A good sign
A new road sign welcoming people to Tilling Green is being unveiled next week. The sign is opposite the community centre and residents are being invited to the ceremony on Monday, July 28 at 5:30pm.
The Tilling Green Residents Association have arranged funding for the sign and Rother District Council’s estates team are installing it.
Rye News will have a full report next week.
A danger to bees
Investigations are continuing after a possible sighting of an Asian or yellow-legged hornet in an outhouse in Udimore on Wednesday July 16. The insects, which are described as “an incredibly destructive invasive species” present one of the biggest threats to UK honey bees and other pollinators in a generation.
There have been 65 credible yellow-legged hornet sightings in the UK so far this year. 24 nests have been found.
More consultation on parking
East Sussex County Council (ESCC) is asking for views on changes to parking rules in several parts of Rye. A planned extension to the no waiting zone near the Brede sluice on the Harbour Road is proposed, along with changes to the waiting rules on Cinque Ports Street and Station Approach.
ESCC says the proposals follow requests for changes to existing parking controls or where local residents or businesses want new controls to be introduced.
You can find more about the consultation, which runs until August 8, here.
Your questions to the police
You have two more weeks to get your questions to Rye News ahead of an interview with Sussex Police commander, Simon Yates, the senior officer responsible for policing in Rye.
We’ve already had plenty of suggestions, including concerns about the future of Rye police station and anti-social behaviour in the town. Either leave a comment below or email info@ryenews.org.uk.
You can read more about the planned interview here.
Anchor restored
In time for the little-known Nautical Archaeological Society’s World Anchor Day on July 26, the huge anchor outside the Rye Heritage Centre has had its final coat of paint. Volunteers Sue Hassall and Geoff Cook helped Andi Rivett of Rock Channel Marine using paint donated by the harbour master, James Bateman.
The anchor is thought to date from 1530 and to be from a large man-‘o-war similar to the Mary Rose. The anchor, weighing three tons, was recovered from Rye Bay in 1993. It was reconstructed in 1994 by members of the Hastings Sub Aqua Association and has been an impressive Rye landmark outside the heritage centre for many years. It was fully restored in 2014-5 and was last painted in April 2022.
What’s on
There’s so much to do this weekend in and around Rye, with loads of events published in our what’s on section. Here are just a couple.
Image Credits: Jim Linwood https://www.flickr.com/photos/brighton/2595970508 CC https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/, Dan Lake , Pxhere https://pxhere.com/en/photo/810106 cc https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/, ESCC , Sussex Police , Andi Rivett .
It’s certainly welcome to increase no parking up to the bend on Rye harbour road,before a serious accident occurs, it’s a shame that East Sussex Highways cannot persuade national highways to install double yellows lines from shipyard lane to St Margaret’s terrace on south undercliffe, one of the biggest bottle necks at present in this town, along with metal railings in front of the fish and chip shop on the roundabout at Strand Quay, already there is a large pot hole on the path,thanks to the illegal parking on it, which has become dangerous too pedestrians using it.