If you don't know it, Rye is an absolute beauty of a small town on the East Sussex coast. It…read morereminds me of the very finest of Cornish villages with it's beamed cottages, streets cobbled with rounded flint stones and a lovely, relaxed atmosphere. It's just near to Camber Sands too so.....visit!!! Anyway, they've fished here for yonks & Strand Quay is where they used to dry their nets in these tall, weatherboarded structures, just like The Stade in Hastings down the coast.............The Strand Quay Gallery is in one of these sheds and is surrounded by numerous bric a brac shops. They double up as a decent cafe & it's a nice way to browse when you're of a mind to. The latte was good & so was the driftwood art. They seem to specialise in affordable originals with coastal connections. Very pleasant.

This shop is a really good find. It is absolutely full of every type of glass you could imagine and…read morethey don't mind you picking up the glasses. It has very relaxed atmosphere in fact they offered us a cup of tea. You could spend a long time in there there is so much to see. If you need to match antique glasses then this is the place for you.

Lovely little shop. Hopefully I'll be able to get across the Atlantic and visit there again soon…read more Bought beautiful pearl and peridot earrings and a jointed silver fish pendant.

This is a fantastic little shop that specialises in antiques, especially jewellery. It has very…read morefine pieces particularly pearls and opals. They sell very fine antique opals as well as man made ones. I highly recommend this lovely little shop for a little browse if you are in the area. My only wish was they had a website and I could order online but that would I suppose take away slightly from the exhilaration of a fantastic find by foot!