watching the sun goes down.

Rye Farmer's Market
www.ryemarket.org.uk
Every Wednesday. 10.00 - 1.00 Strand Quay. Buy local produce from local suppliers and fish caught on the day!


KITE SURF/WINDSURF/SAIL/ACTIVITIES

Rye Water Sports
www.ryewatersports.co.uk
Camber Nr Rye
Teaches windsurfing, sailing and kite boarding to all ages on their beautiful lake


KIDS RYE

Ghost Tours of Rye
www.ryeheritage.co.uk/default.aspx?n=p&p=audiotours
Ghosties and ghoulies and long-legged beasties...
Cassettes are available for hire by day or... overnight!

Rare Breeds Centre Farm Park
www.rarebreeds.org.uk/
South of England Rare Breeds Centre
 Whatever the weather or time of year, no other attraction offers so much to see and do as the Rare Breeds Centre with its unique mix of fun, excitement and countryside adventure!

Port Lympne Animal Park
www.totallywild.net/portlympne/index.php
Every day is different at Port Lympne Wild Animal Park and there's always something new to see and do. Set in 600 acres, including a magnificent mansion and 15 acres of landscaped gardens the park offers a totally wild day out in Kent for all the family!


GOLF

Golf Rye
www.ryegolfclub.co.uk/visitor/visitor.html
Golf World Magazine ranks Rye Golf Club as 25th in the World

Lydd Golf Club
www.lyddgolfclub.co.uk 
Lydd Golf Course, set on the Romney Marsh, is located approximately 15 minutes drive from the houses.
 


BEST BEACHES

Rye Harbour Beach Reserve
www.wildrye.info
The beach is peaceful and never crowded with shingle at high tide and level sand at the low.

Camber Sand Beach
www.goodbeachguide.co.uk/details.php?beach=Camber
Camber has 7 miles of Blue Flag award winning beach. This very popular foreshore contains the only sand dunes in East Sussex a valuable habitat for many different animals and plants, and provides an ideal family beach with a wide expanse of sand fronting the dunes.


THE MAGIC OF DUNGENESS

Discover why the ‘Ness’ is so popular with Art Directors

Dungeness Lighthouse
www.dungenesslighthouse.com
Dungeness
Climb the tower for panoramic aspects over the English Channel and the surrounding countryside.

RH&DRailway
www.rhdr.org.uk/rhdr/home_flash.html
The Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway is Kent's mainline in miniature.


NATIONAL TRUST HOUSES AND EVENTS

Smallhythe Place
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-smallhytheplace
Smallhythe
Tenterden
Ellen Terry's early 16th-century house and cottage gardens

Bodiam Castle
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-bodiamcastle
Bodiam
One of Britain's most famous and evocative castles


GREAT HOUSES AND GARDENS

Great Dixter house and garden
www.greatdixter.co.uk/index.htm
Great Dixter
 Home of Christopher Lloyd, famous gardener, designer and prolific writer of gardening books.

Battle Abbey
www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.14113
Stand on the very spot where King Harold was slain and explore the ruins of the atmospheric abbey