An Elizabethan manor under the downs, with grounds important enough to be registered in their own right
Open to visitorscheck opening times and admission before you go
Glynde Place sits at the heart of its small village under the eastern South Downs: a flint-and-stone manor house dating back to the 1500s, still lived in rather than handed over entirely to the public. The grounds are Grade II* listed in their own right, parkland and garden laid out to make the most of the setting, with Mount Caburn visible across the valley and the downs close behind the house.
Best reached on foot from the station, it’s close enough to walk from in next to no time rather than driven past on the way to somewhere else. The gardens only open to visitors at certain times of year, so check the calendar first if getting inside the walls matters more than admiring them from the footpath. Either way, the walking around Glynde is some of the quietest on this stretch of the downs, with Firle Beacon a few kilometres southeast and plenty of chalk grassland in between to wander across.
