Heathrow Airport 1 hr 30
Anne of Cleves House (16 min) Displays of furnished bedroom, kitchen, furniture and other crafts in home of Henry VIII's 4th wife. Drusillas Park (16 min) Soft-play area, large slides, netted walkways, plus zoo animals, feeding times, restaurant and shop. Bateman's (22 min) Rudyard Kipling's beamed, 17th-century rustic home, with the writer's furnishings and artefacts. Lewes Castle & Museum (15 min) Timber-framed, 16th-century house featuring local history exhibits & hosting events & weddings. Glyndebourne (11 min) Country house hosting annual Glyndebourne Festival's 6 productions in a 1200-seat opera house. Bluebell Railway (22 min) An 1880's station with steam engines on display, a museum & gift shop on a heritage railway line. Ashdown Forest (24 min) Sprawling nature area & fictional home of A. A. Milne children's book character, Winnie the Pooh. Michelham Priory (12 min) Palatial Tudor-style mansion, dating from the 13th-century, featuring a moat, watermill & gardens. Herstmonceux Castle (26 min) Restored medieval castle, now a study centre, with a park and gardens that are open to the public. Knockhatch Adventure Park (13 min) Adventure, snowboarding, outdoor recreation, and skiing Ditchling Beacon (26 min) Grassy, 248m-tall chalk hill with panoramic views, walking paths & the remains of an Iron Age fort. National Trust - Sheffield Park and Garden (23 min) Large park with rare mature trees and shrubs, dramatic seasonal flower shows and 4 lakes. National Trust - Monk's House (23 min) Garden and history Seven Sisters Country Park (28 min) Expansive park with chalk cliffs, grassland and river valley, for walking, birdwatching and cycling. Charleston Trust (20 min) Garden, history, and art museum |