Day out · from Rye

The Rother weekend

The far east of the county has the rare combination: three vineyards you can visit, all within twenty minutes of Rye, and every single one of them has somewhere to sleep.

Two days, three estates, a bed at the end

1

Charles Palmer Vineyards
Rye (10 min) · rooms

Wed–Sun
2

Tillingham Estate
Rye (20 min) · food on site · rooms

Tours (check days)
3

Oxney Organic Estate
Rye (15 min) · rooms

Sat (2/day May–Oct)

How the day runs

This is the one weekend in Sussex wine where nobody has to drive home. Charles Palmer is closest to Rye at ten minutes, sitting on the old Wickham Manor land above Winchelsea. Tillingham is the anchor — it's the only one of the three that feeds you, and the Dutch barn is where the day goes long. Oxney is the largest single-estate organic producer in England and has the widest choice of beds, from shepherd's huts to the barns.

Before you go

Opening days shift with the season and several of these need booking. Check each estate before you commit to the train — we list what we've confirmed, but vineyards change their minds about Sundays.

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