Playden
Parish in Rother, East Sussex, England
| Coordinates: | 50.97, 0.737 |
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| OS grid ref: | TQ 92 22 |
| Dialling code: | 01797 (Rye) |
Playden is a tiny rural parish in the district of Rother in East Sussex, situated immediately beside the historic town of Rye and close to the estuary of the River Rother. The landscape mixes low-lying farmland and grazing marshes that flow into the coastal wetlands around Rye Harbour and the Romney Marsh, making the area popular with birdwatchers and walkers.
The community is small and largely residential with an agricultural legacy, while many residents work in or around Rye and in local conservation and tourism. Playden retains a quiet, historic character - narrow lanes, a parish church and buildings that hint at medieval origins and the smuggling-era stories commonly told along this stretch of coast.
Postcode districts covering Playden
Most populated places nearby
- Hastings 9.9 miles16 km
- Eastbourne 23.5 miles37.9 km
- Maidstone 22.9 miles36.8 km
- Royal Tunbridge Wells 23.4 miles37.6 km
- Folkestone 19.8 miles31.8 km
- Ashford 13.3 miles21.4 km
- Bexhill-on-Sea 14.7 miles23.7 km
- Hailsham 22 miles35.4 km
- Faversham 24.8 miles39.9 km
- Hythe 16.5 miles26.6 km
Neighbouring places
- Playden Built-up area 0.5 miles0.8 km
- Iden Built-up area 0.9 miles1.4 km
- Rye Foreign Parish 1 mile1.5 km
- East Guldeford Parish 1.3 miles2.1 km
- Eastern Rother Ward 1.3 miles2.2 km
- Rye Built-up area 1.3 miles2.2 km
- Peasmarsh Built-up area 2.1 miles3.3 km
- Rye & Winchelsea Ward 2.4 miles3.9 km
- Wittersham Built-up area 3.4 miles5.5 km
- Stone-cum-Ebony Parish 3.4 miles5.5 km
- Camber Built-up area 3.5 miles5.6 km
- Winchelsea Beach Built-up area 3.5 miles5.6 km
Example postcodes in Playden
TN31 7PP, TN31 7PL, TN31 7NR, TN31 7UJ, TN31 7UH, TN31 7PN, TN31 7QB, TN31 7NT, TN31 7PJ … See all
Transport links
- London Southend Airport 41.6 miles66.9 km
- London Gatwick Airport 41.8 miles67.2 km
- Rye Railway Station 1.3 miles2.1 km
- Winchelsea Railway Station 2.9 miles4.7 km
Hotels near Playden Ad
- Strand House 3 3.2 miles5.2 km
- The George in Rye 4 1.3 miles2.2 km
- The Regent, Rye 1.3 miles2 km
- River Haven Hotel 3 1.5 miles2.5 km
- Flackley Ash Country House Hotel 3 2.7 miles4.3 km
- The Lookout Rye 3 1.3 miles2 km
- Winchelsea Lodge 4 3.7 miles5.9 km
- The Print House Inn 4 7.1 miles11.4 km
- The Woolpack Hotel 4 7.1 miles11.5 km
- White Lion Tenterden 7.1 miles11.4 km
Schools in Playden
- St Michael's C of E Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Nature reserve 2.9 miles4.7 km
- Camber Sands Beach 3.5 miles5.7 km
- Saint Helen's Wood Forest 9.4 miles15.1 km
- Dungeness National Nature Reserve Nature reserve 9.5 miles15.2 km
- Denge Beach Beach 9.8 miles15.8 km
- Robertsbridge Abbey Historic site 10.5 miles16.8 km
- Dungeness Old Lighthouse Historic site 10.9 miles17.5 km
- Hastings Beach Beach 11.2 miles18 km
- South Kent College - Ashford College 12.9 miles20.7 km
- Bedgebury Park Woods Forest 14.1 miles22.8 km
- Bedgebury Walled Garden Gardens 14.6 miles23.5 km
- Folkestone Racecourse Recreation 15.5 miles24.9 km