Local Sightseeing
Explore the heritage & history of towns, villages and countryside of Sussex & Kent. You can visit our links page for more inspiration and information.
Herstmonceux Castle
(Pictured above) Is renowned for its magnificent moat set in beautiful parkland with Elizabethan Gardens (2 minutes from Wartling Place).
Pevensey Castle
4th century Roman Fort, the ancient port of Anderida and Tudor Court House once the smallest Town Hall in England.
Battle Abbey
& 1066 Battlefield built by William the Conqueror as a penance after his defeat of King Harold's Army.
Michelham Priory
on a medieval moated island with beautiful physic and cloister gardens, 14th century gatehouse and water mill
Bodium Castle
a "fairytale castle" described as the best example of this type of 14th century castle in England.
Charleston
the country meeting place of the writers, intellectuals, and artists known as the Bloomsbury Set.
Monk's House
home of the writer Virginia Wolf, weekend haunt of the Bloomsbury's including Vita Sackville-West, Duncan Grant, and Vanessa Bell. Bateman's 17th Century local ironmongers house, home to author Rudyard Kipling.
Great Dixter House and Gardens
renovated Lutyens Medieval Hall House the spectacular backdrop to Christopher Lloyds acclaimed gardens "a delight and inspiration".
Sheffield Park Garden
beautiful 120-acre landscaped gardens laid out in the eighteenth century by Capability Brown "a garden for all seasons".
Sissinghurst Castle Gardens
the famous connoisseur's garden and passionate creation of Vita Sackville-West and Sir Harold Nicholson. Scotney Castle Garden one of England's most beautiful and romantic gardens.
Pashley Manor Gardens
a fragrant garden of great age steeped in romance filled with the sound of splashing waterfalls and birdsong.
Hever Castle
childhood home of Anne Boleyn tragic second wife of Henry VIII and mother to Queen Elizabeth 1.
The list is endless...
Penshurt Place, Leeds Castle, Knowle, Chartwell, Ightham Moat, Arundel Castle, The Royal Pavilion Brighton, Lewes, Ancient Rye, and many, many more.