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Photo of Battle Abbey, a ruined abbey in the High Weald, East Sussex, south east England.

Battle Abbey© Colin Smith / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Places to explore near Collington StationCollington

36 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group. 1 is a national icon.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

Photo of the High Weald, a National Landscape in south east England.Highlight

High Weald

National Landscape near Mayfield

Wooded ridges, sunken lanes and deep stream valleys across the old iron country of the south-east

5 km N

Photo of The Observatory Science Centre, a visitor attraction near Herstmonceux, East Sussex, south east England.Highlight

The Observatory Science Centre

Attraction near Herstmonceux

Hands-on science exhibits set among the former Royal Greenwich Observatory's green telescope domes at Herstmonceux.

8.6 km NW

Photo of Battle Abbey, a ruined abbey in the High Weald, East Sussex, south east England.Iconic

Battle Abbey

Abbey near Battle

Ruined abbey on the 1066 battlefield.

8.6 km N

Photo of Pevensey, a village in East Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Pevensey

Village

Roman shore-fort walls enclose a Norman castle, a single street of old cottages running past the medieval Mint House.

8.7 km W · East Sussex

Photo of Battle, a village in the High Weald, East Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Battle

Village

Town built around the abbey marking the 1066 battlefield, its High Street running from the great gatehouse to the almonry garden.

8.9 km N · East Sussex

Photo of Herstmonceux Castle, a castle in East Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Herstmonceux Castle

Castle near Herstmonceux

Rare moated red-brick Tudor castle.

9 km W

Photo of Pevensey Castle, a ruined castle in East Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Pevensey Castle

Castle near Pevensey

Norman castle within Roman fort walls.

9 km W

Photo of Windmill Hill Windmill, a windmill near Herstmonceux, East Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Windmill Hill Windmill

Windmill near Herstmonceux

Largest post mill in Sussex, lottery-restored above Herstmonceux with its roundhouse, sweeps and machinery rebuilt.

9.6 km NW

Photo of Hastings Country Park, a country park in the High Weald, East Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Hastings Country Park

Country park near Hastings

Sandstone cliffs and gorse heath split by steep little glens, on the wild edge of Hastings

9.7 km E

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Photo along the King Charles III England Coast Path, a 2,700-mile National Trail in England.

King Charles III England Coast Path

National Trail

One path around a whole country — beach, clifftop and seawall the entire way round England's coast, opening stretch by stretch.

0.4 km S · spans 24 counties

Photo of Pevensey Levels, a National Nature Reserve in East Sussex, south east England.

Pevensey Levels

National Nature Reserve near Pevensey

Grazing marsh behind Pevensey Castle, flat and wet but quietly important, and one of the last homes of a very rare spider

5.6 km W

Photo along the 1066 Country Walk, a 31-mile long-distance path running from Pevensey to Rye, south east England.

1066 Country Walk

Long-distance path

Pevensey to Rye by way of Battle — the Norman Conquest's landing country, with carved oak sculptures marking the route.

6.4 km N · East Sussex

Photo of St Leonards, a swimming spot near Hastings, East Sussex, south east England.

St Leonards

Designated bathing water near Hastings

A coastal swimming spot with excellent water quality.

6.7 km E

Photo of Telham Fields, Crowhurst, a country estate near Battle in the High Weald, East Sussex, south east England.

Telham Fields, Crowhurst

Country estate near Battle

A National Trust place in East Sussex.

7.3 km NE

Photo of Alexandra Park, Hastings, a Grade II* registered house & garden in East Sussex, south east England.

Alexandra Park, Hastings

House & garden near Hastings

Hastings' big Victorian park, laid out in a valley with a lake and mature trees, a short walk from the station

8.3 km E

Photo of the site of the Battle of Hastings, fought in 1066 in the High Weald, East Sussex, south east England.

Battle of Hastings

Battlefield near Battle

Everyone knows the date, fewer know the fighting happened here, not in Hastings itself

8.3 km N

Photo of Lake Meadow, Battle, a nature reserve in the High Weald, East Sussex, south east England.

Lake Meadow, Battle

Nature reserve near Battle

A National Trust place in East Sussex.

8.7 km N

Herstmonceux Castle and Place

House & garden near Herstmonceux

600 acres of 20th-century gardens, including an Elizabethan Garden within 1570s castle walls.

9.1 km NW

Everything else within 10 km (18) — 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.