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Photo of the South Downs, a National Park in south east England.

South DownsPhoto Andras Stefuca / Pexels

Places to explore near Lewes StationLewes

Lewes Station sits inside the South Downs National Park. 56 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 Lewes, a village in the South Downs, East Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Lewes

Village

County town of steep twittens and flint walls, a Norman castle above, Cluniac priory ruins below and Tom Paine's old house.

0.5 km N · East Sussex

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Pells Pool

Lido near Lewes

The oldest freshwater public outdoor pool in Britain still in use, built in 1861 in Lewes and fed by a chalk spring.

0.8 km N

Photo of Monk's House, a house & garden near Rodmell in the South Downs, East Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Monk's House

House & garden near Rodmell

A weatherboarded cottage by the River Ouse, home to Virginia and Leonard Woolf from 1919

3.5 km S

Photo of Firle (West Firle), a village in the South Downs, East Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Firle (West Firle)

Village

Gage estate village under Firle Beacon, with a John Piper window in the church and Bloomsbury painters in the churchyard

5.9 km SE · East Sussex

Photo of Charleston Farmhouse, a garden near Firle in the South Downs, East Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Charleston Farmhouse

Garden near Firle

The Bloomsbury Group's Sussex home below Firle Beacon, its rooms and walled garden painted by Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant.

7.9 km SE

Photo of Lavender Line, a visitor attraction near Isfield, East Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Lavender Line

Attraction near Isfield

Short steam line at restored Isfield station, with a signal box and model railway.

8.2 km NE

Photo of One Garden Brighton, a garden near Stanmer Park in the South Downs, East Sussex, south east England.Highlight

One Garden Brighton

Garden near Stanmer Park

A restored walled garden in Stanmer Park, run as a horticultural training ground with ornamental borders, glasshouses and a kitchen plot. Free entry.

8.2 km W

Photo of Saltdean Lido, a lido near Rottingdean, East Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Saltdean Lido

Lido near Rottingdean

A Grade II* Art Deco lido of 1938 shaped like an ocean liner, saved by a community campaign and reopened in 2017.

8.6 km SW

Photo of Beacon Mill, Rottingdean, a windmill in the South Downs, East Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Beacon Mill, Rottingdean

Windmill near Rottingdean

A black-tarred smock mill on the cliff-top down above Rottingdean, long the village emblem.

8.9 km SW

Photo of Whitehawk Hill & Camp, a nature reserve near Brighton, East Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Whitehawk Hill & Camp

Nature reserve near Brighton

Chalk grassland local nature reserve on Brighton's eastern edge, home to a rare Neolithic causewayed camp and wide views over the city.

9.9 km SW

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Photo of the site of the Battle of Lewes, fought in 1264 in the South Downs, East Sussex, south east England.

Battle of Lewes

Battlefield near Lewes

Simon de Montfort beat a king on the downs above this town in 1264, and Parliament was never quite the same again

2 km NW

Photo along the South Downs Way, a 100-mile National Trail running from Winchester to Eastbourne, south east England.

South Downs Way

National Trail

A hundred miles of chalk ridge from Winchester to the sea at Eastbourne, walkable in a week.

3.7 km SW · West Sussex, East Sussex & Hampshire

Photo of Rodmell, a village in the South Downs, East Sussex, south east England.

Rodmell

Village

Flint-and-thatch village in the Ouse valley below the Downs, home to Virginia Woolf's Monk's House with its writing lodge and garden.

3.9 km S · East Sussex

Photo of Glynde Place, a Grade II* registered house & garden in the South Downs, East Sussex, south east England.

Glynde Place

House & garden near Glynde

An Elizabethan manor under the downs, with grounds important enough to be registered in their own right

4.2 km E

Photo of Glynde, a village in the South Downs, East Sussex, south east England.

Glynde

Village

Downland estate village of brick-and-flint cottages below Mount Caburn, with Glynde Place above and Glyndebourne's opera house next door.

4.2 km E · East Sussex

Photo of Black Cap, a country estate near Lewes in the South Downs, East Sussex, south east England.

Black Cap

Country estate near Lewes

A dark clump of beeches on the ridge above Lewes, visible for miles, with the South Downs Way running right past it

4.5 km NW

Photo of St Peter's, a church near Southease in the South Downs, East Sussex, south east England.

St Peter's

Church near Southease

One of only three Sussex churches with a round Norman tower, standing above the Ouse valley.

4.6 km S

Photo of Castle Hill National Nature Reserve, a National Nature Reserve near Rottingdean, East Sussex, south east England.

Castle Hill National Nature Reserve

National Nature Reserve near Rottingdean

Forty-seven hectares of unimproved chalk grassland on the Downs between Lewes and Brighton, thick with wildflowers in summer

4.8 km SW

Photo of The Anchor Inn, a pub near Barcombe, East Sussex, south east England.

The Anchor Inn

Pub near Barcombe

Riverside pub on the Ouse at Barcombe, with boat hire and towpath walks.

6.7 km NE

Everything else within 10 km (37) — 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.