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What to do and see in Rye, England: The Best Points of Interest & Landmarks
Discover the best top things to do in Rye, United Kingdom including Spike Milligan's Grave, The Mary Stanford Lifeboat Pebble Memorial, Mary Stanford Lifeboat Disaster Memorial Window, High Weald Landscpe Trail, St. Michael's Church, Mermaid Street, Spike Milligan's Grave, The War Memorial Windows, Tomb of Gervase Alard, Winchelsea War Memorial.
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1. Spike Milligan's Grave
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5.0 based on 10 reviews
Reviewed By JuneBug1939 - Weston super Mare, United Kingdom
Not much there but a tombstone, but it IS Spike Milligan's tombstone. We just had to see it and we came to the pretty little town/village of Winchelsea especially. Spike was Irish and wanted "I told you I was ill" on his headstone, so it was engraved there in Celtic. He would have loved to have seen it! Bless his memory! Making us laugh even at his death. My dad loved Spike - praise indeed!
2. The Mary Stanford Lifeboat Pebble Memorial
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5.0 based on 6 reviews
Reviewed By hawkes2an - Cranbrook, United Kingdom
Outside the Lifeboat House in Rye Harbour there is a very touching and unique memorial to some very brave men; the Mary Stanford Lifeboat Pebble Memorial. If you are in the area this is one thing that you should not miss viewing.
3. Mary Stanford Lifeboat Disaster Memorial Window
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5.0 based on 4 reviews
Reviewed By johnhouston2 - Knaresborough, United Kingdom
Unless you are a particular fan of ecclesiastical glazing, there are so many stained glass windows in churches that it is easy to give them nought but a passing glance. Having previously visited the old lifeboat station and read up about the tragedy, there was no chance of that happening here. And although it’s perhaps stating the obvious, a window that commemorates a person or an event that we can relate to is somehow far more relevant, and emotionally touching than the run of the mill religious iconography. I’m very glad to have seen this.
4. High Weald Landscpe Trail
5. St. Michael's Church
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4.5 based on 17 reviews
6. Mermaid Street
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4.5 based on 75 reviews
Reviewed By TheNatster75 - Birmingham, United Kingdom
We absolutely loved walking the cobble stones of Mermaid Street, I especially loved the names of the cottages and the history behind some of the plaques on the walls. It's worth a visit if you're passing through.
7. Spike Milligan's Grave
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4.5 based on 3 reviews
8. The War Memorial Windows
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4.5 based on 3 reviews
Reviewed By hawkes2an - Cranbrook, United Kingdom
It's worth visiting Winchelsea just to have a look at these windows in the Church of St Thomas the Martyr. The left-hand window represents land, the right-hand window represents sea and the centre window fire. They are beautiful examples of the stained-glass window maker's aret
9. Tomb of Gervase Alard
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4.5 based on 4 reviews
Reviewed By hawkes2an - Cranbrook, United Kingdom
It's not everyone that can have the heads of a king and a king's wife on his tomb but Gervase Alard does. The delicately carved arch of the recessed canopy springs from the heads of King Edward I and his second wife, Margaret. This very imposing tomb shows Gervase Alard, an Admiral of the Cinque Ports, who was born in Winchelsea and was Winchelsea's first Mayor, in full armour with raised hands and a lion crouching at his feet. It is well worth seeking out if you are in the church.
