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Photo of Ouse Valley Viaduct, a landmark near Balcombe in the High Weald, West Sussex, south east England.

Ouse Valley ViaductPhoto Valentina Nicola / Pexels

Places to explore near Balcombe StationBalcombe

Balcombe Station sits inside the High Weald National Landscape. 39 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

Photo of Ouse Valley Viaduct, a landmark near Balcombe in the High Weald, West Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Ouse Valley Viaduct

Landmark near Balcombe

Elegant 37-arch railway viaduct of 1841 striding across the Ouse valley near Balcombe, celebrated for the tunnel effect through its piers.

2.8 km SE

Photo of Wakehurst Place, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Ardingly in the High Weald, West Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Wakehurst Place

House & garden near Ardingly

Kew's country garden and Millennium Seed Bank.

3 km E

Photo of Borde Hill, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Cuckfield in the High Weald, West Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Borde Hill

House & garden near Cuckfield

Thirteen garden rooms filled with plant-hunters' finds around an Elizabethan mansion.

3.6 km S

Photo of Nymans, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Slaugham in the High Weald, West Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Nymans

House & garden near Slaugham

Romantic garden around a picturesque ruined house.

4.2 km W

Photo of Lindfield, a village in West Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Lindfield

Village

A long village street of timber-framed houses climbs from a pond to the church, often called the finest in Sussex.

6 km SE · West Sussex

Photo of Gravetye Manor, a restaurant near West Hoathly in the High Weald, West Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Gravetye Manor

Restaurant · With rooms near West Hoathly

An Elizabethan manor hotel with famous gardens deep in the Sussex Weald.

6.7 km NE

Photo of Ashdown Forest, a Site of Special Scientific Interest near Forest Row in the High Weald, East Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Ashdown Forest

SSSI near Forest Row

Heathland ridges, the real Winnie-the-Pooh country.

9.2 km E

Photo of Leonardslee, a Grade I registered house & garden near Warninglid in the High Weald, West Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Leonardslee

House & garden near Warninglid

Where Sir Edmund Loder bred his famous Loderi rhododendrons, with seven lakes and wild wallabies.

9.2 km SW

Photo of Ben Wilkinson at The Pass, South Lodge, a restaurant near Lower Beeding, West Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Ben Wilkinson at The Pass, South Lodge

Restaurant · With rooms near Lower Beeding

Chef's-table dining at a Victorian country-house hotel on the South Downs' northern edge.

9.9 km SW

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Photo along the High Weald Landscape Trail, a 90-mile long-distance path running from Horsham to Rye, south east England.

High Weald Landscape Trail

Long-distance path

Horsham to Rye through the High Weald's ridge villages and hammer ponds — iron country, worked for two thousand years.

3 km SE · West Sussex, Kent & East Sussex

Photo of The High Beeches, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Balcombe in the High Weald, West Sussex, south east England.

The High Beeches

House & garden near Balcombe

A Wealden woodland and water garden holding the National Collection of stewartia.

3.1 km W

Tilgate Park

Country park near Crawley

A country park in West Sussex.

4.4 km NW

Photo of Cuckfield, a village in West Sussex, south east England.

Cuckfield

Village

A hilltop Wealden town with an old high street of independent shops and coaching inns, bypassed by the railway and left quiet.

5.1 km S · West Sussex

Photo of Slaugham, a village in the High Weald, West Sussex, south east England.

Slaugham

Village

Tiny High Weald village with a church, manor ruins and a pond.

5.3 km W · West Sussex

Photo of Selsfield Common, a country estate near Turners Hill in the High Weald, West Sussex, south east England.

Selsfield Common

Country estate near Turners Hill

A National Trust place in West Sussex.

6.1 km NE

Photo of St Nicholas, Worth, a church in West Sussex, south east England.

St Nicholas, Worth

Church near Worth

One of England's most complete Saxon churches, cruciform in plan with a soaring chancel arch and pilaster strips.

6.1 km N

West Hoathly

Village

A hilltop Wealden village with long views south, a timber-framed Priest House museum and the sandstone rocks at Philpots nearby.

6.5 km NE · West Sussex

Photo of Worth Way Country Park, a country park near Turners Hill, West Sussex, south east England.

Worth Way Country Park

Country park near Turners Hill

A country park in West Sussex.

6.6 km N

Everything else within 10 km (21) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.