Heathrow Airport 1 hr 41
Battle Abbey (28 min)
Medieval ruins and battlefield site with an interactive exhibition, a film about 1066 and a cafe. Great Dixter House & Gardens (13 min)
Tours of 15th-century manor house and the late Christopher Lloyd's exemplary gardens surrounding it. Chapel Down (14 min)
Wine estate with seasonal guided tours, a restaurant, and a shop selling English food and drink. Camber Castle (10 min)
Remains of a vast artillery fort built by Henry VIII, with monthly guided walks. Guided tours only. Rye Castle Museum - Ypres Tower (8 min)
Venerable 14th century tower with harbor views & exhibits & artifacts depicting medieval life. Hastings Pier (31 min)
Renovated dock with an observatory platform, restaurants & shops, plus open-air events. Hastings Castle (32 min)
Norman fortress ruins with dungeons, a cloistered chapel and an audio-visual show inside a tent. Rye Harbour Nature Reserve (16 min)
Vast bit of land with habitats for rare species like the Spangled Button Beetle, plus Camber Castle. Lamb House (9 min)
Red-brick, Georgian former home of US novelist Henry James, with a peaceful walled garden. Camber Sands (15 min)
2 mi. of shoreline with picturesque sand dunes, plus lifeguards, parking & water sports. Hastings Country Park (25 min)
Large, 853-acre coastal reserve with nature trails, wildlife, picnic areas & sandstone cliffs. Kent & East Sussex Railway (20 min)
Heritage railway offering journeys on vintage steam & diesel trains, some with dining service. Bodiam Castle (20 min)
14th-century castle with a moat, soaring towers, events and exhibitions, plus a cafe. Smugglers Adventure (31 min)
Series of underground tunnels tracing the steps of smugglers, with sound effects and costumed staff. Sissinghurst Castle Garden (29 min)
Extensive English-style formal gardens created in the 1930s by the writer, Vita Sackville-West. | 
