Close Attractions
National Trust Houses and Gardens
www.nationaltrust.org.uk
Standen House - East Grinstead
Arts and Crafts family home William Morris interiors set in beautiful hillside garden.
Emmetts - Sevenoaks
Edwardian Garden and woodland
Bateman’s - Burwash
Home of writer Rudyard Kipling
Chartwell – Westerham
Home of Winston Churchill
Scotney Castle – Lamberhurst
Country house and romantic gardens
Nymans – Handcross
Gardens, house and woods
Uppark House – South Harting, Petersfield
Elegant Georgian rooms and furniture
Sheffield Park – Sheffield East Sussex
Gardens and woodland
Other Houses and Gardens
Downe house – Biggin Hill
Home of Charles Darwin
www.english-heritage.org.uk
Battle Abbey – Battle
Site of the 1066 Battle of Hastings
www.english-heritage.org.uk
Groombridge Place – Groombridge, Tunbridge Wells
Award winning gardens, Enchanted Forest, Outdoor Adventures
www.groombridgeplace.com
High Beeches Woodland and Water Garden
www.highbeeches.com
Borde Hill – Haywards Heath
Gardens and parkland
www.bordehill.co.uk
Wakehurst Place – Ardingly
Royal Horticultural Society extension of Kew Gardens
www.kew.org/wakehurst
Penshurst Place – Penshurst
Home and gardens
www.penshurstplace.com
Wild life and Farms
British Wildlife Centre – Newchapel, East Grinstead
UK’s finest collection of native species
www.britishwildlifecentre.co.uk
The Llama Park – Wych Cross, East Grinstead
Home of llamas, alpacas, reindeer, Spanish horses, Jacob sheep, donkeys, Mangalitsa pigs.
www.llamapark.co.uk
South Downs Heritage Centre – Hassocks
Museum of gardening, Sussex food hall, Art & Craft workshops
www.southdownsheritagecentre.co.uk
Historic Buildings and Castles
The Royal Pavilion - Brighton
King George IV’s pleasure palace
www.brighton-hove-pavilion.org.uk
Weald and Downland Open Air museum – Singleton, Chicester
Depicting 950 years of rural life including rescued historic buildings
www.wealddown.co.uk
Chiddingstone Castle & Gardens – Edenbridge
Stunning country house with unique collection of exotic antiquities.
www.chiddingstonecastle.org.uk
Hever Castle – Hever
Childhood home of Anne Boleyn, a wife of Henry VIII
www.hevercastle.co.uk
Leeds Castle – Maidstone
Norman stronghold and palace used by Henry VIII and his first wife Catherine of Aragon
www.leeds-castle.com
Anne of Cleves House – Lewes
A house for exploring how the Tudors and Elizabethans lived, worked at home.
https://sussexpast.co.uk
The Priest House – West Hoathly, East Grinstead
15th century Wealden hall house with museum of Sussex Folklore.
House once owned by Henry VIII, Thomas Cromwell, Mary I and Elizabeth I.
Historic Steam Railways
Bluebell Railway – East Grinstead
22 miles from East Grinstead to Sheffield Park.
Fine collection of vintage steam locos and carriages.
www.bluebell-railway.com
Kent & East Sussex Railway – Tenterden
10 miles between Tenterden and Bodiam
www.kesr.org.uk
Spa Valley Steam Railway – Tunbridge Wells
Tunbridge Wells West to Eridge
www.spavalleyrailway.co.uk
Other Attractions
Pooh Corner – Upper Hartfield
Home of AA Milne’s Winnie the Pooh
www.pooh-country.co.uk
Lingfield Racecourse - Lingfield
www.lingfield-racecourse.co.uk
Chequer Mead Theatre and Arts Centre – East Grinstead
Theatrical productions and artistic displays
www.chequermead.org.uk
East Grinstead Museum
Museum tells the story of East Grinstead from pre-historical times to present day.
www.eastgrinsteadmuseum.org.uk