Looking down Lion Street from the Parish Church Tower towards the High Street and the Old Grammar School, Rye, East Sussex, England.

Commentary.

 

St. Mary’s, the Parish Church of Rye in East Sussex

stands at the highest point of this superb Cinque Port.

Nowadays, for a small fee, visitors can climb

the wooden steps, beyond the Belfry, to the top of the Tower.

The view in all directions is marvellous.

Beyond the fascinating buildings of the town itself,

One can see the River Rother, harbour, Romney Marsh,

Dungeness and Winchelsea.

This image shows the view north, down Lion Street,

to where The Old Grammar School stands, in the High Street.

Old Rye is a place of sensational architecture with

some buildings dating back to the 12th. Century.

Rye itself dates back to Roman times, at least.

It was then a busy port in a bay on the English Channel.

Subsequent silting and land reclamation mean that it is an inland town.

However, it has become a landmark as the Old Town

stood on former cliffs, with St. Mary’s Church at the summit.

With miles of flat marsh in the surrounding area,

Rye is hard to miss.

It is a unique and intriguing town and certainly

one of my favourites in South-East England.

 

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