Up for an Award
Strand House nominated for AA FRIENDLIEST LANDLADY OF THE YEAR award.
Mary Sullivan, Partner at Strand House has been nominated from 4000 establishments in the AA Guest Accommodation scheme as a finalist in the 2008 AA Friendliest Landlady of the Year Competition.
One of only 20 finalists in this prestigious national award Mary will have to wait for the award presentation in London on 4th June to find out if she has won.
Not a bad start to a venture not even a year old! The nomination coming from the AA Hotel Inspector herself, a recommendation indeed.
Great Food
Food is at the heart of Strand House. Ingredients are, fresh, local and cooked with skill and passion by Mary and her team. The menu changes daily depending on what the fishing boats bring into Rye Harbour or the local organic farm has in meat and of course the alchemy of the chef means the menu is always a work in progress!
Breakfast:
A full Sussex breakfast.
Organic local reared sausages and bacon from Food Fore Thought.
Salmon, continental meats.
Veggie breakfast with homemade beans and potato cakes.
Healthy buffet, Northiam Dairy yogurts, Kent Apple juice.
Lunch:
Sandwich plate or Cheese plate.
Packed lunches / picnics on request.
Afternoon tea:
All homemade with Sussex cream.
Hand made cakes. Local berries.
Strand House special with Champagne.
Dinner:
Strand House dinner a foodies delight! All local and seasonal, changing daily. Organic locally reared meats from Food Fore Thought. Fish from the boats from Rye Bay. All this with 20 years professional experience bring together a dinner to remember.
Local wines and Rother Valley Brewery beers.
Special diets:
Mary has a wide experience of vegetarian menus and can create cooking for diabetics and gluten intolerant diets. Please let us know if you have an special requirements before you arrive and we will do our best to meet them.
Strand House Local Attractions and Links
Local Attractions
Strand House is surrounded by countryside and it over-looks flat pasture land to the sea about a mile away. It is next to the Royal Military Canal which is great for walks and we can organise fishing. There are walks into Rye, along the coast to Fairlight and along the South Downs and great British countryside. Or you can walk into Winchelsea which is a wonderfully preserved medieval town with lots of old buildings and a stunning view of the sea beyond. It is a great area to explore and we have listed some things to do as well as links of potential interest below:
- Strand House – Strand House's German Agent. Please find our Rates for guest accommodation under Contact Us.
- Rye Town – full of little shops, tea rooms and winding street with old buildings and a Castle. Setting for the Mapp and Lucia stories by EF Benson.
- Rye Festival September 2008
- Rye Harbour
- Rye Market
- Rye Partnership
- 1066 Country
- Siege of Rye weekend 29th and 30th July
- Bonfire Night
- Walks and Cycle Rides
- Winchelsea Town – preserved medieval town with a church, museum, parts of the old defensive walls.
- Hastings Old Town - for period charm and funny little shops near the sea front
- National Trust properties at:
- Sissinghurst (Garden)
- Scotney Castle (Garden and Castle)
- Bodiam Castle
- Batemans (House and Garden of Rudyard Kipling)
- Smallhythe Place (house and Garden of Ellen Terry)
- Lamb House in Rye (Home of EF Benson)
- Monks House (home of Virginia Woolf)
- Alfriston Clergy House
- Sheffield Park and Garden
- English Heritage properties at:
- Bayham Old Abbey
- Battle Abbey and 1066 Country
- Pevensey Castle
- Michelham Priory
- Herstmonceux Castle (Castle and Observatory)
- Gardens to visit at:
- Great Dixter
- Pashley Manor Gardens
- Bedgebury Pinetum (a tree garden)
- Merriment Gardens
- Sandhurst Vineyard
- Sedlescombe Organic Vineyard
- Tenterden Vimeyard
- Biddenden Vineyard and Cider works
- Steam Trains at:
- Romney Hythe and Dymchurch Miniature Railway
- Kent and East Sussex Railway at Tenterden (take the train to Bodiam Castle!)
- Coast walks along the sea shore to Fairlight or along the Royal Military Canal or along to Camber castle. Sandy beach at Camber Sands. Or there are plenty of walks inland along the 1066 Way or the South Downs.
- Nature reserves and bird watching:
- Rye Nature Reserve
- RSPB Bird Reserve at Dungeness
- Flatropers Wood Nature Reserve
- Marline Nature Reserve
- Castle Water Nature Reserve
- Filsham Manor Reedbed
- Pett Pools
- Wilderness Wood
- Rare Breeds Centre
- Cycling around Rye - Romney March and its unique local churches with steeples on the ground beside the church. We are on National Cycle Route 2 and there are a variety of cycle rides around Winchelsea and Rye.
- We can arrange horse-riding and have our own horse Granby. We can arrange either lessons or hacking out.
Busy calendar of local events, local fetes, car shows, Battle of Rye weekend, Maritime weekend, Bonfire Night and Christmas Pageant.
Strand House Hotel LLP
Partners: Mary Sullivan and Hugh Davie
Tanyards Lane, Winchelsea Nr. Rye, East Sussex TN36 4JT
Partnership Number: 0C 3276 48 VAT Number: 907 4960 06
Tel: 01797 226 276 Fax: 01797 224 806
Website: www.thestrandhouse.co.uk
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