Rye Castle
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.Photo: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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- Type: Castle
- Description: castle in Rye, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Baddings Tower”, “RCM Ypres Tower”, “Rye Castle Museum (Ypres Tower)”, “The Ypres Tower”, and “Ypres Tower”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Mary’s Church, Rye and Lamb House.
St Mary’s Church, Rye
Church
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St Mary-the-Virgin, Rye is the Anglican parish church of the civil parish of Rye in East Sussex. Since 1951 it is a Grade I listed building because of its architectural and historical interest. St Mary’s Church, Rye is situated 340 feet west of Rye Castle.
Lamb House
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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. Lamb House is situated 660 feet west of Rye Castle.
St Anthony of Padua Church
Church
Photo: The Voice of Hassocks, CC0.
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. St Anthony of Padua Church is situated 650 feet west of Rye Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rye Harbour and Winchelsea.
Rye Harbour
Village
Photo: sue hayton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Winchelsea
Town
Photo: Oast House Archive, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Winchelsea is a town in the county of East Sussex, England, located between the High Weald and the Romney Marsh, approximately two miles southwest of Rye and seven miles north east of Hastings. Winchelsea is situated 2 miles southwest of Rye Castle.
Winchelsea Beach
Village
Photo: Chris Whippet, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Winchelsea Beach is a seaside village in the parish of Icklesham in the Rother district of East Sussex, England. The village is located about ten miles east of Hastings, and about 1.5 miles south east of Winchelsea. Winchelsea Beach is situated 2½ miles south of Rye Castle.
Rye Castle
- Categories: tower, local museum, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Rye, Rother District, East Sussex, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.94979° or 50° 56′ 59″ northLongitude
0.7356° or 0° 44′ 8″ eastInception
1249Open location code
9F22WPXP+W6OpenStreetMap ID
way 648448116OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q7384956
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Welsh—“Rye Castle” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Rye Castle”
- French: “château de Rye”
- French: “Château de Rye”
- German: “Rye Castle”
- Japanese: “ライ城”
- Turkish: “Rye Kalesi”
- Welsh: “Castell Rye”
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