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The Hope Anchor Hotel - Rye

Watchbell Street
Rye TN31 7HA


 We are a traditional privately owned Hotel in Rye and have been welcoming guests for over thirty years making us one of the longest family owned hotels in Rye. br / br / br / br / The hotel dates back to the 18th Century and is one of the smallest hotels in Rye with thirteen en-suite bedrooms two Apartments and a two hundred year old Fisherman s Cottage and our restaurant serves local fresh fish meat and produce from Rye and the surrounding area. br / br / br / br / Unlike most of the other hotels in Rye we are not only situated in the heart of the Citadel alongside cobbled streets and crooked cottages but we also have outstanding views of Romney Marsh Camber Castle and the sea. br / br / br / br / For the last five years we have been voted the No1 hotel in Rye on Trip advisor for hotels in Rye and the local area thanks to all the great guest comments we have received. br / br / br / br / Welcome to The Hope Anchor Hotel and if you are looking for a traditional Country Hotel in Rye please take a look at what our hotel can offer you. br / br / The Hope Anchor is a mid 18th Century Hotel built at the end of one of the most delightful streets in Rye. The building originally would have housed a Smugglers gang thought to have been The Tenterden a nasty motley crew! Pistols at the ready and regular fights for territory with other local smugglers gangs including the infamous Hawkhurst legend has it that on one occasion the Tenterden gang famously out gunned the Hawkhurst gang and they scurried hurriedly back to their watering hole! Most of the secret passage ways and escape routes are now blocked in but once here it doesn t take a lot of imagination to realise what it was like in those dark and exciting days! br / br / br / br / The Hope Anchor as its name suggests was built primarily for a watering hole for the sailors and ship builders as Rye was still surrounded by the sea up until the late 18th century. br / br / The hotel and all rooms are Non Smoking.

Directions to The Hope Anchor Hotel Rye

Rye - Road: Rye is located about three miles from the coast 12 miles east of Hastings near the county border and at the meeting of the Rivers Rother Tillingham and Brede. It is located at the junction of the A259/A268. The A21/A268 provides access from London and the M25 (from Gatwick or Heathrow Airports). The M20/A2070/A259 provides access from Dover the Channel Tunnel Cheriton Terminal and the M25 (from the Dartford Crossing and the A20 alternative route from London). We offer limited permit parking br/ br/ London - Train: You can get the train from London Charing Cross Kings Cross St Pancras. The journeys is about 1.30hrs change at Ashford International. br/ br/ Dover - Train: Trains to Rye with a change at Ashford International. br/ br/ Rye - Road: From the A268 circumnavigate Rye clockwise via the A259 (Hastings Road) as you notice yachts on your left turn right into Wishward drive up Mermaid Street turn right into West Street and then right again into Watch Bell Street. The Hope Anchor is at the end of the road. Alternatively via Landgate Arch drive up the hill first left into East Street first left again into Church Square first right into Watch Bell Street. We offer permit parking which is limited.

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