Amber at Rye Festival of the Sea

Home Secretary Takes a Break from the Action and Relaxes at Rye’s Festival of the Seas By Jim Hollands The thousands that attended Rye on Saturday 22 July to enjoy the excitement of the Raft Race and enjoy the music, stalls and entertainment at the Strand were delighted to see Rye & Hastings Member of … Continue reading Amber at Rye Festival of the Sea

London Murderer was brought up in Rye

Masood Shot Dead at Westminster. It was revealed yesterday that the London Murderer has been identified by police as Khalid Masood. The Westminster attacker, Masood, 52, was born as Adrian Elms and it’s claimed by the “Mail”, that he lived in a £300,000 house in Rye when he was a boy.  The so-called Islamic State group has claimed it … Continue reading London Murderer was brought up in Rye

Rye Raft Race 2012

Sun shines on the Lions Raft Race and Fete By Conrad Freezer This year, despite the dubious weather forecast, the sun shone on a record crowd at the Annual Rye Raft Race and Fete organised by Rye and District Lions Club. This was the 34th Race organised by the Lions who usually expect some 5,000 … Continue reading Rye Raft Race 2012

London In 55 Minutes From Rye And 68 Minutes From Hastings

By Stuart Harland Chairman MarshLink Action Group At the end of March Network Rail announced the Hastings – London line had re-opened after major works to reinstate a large number of track failures along the line caused by the weather.

Rod Shows Rye the Way

  By Jim Hollands Ex Motor racing driver Rod Chapman is leading the race to get Rye back into work and out of the recession. His Atlas Business Park on Rye Harbour Road and the vast Rye Wharf site and accompanying facilities and ground contain dozens of local businesses providing work for hundreds of local … Continue reading Rod Shows Rye the Way

Rye Greenway Plan Launched

THE ROTHER Environmental Group (REG) has launched exciting and ambitious new plans for a ‘greenway’ running through Rye which would provide a safe, shared route for pedestrians, cyclists, pushchair users and the less able between key trip attractions.

Great Raft Race of 2010

Rye Raft Race Draws the Bank Holiday Crowds Rye and District Lions were delighted with the huge crowd of spectators that turned out to watch their 32nd Annual Rye Raft Race on Sunday. Despite many other attractions on a Bank Holiday weekend the public from Rye and its surrounding area supported the event in record numbers, an estimated 5,000.