The Mermaid Inn, Rye

Name: The Mermaid Inn
Address: Mermaid Street, Rye, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1797 223065

#9 among attractions in Rye

Drinks, Nightlife

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Facts and practical information

The Mermaid Inn is a Grade II* listed historical inn located on Mermaid Street in the ancient town of Rye, East Sussex, southeastern England. One of the best-known inns in southeast England, it was established in the 12th century and has a long, turbulent history. The current building dates from 1420 and has 16th-century additions in the Tudor style, but cellars built in 1156 survive. The inn has a strong connection with the notorious Hawkhurst Gang of smugglers, who used it in the 1730s and 1740s as one of their strongholds: Rye was a thriving port during this period. Some of the smugglers, their mistresses and other characters are reported to haunt the inn. ()

Coordinates: 50°57'0"N, 0°43'56"E

Address

Mermaid StreetRye United Kingdom

Contact

+44 1797 223065

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The Mermaid Inn – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Camber Castle, Lamb House, Sussex Border Path, Rye Castle Museum.

1.1 miS
Forts and castles
Camber Castle, Rye
30 min walk • Camber Castle, also known formerly as Winchelsea Castle, is a 16th-century Device Fort, built near Rye by King Henry VIII to protect the Sussex coast of England against French attack.
~150 ftSE
Museum, History museum, Historical place
Lamb House, Rye
1 min walk • Lamb House is a Grade II* listed 18th-century house situated in Rye, East Sussex, England, and in the ownership of the National Trust. The house is run as a writer's house museum. It has been the home of many writers, including Henry James from 1897 to 1914, and later E.F. Benson.
~820 ftSW
Hiking, Hiking trail
Sussex Border Path, Rye
4 min walk • The Sussex Border Path is a long-distance footpath around the borders of Sussex, a historic county and former medieval kingdom in southern England.
~660 ftNE
Museum, History museum, Forts and castles
Rye Castle Museum, Rye
4 min walk • Rye Castle, also known as Ypres Tower, was built in the 13th or 14th centuries, and is situated in Rye, East Sussex, England. It is a Grade I listed building and has been scheduled as an ancient monument.
~270 ftNW
Nightlife
The Olde Bell, Rye
2 min walk • The Olde Bell inn, also known as Ye Olde Bell, is a Grade II listed historical inn in Rye, East Sussex. It was built in 1390. It has a turbulent history and was once used for smuggling, connected by a secret tunnel with the nearby Mermaid Inn to the south.
~370 ftSE
Church, Romanesque architecture
St Anthony of Padua, Rye
2 min walk • St Anthony of Padua Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in Rye, East Sussex, England. It was constructed from 1927 to 1929 and replaced a church built in 1900. It is situated on Watchbell Street to the south of Lamb House. It is served by the Conventual Franciscans and is a Grade II listed building.
~400 ftW
Museum, Art gallery
Rye Pottery, Rye
2 min walk • The Rye Pottery is a pottery in Rye, East Sussex, England, known as the Cadborough Pottery or "Rye Pottery" from its beginnings in c. 1834 to 1876, and Belle Vue Pottery from 1869 until it closed in 1939. It was revived as the "Rye pottery" in 1947 by the brothers Walter and John Cole, who became known for their tinglazed wares.
~1980 ftNE
Bridge
Monk Bretton Bridge, Rye
10 min walk • The Monk Bretton Bridge is a road bridge over the River Rother in Rye, East Sussex. It carries the A259 road, a major road between Folkestone and Hastings, and is the most downstream crossing of the river. The area around the river beyond this resembles saltmarsh compared to that further upstream.
~240 ftSW
Church
Rye Particular Baptist Chapel, Rye
2 min walk • Rye Particular Baptist Chapel is a former Strict Baptist place of worship in Rye, an ancient hilltop town in Rother, one of six local government districts in the English county of East Sussex.
~950 ftW
Windmill
Gibbet Mill, Rye
5 min walk • Gibbet Mill, Tillingham Mill, Barry's Mill or New Mill is a grade II listed cosmetically reconstructed smock mill at Rye, East Sussex, England. Today it serves as bed and breakfast accommodation.
~830 ftNE
Monastery
Rye Austin Friary, Rye
5 min walk • Rye Austin Friary was an Augustinian friary in Conduit Street, Rye, East Sussex, England. Founded at an earlier site on the East cliff in 1364, the community transferred to the new site in town c.1380, but was dissolved in 1538 as part of the Dissolution of the Monasteries.

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Which popular attractions are close to The Mermaid Inn?

Nearby attractions include Lamb House, Rye (1 min walk), Rye Particular Baptist Chapel, Rye (2 min walk), St Anthony of Padua, Rye (2 min walk), Rye Pottery, Rye (2 min walk).

How to get to The Mermaid Inn by public transport?

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Rye (5 min walk)