Local Activities and Events

In and around the 1066 Country, there are many Tourist Attractions and things to do.  All are accessible by car while others are only a short train journey away— Crowhurst to Hastings is 11 minutes long and Crowhurst to Battle is only 4 minutes long (see National Rail for more on prices).

Here are just a few of the local attractions and other ideas:

 

Hastings (5 miles)

Blue Reef Aquarium

Smugglers Adventure Caves

West Hill Lift

East Hill Lift

Hastings Castle

Adventure Golf (and Championship)

Old Town Ghost Walk

Beach

Clambers

Beauport Park Golf Course

Summerfields Leisure Centre (and pool)

Hastings Country Park

Alexandra Park

Hastings Old Town and Amusements

Restaurants

Shopping Centre

Cinema

 

Battle (4 miles)

Battle Abbey

Yesterday’s World

Sedlescombe Golf Club

Battle Museum

Restaurants

 

Crowhurst

Fore Wood RSPB Reserve

Crowhurst Walk

The Plough Inn

 

Bexhill (5 miles)

De La Warr Pavilion

Bexhill Museum

Bexhill Old Town

Manor Gardens

Egerton Park

Restaurants

 

Other Attractions

Herstmonceux Castle (10 miles)

The Observatory Science Centre (10 miles)

Pevensey Castle (9 miles)

Drusillas Park (zoo) (20 miles)

Rye Wetland Wildlife Park (15 miles)

Rye Heritage Centre (15 miles)

Camber Sands Beach (19 miles)

Restaurants in Rye (15 miles)

Bodiam Castle (8 miles)

Sedlescombe Vineyard (8 miles)

Carr Taylor Vineyard (3 miles)

Bateman’s (12 miles)

Scotney Castle (15 miles)

Sissinghurst Castle Gardens (20 miles)

Kent and East Sussex Railway (various)

Bedgebury Pinetum and Forest (16 miles)

Bewl Water (18 miles)

Merriments Gardens (11 miles)

Pashley Manor Gardens (13 miles)

Eastbourne (17 miles)

Brighton (35 miles)

Lewes (25 miles)

Canterbury (46 miles)

London (60 miles) OR trains direct to London from Crowhurst Station available

FRANCE—visit France for the day from Dover ferry port (38 miles) or Channel Tunnel in Folkestone (32 miles)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brakes Coppice Park

Forewood Lane

Crowhurst

Nr Battle

East Sussex

TN33 9AB

01424 830322

brakesco@btinternet.com

Views of Brakes Coppice Park along our woodland walk