East Sussex Travel Guide - Gardens

Bateman's is a Jacobean manor that served as the home of writer Rudyard Kipling from 1902-1936. It is a comfortably furnished manor house, packed with Kipling memorabilia.
Garden: Rose, Mulberry, Herb and Wild Gardens surround this Jacobean manor house. The house is on the River Dudwell, which flows through the wild garden, where there is a working historic corn mill.

Burwash, Etchingham, East Sussex, England, TN19 7DS

Attraction Type: Historic House
Location: off the A265
Website: Bateman's
Email: batemans@nationaltrust.org.uk
Phone: 01435 882 302
Fax: 01435 882 811
National Trust
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OS Grid TQ671 238
Photo Credit: David Ross and Britain Express
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A series of wonderful gardens arranged around an historic 15th century house. Within the gardens are a sunken garden, wonderful topiary, a famous long border, rose gardens, and a flower/vegetable garden, all with wild flowers sprinkled thoughout. The gardens at Great Dixter were the work of one man; Christopher Lloyd, who spent his life developing a garden of varied interest that draws visitors from across the globe. Best in: spring. more...
Dixter Road, Northiam, Rye, East Sussex, England, TN31 6PH

Attraction Type: Garden
Location: on the A28, signposted from village, 12 m N Hastings
Website: Great Dixter Gardens
Email: office@greatdixter.co.uk
Phone: 01797 252 878
Fax: 01797 252 879
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OS Grid TQ821251
Photo Credit: David Ross and Britain Express
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A lovely modern garden covering 4 acres, with plants ranging from tropical to a gravel garden. Especially interesting is the 'Golden Border', brim full of yellow colour.
Hawkhurst Road, Hurst Green, East Sussex, England, TN19 7RA

Attraction Type: Garden
Location: on A229 just off A21
Website: Merriments Garden
Email: info@merriments.co.uk
Phone: 01580 860 666
Fax: 01580 860 324
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OS Grid TQ734279
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'One of the finest gardens in England', and a former winner of the Christies Garden of the Year award, Pashley Manor Garden is a very traditional country house garden surrounding a Grade I listed Tudor manor. Gravel and turf paths and terraces wind through delightful plantings, with excellent views over the nearby valleys. Pashley is a romantic garden, with iinnovative planting schemes including old trees, springs, fountains, and other water features.

Ticehurst, Wadhurst, East Sussex, England, TN5 7HE

Attraction Type: Garden
Location: on B2099, off A21
Website: Pashley Manor Gardens
Email: info@pashleymanorgardens.com
Phone: 01580 200 888
Fax: 01580 200 102
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OS Grid TQ702 296
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100 acre landscape garden designed by the ubiquitous Capability Brown. Five lakes linked by cascades and waterfalls. Rare trees a wonderful sight in autumn, but Best in: spring for daffodils and bluebells followed by azaleas and rhododendrons.
Sheffield Green, East Sussex, England, TN22 3QX

Attraction Type: Garden
Location: Between Lewes and East Grinstead, off A275
Website: Sheffield Park
Email: sheffieldpark@nationaltrust.org.uk
Phone: 01825 790 231
Fax: 01825 791 264
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OS Grid TQ415 240
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