Battle of Hastings Reenactment Sat 13 & Sun 14 Oct 2012 thrill to the ringing clash of the Saxon shield wall, the soft hiss of Norman arrows and the thunder of hooves beating the song of Harold’s death knell on Senlac’s bloodied turf. Your heart will drum and your blood rise as these modern parodies Battle of Hastings ReenactmentRead More
Rye International Jazz Festival
A SPECIAL TICKET DISCOUNT TO THE RYE INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL TO ALL CUSTOMERS OF WHITE SAND HOLIDAY COTTAGES The Rye International Jazz Festival is delighted to offer a very special 20 % ticket discount to all customers of White Sand Holiday Cottages. This ticket discount offer is also extended to friends and family that would also Rye International Jazz FestivalRead More
Hastings Seafood and Wine Festival
A great day out in September: Whatever your tastes, there should be something for everyone at the Hastings seafood and wine festival, centered around Hastings’ historic fishing beach The Stade. The fun takes place in the brilliantly evocative Old Town, which is the hub of the region’s fishing and cultural quarter Seafood sophisticates and wine Hastings Seafood and Wine FestivalRead More
Rye Arts Festival
Welcome to the Rye Arts Festival, the wonderful light and its microclimate have made Rye a haven for artists and writers, the perfect backdrop for a festival of the arts! The Rye Arts Festival is a 2-week event full of Literary Events, Classical & Contemporary Music, Walks, Tours, and Theatre There will be a fantastic Rye Arts FestivalRead More
Wild Boar Week Medieval Food in a Medieval Town
Wild Boar Week 27th Oct-4th Nov Wild Boar Week – Join the feast! Wild Boar Week is being hosted in Rye, the beautiful Medieval town being the perfect setting for this Medieval food festival. Rye has many fabulous, ancient and atmospheric old buildings that have been serving the finest local foods since the 13th Wild Boar Week Medieval Food in a Medieval TownRead More
Le Touquet “Paris by the sea”
The beautiful white sandy beach, backed by large sand dunes, fantastic restaurants, and art galleries might make you think you are in Camber Sands or Rye in 1066 Country, but you’d be wrong. This is the jewel of the Cote d’Opale, Le Touquet or “Paris by the sea” The playground of rich Parisians. Beyond the Le Touquet “Paris by the sea”Read More
Rye Jazz Festival
In August, guests can enjoy one of the highlights in the beautiful cobbled town of Rye’s annual events calendar, the Rye Jazz Festival, taking place from August 22 – 26, following the huge success of the inaugural festival in 2012. The Rye Jazz festival aims to offer a diverse range of music styles and performances including Rye Jazz FestivalRead More
There’ll be bluebirds over…
White Cliffs country is unique place where coast meets country, beauty meets history and England meets the Continent. France is so close you can see its streetlights at night, and the climate is more French Riviera than English south coast. Walking, sailing, cycling, sightseeing… and best of all, its all within a short drive from There’ll be bluebirds over…Read More
Award Winning Camber Sands Accommodation
Camber Sands Accommodation We have a stunning selection of Camber Sands accommodation here Beside The Sea, all within a stone’s throw of the most beautiful beach, Camber Sands. There’s England’s prettiest town, Rye, perched on a hill with its cobbled streets surrounded by ancient buildings on your doorstep. Our Beside The Sea Holiday Cottages offer high-quality Award Winning Camber Sands AccommodationRead More
Celebrate English Wine Week
Enjoying English Wine Week at White Sand, Camber East Sussex and Kent will be celebrating English Wine Week and the world-class wines which are now produced from the many vineyards around these beautiful historic counties, so join in & celebrate too. White Sand, snuggled on the border of the Kent & East Sussex coast is Celebrate English Wine WeekRead More
It’s a different world in Dungeness…
There’s something distinctly otherworldly about Dungeness. It might have something to do with the strange combination of nuclear power stations, battered fishermen’s huts, lighthouses, the ‘acoustic mirrors’, concrete oddities and the largest expanse of shingle in Europe. The ‘ness is simultaneously a desolate dystopian land and a place of awe-inspiring beauty. It’s no wonder then It’s a different world in Dungeness…Read More
Historic Holidays
With historic sites galore, atmospheric battlefields, stately homes, castles, ancient port towns and Norman ruins scattered across coast and countryside, 1066 Country is one giant museum. It heaves with history and heritage and there are historic mementos around every corner, reminding us of its profound and idiosyncratic past. But where do you start? Well, we Historic HolidaysRead More
