Fisherman's Rest, Winchelsea

About this property

Stay in this modern family cottage, close to the historical towns of Rye and Winchelsea, within easy reach of Winchelsea Beach

You enter the property through the porch and straight into the lounge. The lounge has ample seating for four guests and is a light and airy room. Off the lounge you have the modern kitchen/diner, everything you could possibly need for your stay. The stairs from the lounge take you to the bedrooms. The master bedroom is a double, and is light and airy and a good size. There is ample room in the master bedroom to have the pull out trundle bed from the single room, for a small child if needed. The single bedroom can be used as a double bedroom with limited space if requested. Both bedrooms have lovely views of the surrounding farm land and the town of Winchelsea in the distance.

There is a small family bathroom with a wall mounted shower attachment over the bath tub, with hand rails for easy access into and out of the bath.

The patio garden, is to the front of the property and has flower beds to the edges and seating for enjoying your morning coffee or a glass of wine. The beach is a gentle 15 minute stroll away or 5 minutes by car and there is a children’s playground close by too.

There is a garage to the back of the property, where you can store your bicycles or windsurfing and kite surfing equipment.

Winchelsea Beach and beyond

Winchelsea Beach is a seaside village, located 1.5 miles south east of Winchelsea and about 10 miles from Hastings. The beach faces Rye Bay, the estuary of the River Rother and is a frequented by many species of birds. The beach is mainly shingle but at low tide sand is revealed.

Located close to the Ancient Town of Winchelsea, which is one of the few examples of a bastide town in England, based on the grid-iron street plan, with wide, regular, streets arranged around a giant square and the incomplete cathedral type church of St. Thomas the Martyr. Generally accepted as one of the finest examples of the decorated period in the country, the church contains fine carvings, delicate tracery, lofty arches with piers and fluted shafts of Caen stone and marble and magnificent canopied tombs including the famous Alard Tombs. Many a visitor, hunts out the grave stone in the churchyard of the comedian 'Spike Milligan', who was a local resident. The town is steeped in history, with three medieval gates standing guard against long - departed foes; and beneath the broad streets, the hidden wine cellars of the old port town.

Rye is is about 2.5 miles away and like Winchelsea, enjoys a colourful medieval past, with plenty to visit and pretty shops and tea rooms to enjoy. The beaches of Winchelsea Beach, Pett Level and Camber Sands, are all within easy reach. Whether you wish to explore rock pools when the tide is out at Pett Level or walk for miles on the sandy beach of Camber Sands, there is lots to explore from your Winchelsea base. Only 20 minutes away by car, is the traditional seaside resort of Hastings. Here you can walk among the fishing boats or for a more cultural experience visit the new Jerwood Gallery set amongst the old fishing huts.

Rye Harbour Nature Reserve is just a short drive away. The Nature Reserve lies within a triangle of land extending south from Rye past Rye Harbour to the sea, westward to Winchelsea Beach and northwards along the River Brede. Renowned for its fauna and flora and as a haven for shore birds, a large part of the nature reserve is a 'Site of Special Scientific Interest.' Hastings Country Park is about 7 miles away and covers 267 hectares of ancient woodland, heathland and grassland, along with three miles of dramatic cliffs and coastline. These can be enjoyed whatever the season.

Places to Visit

Rye Heritage Centre

Blue Reef Aquarium — Hastings

Bodiam Boating Station — Newenden

What’s On

Jack in the Green — Hastings — May

Rye Jazz Festival — Jul/Aug

Rye Arts Festival — September

Local shop — 200 yards Winchelsea Beach

Supermarket — 200 yards Co-Op Winchelsea Beach

Restaurant — 100 yards Winchelsea Beach

Local pub — 200 yards Winchelsea Beach

Local bus service to Hastings and Rye No 344

Mainline railway station — 2.5 miles Rye

Gatwick Airport — 62 miles