Rye Harbour
Village near Rye, Sussex, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rye Harbour is a village located on the East Sussex coast in southeast England, near the estuary of the River Rother: it is part of the civil parish of Icklesham and the Rother district. Rye Harbour is located some two miles (3.2 km) downstream of the town of Rye.
Rye Harbour | |
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Rye Harbour in 1898 by Reginald Aspinwall | |
Location within East Sussex | |
OS grid reference | TQ939191 |
• London | 54 miles (87 km) NW |
Civil parish | |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | RYE |
Postcode district | TN31 |
Dialling code | 01797 |
Police | Sussex |
Fire | East Sussex |
Ambulance | South East Coast |
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The River Rother from Rye seawards, and including the village of Rye Harbour, is under the control of the Environment Agency.[1] At the village itself there are yacht moorings; a small fishing fleet (coded RX: Rye SusseX); some commercial shipping; and a long-established lifeboat station.[2] There is also a holiday village called Rye Harbour Holiday Park [3] alongside the village itself.[4]
An industrial estate straddles the road to Rye Harbour from Rye. It contains warehousing, light manufacturing and an oil refinery.[5]
The village community has set up a pictorial website, aimed at promoting its history.[6]