The Brede is an English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 river in East Sussex. It flows into the Rock Channel (tidal section of the River Tillingham

River Tillingham

The River Tillingham is a river in the English county of East Sussex.Unusually for that county the Tillingham flows from west to east. It meets the eastern River Rother near the town of Rye....

) and then onto the River Rother (Eastern)

River Rother (Eastern)

The River Rother , at 35 miles , is a river flowing through both East Sussex and Kent, England. Its source is near Rotherfield , and its mouth is on Rye Bay, part of the English Channel....

 at Rye, Sussex. It gives its name to the village of Brede

Brede, East Sussex

Brede is a village and civil parish in the Rother District of East Sussex, England. It is located eight miles north of Hastings and four miles west of Rye...

, which lies between Hastings

Hastings

Hastings is a town and borough in the county of East Sussex on the south coast of England. The town is located east of the county town of Lewes and south east of London, and has an estimated population of 86,900....

 and Tenterden

Tenterden

Tenterden is a Cinque Port town in the Ashford District of Kent, England. It stands on the edge of the Weald, overlooking the valley of the River Rother....

. Before the sea retreated the river was part of a large estuary along which ships brought wine casks to the town of New Winchelsea.