🏴☠️ Ahoy there, shipmates! ⚓️Set sail for Rye on 9th August for a day of high-seas hijinks, treasure hunts, and tales of pirates, smugglers, and secret passageways… The Rye Pirates & Smugglers Family Fun Day is back — and it’s the perfect day out for salty seadogs of all ages 🏴☠️✨ TL;DR: On 9 August, Rye Rye Pirates & Smugglers Day: A swashbuckling Saturday in AugustRead More
Hawkhurst gang
Follow in the footsteps of the Hawkhurst Gang
Whispers, hidden alleyways, narrow cobbled streets and closely built houses interconnected by attics and cellars, lights at sea… tales of smuggling tease your imagination all along our historic coast. Follow in the footsteps of the infamous smugglers and uncover the secrets of villages and towns whose prosperity relied on the smuggling gangs. Then go ‘behind Follow in the footsteps of the Hawkhurst GangRead More
Smuggling capital of England
Smuggling Capital of England In the dead of night, the sea mist hangs over the beach and the surrounding area of Camber sands cloaking the incoming boat. It moves silently towards the beach, out from the dunes, a large group of men approach the vessel, while a handful of armed guards keep a lookout for Smuggling capital of EnglandRead More
