{"id":599310,"date":"2025-11-28T13:54:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T13:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/599310\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T13:54:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T13:54:11","slug":"this-town-filled-with-cosy-pubs-is-one-of-the-best-winter-day-trips-from-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/599310\/","title":{"rendered":"This Town Filled With Cosy Pubs Is One Of the Best Winter Day Trips From London"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In winter, there are few things better than hunkering down with a pint of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/london\/food-drink\/why-are-londoners-obsessed-with-guinness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Guinness<\/a> in a cosy pub. So why not make a day of it?<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve recently named our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/london\/things-to-do\/best-winter-day-trips-from-london\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">top day trips from London for winter 2025<\/a>. Londoners have got tonnes of options, from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/london\/news\/the-magical-old-fashioned-steam-train-that-is-officially-the-best-day-trip-from-london-this-winter-111425\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">quaint steam train<\/a> outings to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/london\/news\/the-quaint-countryside-trail-that-is-one-of-the-best-winter-day-trips-from-london-112125\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pretty country parks<\/a>. And here\u2019s another one for your consideration.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We named <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/rye\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rye<\/a><\/strong> in East Sussex the third best day trip to take from London this winter. This charming little town has cobbled streets,\u00a0medieval houses and is absolutely chocka with cute country pubs\u00a0\u2013 you can avoid the cold by spending your day crawling from one fire place-clad boozer to the next.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve already planned the perfect\u00a0bacchanalian outing\u00a0for you: grab a log-side seat and a Sussex real ale in The George (High Street) before heading to the Globe Inn Marsh (Military Road) for a toasty hour or two with a warming glass of red in hand. As the temperature plummets, trot back into town and pull up a chair beside the ancient Mermaid Inn\u2019s enormous fireplace (Mermaid Street). Fun fact: it comes complete with priest\u2019s hole (no sniggering, please) and is where local smugglers used to hang out in the 1700s.<\/p>\n<p>To get there it\u2019s around\u00a0one hour and 30 minutes by train from London St Pancras International, and around two hours and 30 minutes by car (but don\u2019t drink and drive, please).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/london\/things-to-do\/best-winter-day-trips-from-london\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12 brrrilliant winter day trips from London<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>The world\u2019s best pizza chain has been crowned for 2025 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/london\/news\/the-worlds-best-pizza-chain-has-been-crowned-for-2025-and-it-has-two-restaurants-in-london-112825\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">and it has two restaurants in London<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Get the latest and greatest from the Big Smoke \u2013 from news and reviews to events and trends. Just\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VabxG0jK0IBqoptkHH3i\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-modified-href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VabxG0jK0IBqoptkHH3i\" data-modified-><strong>follow our Time Out London WhatsApp channel<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Stay in the loop: sign up to our\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/london\/newsletter?cid=uk~editorial~acquisition~newsletter~contentlink\" data-modified-href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/london\/newsletter?cid=uk~editorial~acquisition~newsletter~contentlink\" data-modified- target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>free Time Out London newsletter<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0for the best of the city, straight to your inbox.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In winter, there are few things better than hunkering down with a pint of Guinness in a cosy&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":599311,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,13285,393,4884,257,15144,280,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-599310","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-categories-restaurants","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-london","13":"tag-news-drinking","14":"tag-restaurants","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115627665887563226","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=599310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599310\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/599311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=599310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=599310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=599310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}