Third Stop

Windmill/River Tillingham

To our right is the only remaining Rye Windmill and in front of us is the River Tillingham. One can now see where E.F.Benson got his name of Tilling for his Mapp and Lucia Books. Behind us is the Deals, which Houses the local information Centre, and old Warehouses which have been converted into various retail outlets.

Wish Ward/Mermaid Street/The Mint/West Street

If we now walk along the road opposite we come to the junction of Wish Ward, The Mint and Mermaid Street. To get a complete tour the next road to traverse is The Mint if we go up there to our next road on the right which is West Street, This street is cobbled and if we go up here right at the end is Lamb House.

Lamb House

Just before Lamb House on our right is Mermaid Street this is probably the most Famous Street in Rye if we go down Mermaid Street you will find The Mermaid Hotel on the right. In the novels by Malcolm Saville this was the Gay Dolphin and in the Pugwash Books by John Ryan this is Merriemaid Street. In this street we have various houses named after their old uses The Old Hospital, Jeakes House.etc. As we walk down Mermaid Street very near the bottom is a passage, which we will walk up this, takes us to Watch Bell Street here you will find the Hope Anchor Inn and opposite one can see in the distance Rye's sister Town of Winchelsea and Rye's third River the River Brede.

Lamb House

Watchbell Street/Church Square

If we walk up Watchbell Street we come to Church Square here we have another land mark building called St Anthony's if we go left here to the next turning and just look left the next house we see has a very crooked chimney. We now walk along the path to our right, which will take us to the main entrance to the church if we now go left we will walk past Simon the Pieman and Fletchers House.

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