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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 Southease StationSouthease

Southease Station sits inside the South Downs National Park. 61 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 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

1.3 km NW

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

4.3 km NE · East Sussex

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.

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.

5.3 km N

Photo of Tide Mills, a landmark near Westdean in the South Downs, East Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Tide Mills

Landmark near Westdean

Ruins of a Georgian tide-mill village beside the shingle, reached along the coast path east of Newhaven.

6.1 km SE

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.

6.1 km SW

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.

6.1 km E

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.

7.2 km SW

Photo of Seaford to Beachy Head, a Site of Special Scientific Interest near East Dean in the South Downs, East Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Seaford to Beachy Head

SSSI near East Dean

Beachy Head's chalk face, the highest in Britain, with a lighthouse at its foot and downland walking either side

7.6 km SE

Photo of the Sussex Heritage Coast, East Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Sussex Heritage Coast

Heritage Coast near East Dean

Chalk cliffs and dry valleys sheared off by the sea, linked by the switchback path between Seven Sisters and Beachy Head

9.1 km SE

Photo of Litlington White Horse, a hill figure near Westdean in the South Downs, East Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Litlington White Horse

Hill figure near Westdean

A prancing white horse cut in a single night in 1924, on Hindover Hill above the Cuckmere valley.

9.2 km SE

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

Alfriston

Village

Cuckmere-valley village with a green called the Tye, medieval timbered inns and a thatched Clergy House below the bare South Downs.

9.2 km E · East Sussex

Photo of Drusillas Park, a visitor attraction near Alfriston in the South Downs, East Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Drusillas Park

Attraction near Alfriston

Small countryside zoo near Alfriston with a narrow-gauge train, a long-running family day out.

9.3 km E

Photo of Alfriston Clergy House, a house & garden in the South Downs, East Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Alfriston Clergy House

House & garden near Alfriston

A medieval hall house in Alfriston that was the very first building the National Trust ever bought

9.4 km E

Photo of Seven Sisters Country Park, a country park near Westdean in the South Downs, East Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Seven Sisters Country Park

Country park near Westdean

Where the Cuckmere winds down to a shingle beach, with the Seven Sisters cliffs rising beyond

9.9 km SE

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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.

0 km NW · West Sussex, East Sussex & Hampshire

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.

0.8 km W

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.

1.3 km W · East Sussex

Photo of St John the Evangelist, a church near Piddinghoe in the South Downs, East Sussex, south east England.

St John the Evangelist

Church near Piddinghoe

Round Norman tower above the Ouse, crowned by a gilded fish weathervane that Kipling wrote of as a dolphin.

2.4 km S

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.

4.3 km S · spans 24 counties

Photo along the Vanguard Way, a 66-mile long-distance path running from East Croydon to Newhaven, England.

Vanguard Way

Long-distance path

From East Croydon station to the sea at Newhaven, named for the rambling club founded in a crowded train's guard's van in 1965.

4.3 km SE · spans 4 counties

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.

4.3 km NE · 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

4.9 km NE

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

5.1 km W

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.