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The Ship Inn BED
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a characterful countryside pub, with old beams and wooden floors |
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B&B Contact Details |
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Bed and Breakfast Summary |
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The Ship Inn
The Strand
Rye
East Sussex
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| 10 Double from: | £40.00 pppn |
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Bed and Breakfast Description |
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The Ship Inn is in the centre of Rye, at the bottom of Mermaid Street. The pub was built in 1592, originally as a warehouse to store contraband seized from smugglers. The Ship Inn has 10 rooms, all with en suite bathrooms, all newly decorated with comfortable beds & good quality linen.
The rooms are simple, clean, cheerful and seasidey, if that's a word. The building is hundreds of years old and has been adapted and converted at different times throughout the years. As such, the layout and size of the rooms vary so if you like you can click on the image and read a brief description of each to help you choose which one you're likely to like best.
For breakfast you can choose from things like eggs benedict, florentine or royale, home made American style pancakes & waffles, a full English, kippers, muesli, porridge, etc.
If you're staying at the pub and get tired of being out & about there's lots to do here - choose from Scrabble, Risk, a special Rye variation of Monopoly, dominoes, Jenga and a load of books and DVDs - spanning all interests from artistic films made by locally important people like Derek Jarman, the entire BBC series of Mapp & Lucia - shot here in Rye! Old favourites like Blithe Spirit, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie & Rebecca....and for the truly discerning we've all the Die Hard & Rocky films ever made.
Rye attracts loads of tourists but it's mainly a town for the people who live here all year round and that's what makes it even better for the visitors because they get to come and be part of a place that's full of life and people like Brett who runs the green-grocers and has been passionate about growing fruit and veg since he was 5. And then there's Tony the fish man and the way he prices the fish day to day - not by the most he can get for something but instead the simple rules of supply and demand - Turn up on a day he's caught plenty and you'll find it's cheap as chips. |
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Rye Attractions |
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Why Rye rocks...Well to begin with, it feels like you've stepped off the train / out of your car into the 1950's. No high street chains, no big super-markets, just a laid back market town that's about as quintessentially english as any place can be. Every turn you make through the lanes & twittens (that's a smaller lane) conjures stories of smugglers and piracy on the high seas. The cobbled streets under your feet create sounds akin to the clattering of hooves inviting images of a Highwayman coming in off the marshlands late at night, on a big black steed. Rye is heart achingly charming without being chocolate boxy or twee. It's cobbled streets and low beams all the way that's true, but cosied up together in amongst the tudor charm are the grand georgian mansion houses lived in by many a famous person (EF Benson, Radclyffe Hall, Henry James and a good few more). There's a record shop, a book shop, a butchers that makes the most delicious sausages and some good antiques, home-ware & accessories shops.
Worthy of special mention are Mccully & Crane positioned on needles passage just a short stroll from the pub and home to an eclectic mixture of vintage, antiques & homeware, all slung together with impeccably playful style. There's Cafe des Fleurs directly next door to the Ship and full of cupcakes, flowers and gifts, and then there's Wishbarn Antiques where you can rummage til your heart's content and be sure to come up with lots of affordable brilliant things you always wanted but didn't know you did, until you got to Wishbarn. |
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B&B Location
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Driving from the M25:
Head northwest on M25 0.6 mi
At junction 1a, take the A206 exit to Swanscombe 0.3 mi
At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto A206/University Way 0.2 mi
At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto the M25 ramp 0.3 mi
Merge onto M25 13.3 mi
Continue on A21 (signs for A21/Hastings)
Go through 4 roundabouts 19.9 mi
At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit and stay on A21 heading to Flimwell/Hastings 3.6 mi
Slight left at London Rd (signs for Hawkhurst/A268) 82 ft
Slight left at A268/Hawkhurst Rd
Continue to follow A268 8.8 mi
Turn left at A268/Whitebread Ln
Continue to follow A268 7.6 mi
At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto A259/Fishmarket Rd heading to Hastings/Battle/B2089
Continue to follow A259 0.5 mi
Turn right at Strand 72 ft
Turn left to stay on Strand
Destination will be on the left 128 ft
Nearest Railway Station:
Rye
(0.2
Miles)
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