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Nestled in quintessentially English countryside, there is plenty to do and see in Mid Sussex from the Instagrammable Ouse Valley Viaduct to the beautiful Ardingly Reservoir offering an array of exciting watersports. With stunning gardens, award-winning wineries, historic attractions and a vast array of places to indulge Mid Sussex is certainly a place to enjoy!
Showcasing their award-winning wines, vineyards are offering not just tastings but delicious foods, year-round events and some even have overnight accommodation. The perfect weekend getaway for amateurs and experts alike. Don’t miss Albourne, Ridgeview, Kingscote Estate & Bolney Wine Estate Vineyards, Cheers!
Hundreds of acres of unspoilt countryside are home to magnificent floral displays with the likes of Nymans and Wakehurst Place, home to Kew’s millennium seed bank, high on any horticulturalist's bucket list. See why Borde Hill Garden is dubbed 'one of the country's truly great gardens’. For the less green fingered, Mid Sussex Gardens have calendars full of events and fun for all the family.
Tee off on golf courses that are as beautiful as they are challenging with unrivalled views across the South Downs. Enjoy pampering and relaxation at a magnificent spa hotel with luxurious treatments, perfect for anniversaries, a girls' break away or weekend break including the Alexander House Hotel & Utopia Spa and Ockenden Manor Hotel & Spa or head out an explore the eclectic mix of high street names, speciality shops and antique markets make Mid Sussex the perfect place for pleasure shopping.
Sample some of the best local produce that Mid Sussex has to offer from the famous High Weald Dairy or visit some of our amazing local brewery taphouses to enjoy their best brews. Don't miss the Michelin star dining experience at Gravetye Manor or have a 5 star afternoon tea in the splendour of Alexander House or Ockenden Manor. For a more relaxed dining experience don’t forget our cosy country pubs with delicious local fare and welcoming atmosphere in our quintessentially English villages.
For breathtaking landscapes and some of the best views in the UK, you've come to the right place. You can experience the Mid Sussex countryside in lots of different ways:- paragliding at Devils Dyke, unearth the hidden waterfall at Bedelands, get active with all types of water sports at Ardingly reservoir, or enjoy the views walking across the beautiful South Downs.
Take to two wheels and enjoy the public art displays while cycling on the green circle through Burgess Hill Green Circle Public Art Trail - Burgess Hill Town Council or make a stop in the village of Clayton and enjoy the Jack and Jill Windmills that are synonymous with the Sussex countryside.
Mid Sussex boasts a treasure trove of historical attractions from the Victorian Standen House to the Jacobean almhouse of Sackville College. Sit back and enjoy a ride on the Bluebell Railway steam train and don't miss the 11 million brick Balcombe Viaduct (also known as Ouse Valley). Museums at East Grinstead and Cuckfield allow you to step back into the past and the 15th Century Priest House was part of the divorce settlement of Anne of Cleeves when Cromwell was beheaded.
On your travels, pay a visit to one of the towns and villages in the heart of Mid Sussex. They make a great place to stop for lunch, enjoy a wander around one of the traditional farmers markets, explore the specaility shops and discover some of the local history and heritage. Many are close to some of the top must-see attractions in the area, making them easy to combine with a visit, to create a great day out. Get your Mid Sussex bearings with our overview map and plan your next visit. Distances shown below are from Gatwick Airport, which lies at the top of the region and welcomes many international visitors to Sussex.
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Town
Burgess Hill
Burgess Hill is a small town, just a few miles from Haywards Heath. The shopping facilities are very good for a small town, with an 'out of town' supermarket which includes a petrol station and restaurant/coffee shop.
Climbing / High Ropes
Crawley
Located in South-East Crawley you can find us nestled in popular Tilgate Park. Go Ape Crawley boasts three high ropes courses and our all-terrain Forest Segways.
Garden
Haywards Heath
Set within 200 acres of spectacular parkland, the garden is a series of 'rooms' - each with its own particular atmosphere, form and planting design. Glorious heritage and collectors' garden.
Vineyard
Bolney, Haywards Heath
Find out why Sussex sparkling wine has been beating champagne in blind taste tests. Bolney Wine Estate carries a tradition brought to Britain nearly 2,000 years ago.
Town
On the edge of Ashdown Forest, historic East Grinstead is a lively market town with a charter dating from as long ago as 1221. Until the 18th Century, East Grinstead flourished as an assize and market town and as the centre of the surrounding…
Garden
Haywards Heath
High Beeches Woodland and Water Garden is a beautiful, tranquil and historic garden of some 27 acres. It was begun more than 100 years ago and is full of rare and important plants and trees.
Towns & Villages
Ardingly is a parish of attractive wooded scenery in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The village sign was erected as a memorial to Viscountess Wolseley, and marks the site of the original tollgate.
Towns & Villages
The High Weald is a medieval rural landscape at the heart of South East England, celebrated for its rolling hills, abundant woods and hedges, scattered farmsteads and sunken lanes.
Towns & Villages
Ansty is a small settlement about four miles from Haywards Heath. Its village sign, situated at the Ansty Cross was painted by the renowned local artist James Forsyth.
Garden
Haywards Heath
One of the great Gardens of the Sussex Weald with a collection of rare and beautiful plants from all over the world, including breathtaking spring colour in the walled garden, an old fashioned rose garden, summer borders and much more.
Historic House / Palace
East Grinstead
The Priest House sits on the western edge of Ashdown Forest in the picturesque high Weald village of West Hoathly. Originally a timber-framed hall house, built in the early 15th century for the priory of St Pancras in Lewes.
Sports Ground
Haywards Heath
Hickstead is world famous for showjumping, and the British Jumping Derby Meeting remains one of the highlights of the British Equestrian Calendar as it approaches its 50th year!
Towns & Villages
Staplefield is an attractive village three miles north-west of Cuckfield. The former local industry of tanning was carried out in Tanyard Lane, with the pits for soaking the hides at The Grange. The Jolly Tanners Inn reflects this industry.
Historic House / Palace
East Grinstead
A beautiful stone Jacobean almshouse round a quadrangle. Galleried Founder's Hall with hammerbeam roof, private chapel, interesting features and furniture.
Towns & Villages
WARNINGLID or Warninglyth, as it was known in the 1300s, has Saxon origins with medieval iron-industry connections. In the last 25 years it has won the Best Kept Village competition three times and been runner-up on six other occasions. Its centre wa
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