Heathrow Airport 1 hr 38
Rye Castle Museum - Ypres Tower (20 min)
Venerable 14th century tower with harbor views & exhibits & artifacts depicting medieval life. Alexandra Park, Hastings (17 min)
This 44-acre formal park features gardens, wooded areas, a fishing pond, wildlife & more. Hastings Pier (20 min)
Renovated dock with an observatory platform, restaurants & shops, plus open-air events. Bedgebury National Pinetum and Forest (26 min)
320-acre forest featuring tall trees, hike/bike trails, a cafe & a tree-top ropes course & zip line. National Trust - Scotney Castle (32 min)
Castle ruins and Victorian mansion in vast woodland and parkland with trails and a hop farm. Bodiam Castle (13 min)
14th-century castle with a moat, soaring towers, events and exhibitions, plus a cafe. Hastings Country Park (20 min)
Large, 853-acre coastal reserve with nature trails, wildlife, picnic areas & sandstone cliffs. Camber Sands (29 min)
2 mi. of shoreline with picturesque sand dunes, plus lifeguards, parking & water sports. Battle Abbey (12 min)
Medieval ruins and battlefield site with an interactive exhibition, a film about 1066 and a cafe. Bateman's (29 min)
Rudyard Kipling's beamed, 17th-century rustic home, with the writer's furnishings and artefacts. Hastings Castle (22 min)
Norman fortress ruins with dungeons, a cloistered chapel and an audio-visual show inside a tent. Smugglers Adventure (23 min)
Series of underground tunnels tracing the steps of smugglers, with sound effects and costumed staff. Herstmonceux Castle (30 min)
Restored medieval castle, now a study centre, with a park and gardens that are open to the public. Great Dixter House & Gardens (16 min)
Tours of 15th-century manor house and the late Christopher Lloyd's exemplary gardens surrounding it. Sissinghurst Castle Garden (31 min)
Extensive English-style formal gardens created in the 1930s by the writer, Vita Sackville-West. | 
