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Population
  
340 (Parish-2011)

Region
  
South East

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Area
  
16.6 km²

Shire county
  
East Sussex

Dialling code
  
01797

OS grid reference
  
TQ925226

Country
  
England

Post town
  
RYE

Local time
  
Tuesday 6:32 PM

District
  
Rother

UK parliament constituency
  
Hastings and Rye

Playden

Weather
  
8°C, Wind SW at 19 km/h, 66% Humidity

Playden is a village and civil parish in the Rother District of East Sussex, England. The village is located one mile (1.6 km) north-west of Rye. It is mentioned in the Domesday Book as Pleidena; it is a largely rural parish, having no village centre, and the hamlet of Houghton Green is included in the parish. Playden's main occupation was fishing: the fish were salted in a one-time settlement known as Saltcote, after the fact that it had a fish salting industry based there. Saltcote Street is now all that remains of that industry.

Map of Playden, Rye, UK

The Norman church is dedicated to St Michael.

Within the parish there is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), Houghton Green Cliff. This is an exposed cliff face displaying sandstones of geological interest.

In addition, part of the Dungeness, Romney Marsh & Rye SSSI lies within Playden parish

References

Playden Wikipedia