Notable buildings in the town include St Mary's church, the Ypres Tower and many of those on Mermaid Street. Famous residents have included authors Henry James, E.F. Benson, and Margaret Rumer Godden, all of whom at different times inhabited Lamb House, one of the city's historic residences. The house and the town figure prominently in several of Benson's novels.
Rye has a railway station on the Hastings to Ashford"Marsh Link" line. It was also the terminus for the pre-WWII Rye & Camber Tramway, built to serve golf courses and Camber Sands, a tourist beach.
External links
Rye Tourism site (http://www.rye-tourism.co.uk/)
Rye pictures & information (http://www.picturesofengland.com/Rye)
National Trust Lamb House site (http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/scripts/nthandbook.dll?ACTION=PROPERTY&PROPERTYID=107)
Rye Harbour is a picturesque village and moorings near the Kent and Sussex border.
The church of the Holy Spirit at Rye Harbour stands in a beautiful location with a memorial to all those who lost their lives in the Mary Stanford Lifeboat Disaster in 1928.
It can be reached on foot from a footpath at the Rye end of the Rye Harbour Road, or from a footpath through the Rye Nature Reserve or from a footpath at Winchelsea Beach.
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