Rye Foreign is a small hamlet and civil parish in the Rother district of East Sussex, England.

The hamlet is about 2 miles (or 3 km) north-west of Rye, immediately to the east of the larger village of Peasmarsh.

The name of the parish came about in 1247, when King Henry III reassumed control of Rye and Winchelsea from the Abbey of Fecamp, but left part of the area still under the Abbey: hence "Rye Foreign".

[5] The Site of Special Scientific Interest Leasam Heronry Wood is to be found within the parish.

The site is a nationally important heronry with around fifty pairs breeding here.