Walks from Rye

Highly recommended: Clifftop coastal path, steep climbs, remote naturist beach, flat marshland, ancient hilltop towns and panoramic viewpoints.

Coastal: three fifths along the coast.

Lamb House: Georgian house in Rye, built in 1723; once a mayoral residence that welcomed King George I and later home to writers Henry James and E. F. Benson (National Trust; 6h in; 1h to visit).

Warnings: Crumbly cliff edges.

Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).

Similar walk: Slow Ways (inc. GPX).

Reverse direction: Railwalks.

Medieval hilltop town, reclaimed marshland, shingle beach, saline lagoons, freshwater gravel pits, reedbeds, riverside embankments and coastal nature reserve.

Warnings: Can be muddy.

Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).

Some great views from the top of the old Isle of Oxney. A largely flat low-lying route on decent paths, mostly along the Royal Military Canal towpath and with some field paths and a stretch over the higher ground of the old Isle of Oxney. Largely follows the Saxon Shore Way. In dry summers an alternative Saxon Shore Path from Appledore to Ham Street offers better, more varied scenery.

Waterway: two thirds along the Royal Military Canal.

Lamb House: Georgian house in Rye, built in 1723; once a mayoral residence that welcomed King George I and later home to writers Henry James and E. F. Benson (National Trust; 1h to visit).

1 lunch spot: the Woolpack Inn

Walk details: Slow Ways.

Medieval hilltop town, reclaimed marshland, shingle beach, riverside embankments, agricultural fields, wooded hillsides and village lanes via Playden.

Warnings: Embankment path closed until 2026/27.

Source: A longer variant of Rye Figure of 8 (Saturday Walkers Club).

Flat levels, farmland, coastal path to Pett Level and return via connecting walk.

Source: A variant of Winchelsea to Hastings (Saturday Walkers Club).