Rye is a small town and civil parish in the Rother district, in East Sussex, England, two miles from the sea at the confluence of three rivers: the Rother, the Tillingham, and the Brede. In medieval times, as an important member of the Cinque Ports confederation, it was at the head of an embayment of the English Channel, and almost entirely surrounded by the sea.
Those historic roots and its charm make it a tourist destination, with hotels, guest houses, B&Bs, tea rooms, and restaurants. One such hotspot is Mermaid Street, which was named one of the most Instagrammed streets in the UK. Rye also has a small fishing fleet, and Rye Harbour has facilities for yachts and other vessels.
The name Rye is believed to come from the West Saxon ieg meaning island. Medieval maps show that Rye was originally located on a huge embayment of the English Channel called the Rye Camber, which provided a safe anchorage and harbour. Probably as early as Roman times, Rye was important as a place of shipment and storage of iron from the Wealden iron industry.
Rye, East Sussex. (2022, October 8). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rye,_East_Sussex
I freaking loved this town, it was amazing, I took the train from St Pancras International Rail Station to Rye, it was a cloudy day, my day off at work and I was bored, I needed to travel a little bit and get to know more of England, I found this town by reading an article about small British towns and since the one I wanted to visit was way too far, I looked up this one to see the distance and it wasn't that far from London so I decided to go on an adventure.
I took some photographs as usual and walked around pretty much the whole town, I was tired and it started to rain so I went to a tea room and ordered a slice of cake and tea. I enjoyed very much this town, I literally felt I was in an old English movie.
After the rain stopped, I went out to the street again and visited the church where actually outside of it there was the cemetery (how weird), in Mexico we never have them together, normally the cemetery is very separated from the city, far away and especially not by the churches but here, it looked lovely, in the fall with the leaves falling from trees, the smell of the wet dirt, rain, I would say kind of melancholic.
I'd love to see more of these tiny towns from England in the future.
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Gre ❤
