Four separate events in Rye will lead to road closures for both brief and lengthy periods of time – and permission is being sought from the RDC (Rother District Council) for these closures.
It may not feel like it now, but Christmas is coming – and this year’s Christmas Festival in Rye takes place on Saturday December 8. So it is proposed that East Street, Hilders Cliff, the High Street, Market Street and Lion Street be closed between 9am and 6pm for a Christmas Market and late-night shopping.
The Christmas procession (pictured above) will also close off other streets briefly as it starts from Station Approach and goes round to the Landgate and the High Street before ending at Strand Quay car park, with Father Christmas returning (the wrong way) back up The Mint to the town centre.
The High Street, East Street, Market Street and Lion Street will also close the previous month on Remembrance Sunday November 11 between 10:30am and 11am for the traditional procession and service.
As this marks the end of the First World War and next year marks the 80th anniversary of the start of the Second World War this may be a larger event than usual.
Two months before, on September 9, the High Street will be closed for half an hour at noon for a procession as part of Rye’s Festival of the Sea – celebrated on the River Rother by a raft race. And The Strand will be closed from 7am to 7pm for stalls and other events forming part of the Maritime Festival – but safely away from quayside.
Then next month, at the end of August, and over the Bank Holiday Weekend August 25-27, East Street, Market Street and Lion Street will be closed from 12 noon to 8pm, except for residents’ access, for the Jazz Festival.
This will use a one way system via East Street and Church Square and the upper part of West Street by Lamb House, with two-way traffic in Mermaid Street and the lower half of West Street, leading into the High Street.
Photos: Rye News Library
Image Credits: Kenneth Bird .