Mermaid Inn, Rye, East Sussex

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Discover the 600 year old Mermaid Inn, by walking your way through the Linen Fold Panelled Restaurant, explore The Giants’ Fireplace Bar, peep into Dr Syns Lounge, and go upstairs to the Elizabethan Bed Chamber, and Dr Syns Bed Chamber, where the secret passageway behind the bookcase is open,to reveal the priest hole

To book a room www.mermaidinn.com

The inn was established in the 12th century and it has a long history. The main building dates back to 1420 and the additions were built in the 16th century. Only the cellars of the original building survived. The inn has a strong connection to a group of smugglers known as Hawkhurst Gang, who made use of the inns many secret passages and Rye’s history as a port in the 18th century.

this picture shows the eye of god looking down the road

The Mermaid Inn in Rye is home to numerous spirits and it has been featured on the TV show Most Haunted. Among the ghosts said to haunt the cosy, little hotel is that of the lady in grey or white which sits by the fireplace in Room 1, also called The James. Other ghostly apparitions which have been seen in the inn are that of the white lady which walks across a room and stops at the foot of the bed; the man who walks through the bathroom wall and into the main room and woman who is supposed to be the wife of one of the local smugglers back in the 16thcentury when Rye was still a port.

Other reports include bottles smashing to the floor in the Elizabethan Chamber room. In the Kingsmill room cold spots have been reported as well as a rocking chair rocking independently.

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Mermaid inn Rye East Sussex

Discover the 600 year old Mermaid Inn, by walking your way through the Linen Fold Panelled Restaurant, explore The Giants’ Fireplace Bar, peep into Dr Syns Lounge, and go upstairs to the Elizabethan Bed Chamber, and Dr Syns Bed Chamber, where the secret passageway behind the bookcase is open, to reveal the Priest Hole.

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The Mermaid Inn is a truly unique historic building.  It has been in the ownership of two families since 1993, and through loving stweardship, offers today a step back in time, with modern day comforts, friendly and attentive service, fine food and wine, and a bar offering local Ales, and a selection of more than 90 whiskies.

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Although cobbled it is quite safe to walk up Mermaid street and have a look in at  Mermaid 

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Mermaid Street, Rye Sussex

MERMAID STREET RYE EAST SUSSEX  1066 COUNTRY

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What could be more appealing than a row of beautiful houses in a picture-perfect setting?
Then you should visit Mermaid Street Rye

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Although cobbled it is quite safe to walk up Mermaid street and have a look in at  Mermaid Inn. rebuilt 600 years ago

The street is overflowing with charming half-timbered buildings draped with flowers. Stop off for a drink at The Mermaid, a 15th-century inn with sloping ceilings, creaking floorboards, secret passageways and the occasional ghost sighting included. 

 Sometimes we forget that some of the prettiest streets in the country are as heart-stopping as our greatest country houses and city escapes. 

Largely built many centuries ago, they make the most of local materials and topographical quirks, and the houses along them rise and fall as rhythmically as the notes in a song. 

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 There are also lots of quirky antique and gift shops to check out around town. Try Glass Etc for vintage glassware, Byzantium for jewellery, Rye Pottery for ceramics and the shops on the Strand for antiques and interiors.

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Rye, East Sussex

Rye, East Sussex

having a drink in the mermaid inn Rye East Sussex

Those historic roots and its charm make it a tourist destination, and much of its economy is based on that: there are a number of hotels, guest houses, B&Bs, tea rooms and restaurants, as well as other attractions, catering for the visitor. There is a small fishing fleet, and Rye Harbour has facilities for yachts and other vessels.

Mermaid Street is peppered with ancient buildings, with unusual names such as ‘The House Opposite’ or ‘The House with the Seat’.

Even the sea is a little wayward at times
The River Rother originally took an easterly course to flow into the sea near what is now New Romney. However, the violent storms in the 13th century (particularly in 1250 and 1287) cut the town off from the sea, destroyed Old Winchelsea and changed the course of the Rother. Then the sea and the river combined in about 1375 to destroy the eastern part of the town and ships began use the current area (the Strand) to unload their cargoes. Two years later the town was sacked and burnt by the French, and it was ordered that the town walls be completed,] as a defence against foreign raiders. it retreated from the town centuries ago, leaving Rye a stranded seaside town.

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Rye harbour nature reserve
Discover the wildlife in a mosaic of coastal habitats - shingle, saltmarsh, saline lagoons, coastal grazing marsh, freshwater gravel pits and reedbeds. Explore its changing coastline and military history, or simply enjoy a walk beside the sea.

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If  you still got plenty of energy left , why not walk the trackbed of The Rye and Camber Tramway which  was an English railway in East Sussex. It was of 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge, relatively unusual amongst British narrow gauge railways. It operated from 1895 until 1939, connecting Rye to the coast.

St Thomas Becket Fairfield Church
 Why not visit the  Church of St Thomas Becket, Fairfield , in Kent. This is a tiny church in a beautiful but slightly strange setting: down an unsignposted country lane, in the middle of a field in Romney Marsh, surrounded by sheep,