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Sussex IAS – AGM then Rye Harbour’s wide industrial history

14 November 2026 @ 14:00 - 15:00

The Society’s AGM will be followed by presentation by Geoffrey Mead

Rye Harbour is the oft-ignored cousin of the more famous ‘Ancient Town of the Cinque Ports’- Rye town.

Two miles downriver it has a short history, being only named Rye Harbour from the early 19th century, however it has a wide industrial history encompassing a particular form of fishing, the collection of Blue Boulders, gravel extraction, manufacture of concrete blocks, bricks and chemicals, plus a light rail line, harbour facilities and now a complex of recycling plants, with a burgeoning ‘Green Economy’ based on the Rye Harbour Nature Reserve.

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Sussex Industrial Archaeological Society

Venue

West Blatchington Mill Barn

Holmes Avenue
Hove, Sussex BN3 7LF United Kingdom