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Bodiam Castle
Bodiam, near Robertsbridge,
East Sussex TN32 5UA
Telephone: 01580 830436
- One of Britain's most
famous and evocative castles
- Sussex Family
Attraction of the Year
- Medieval battlements, ramparts
and moat to explore
- Try on armour (on selected
school holiday days)
- Wonderful views
across an archaeology-rich landscape
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- House dates from 18th
century
- Home to writer Henry
James from 1898-1916
- Later home of authors E.F.
Benson and Rumer Godden
- Some of James's personal
possessions on display
- Charming walled garden
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Bateman's
Burwash, Etchingham, East
Sussex TN19 7DS
Telephone: 01435 882302 |
| Jacobean house, home of
Rudyard Kipling. |
- Left just as he left
it, reflecting the author's exotic oriental tastes
- Original illustrations
for The Jungle Book, drawn by Detmold brothers
- Delightful gardens run down to
the River Dudwell and a working watermill
- Kipling's 1928 Phantom 1
Rolls-Royce
- Dog crêche
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Rye
is an ancient town situated on the south coast of England in the county of
East Sussex. It has its own harbour and is part of the 1000 year old
Cinque Ports defence association of south east England. Nowadays, it
is very much a tourist attraction, with its own thriving market. Rye
harbour is very popular with sailing enthusiasts. And nearby, the
nature reserve keeps bird watchers occupied all year
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From the tower of the 12th St
Mary's century church, one looks down at a town which has altered
little through the ages. Handsome Georgian buildings jostle half timbered
Tudor houses in the cobbled streets, unchanged for hundreds of years. The
Ypres Tower, the Landgate and Town Wall all provide great photo
opportunities. But, Rye provides the visitor with many other pleasures too. |
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views, antique shops, art galleries, book shops and potteries, there are tea
shops serving delicious home made cakes and scones with Sussex cream,
splendid old inns, some still selling locally brewed "real ale" for the
dedicated beer drinker and a wide variety of fine restaurants to suit every
taste and pocket.
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Rye is part of the
Cinque Ports defence association
within Kent and East Sussex, England.
Originally five in number - hence the name. These included Dover,
Hastings, Hythe, New Romney and Sandwich. The towns formed the basis
of the Anglo-Saxon defence along the Kent coast of England. The main
thrust of the agreement was that each town would provide a specific number
of ships ready for action at a moment's notice. After the
Norman Conquest
in 1066, the towns of Rye and Winchelsea
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