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Paul McCartney buys a farm in Rye, Sussex

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Article 1973 • Paul McCartney buys a farm in Rye, Sussex

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In 1973, Paul McCartney bought a 160-acre farm, dubbed Blossom Wood Farm, located near Rye in East Sussex.

This is where the musician isolated during the coronavirus pandemic in 2021 with his daughter Mary and her family, and is where he once lived with his late wife Linda and raised his children.

He apparently was looking to buy in Sussex for a few years:

Back in the late sixties Paul and Linda very nearly bought my Grandparents farm in Surrey. They both visited numerous times and used to take the horses out across the fields. On one such occasion Paul turned up with an acoustic guitar and offered to sing a song for those present, my grandmother chose Eleanor Rigby, and Paul sat on the kitchen stool and sang this song.

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David simpson • Apr 06, 2026 • 2 months ago

But he doesn’t own 160 acres now. He subsequently bought two other adjoining farms which now total nearly a thousand acres!!! Some people just have too much. Sheer greed.

The PaulMcCartney Project • Apr 06, 2026 • 2 months ago

Thanks David ! He has indeed expanded his land through several acquisitions over the years.

B Hilton • Apr 16, 2026 • 2 months ago

I think if you knew the area in question you would appreciate that although I don’t think he ever visits anymore, his purchase of the surrounding area which is largely woodland, has helped to provide protection from development! The Sussex area is heavily overdeveloped and would almost certainly been bulldozed if he had bought it!

Richard Armstrong-Sealand • Jun 05, 2026 • 1 month ago

Thought David might be a rad more polite esp as the point of purchase can be as suggested preserving land as much as just pure acquiring of well so it goes Let it be eh our kid !

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